air intake

whats better air intake or cold air intake whats a good one to use but not for like sky high $

Your best bet would be buy yourself a good K&N cone filter and buy piping and some silicon couplers.

I'm going to be purchasing some piping from Intense-Racing.com to do my intake. I'll then box in and insulate the air filter so that it does not pull in hot air from the engine bay.

You'll find that you will spend A LOT of $$$ for premade kits simply because the market for them is small.

Good Luck

how much are you trying to spend?

guess no one in here is a fan of ebay intakes..... mine works just as good as a k&n... it cost me 40 bucks....

I hate to burst your bubble, blaze, but those air filters you can buy on ebay certaintly are not a K&N. They may flow as well, but they do not clean the air anywhere near as well. So long as you don't live in a dusty area, you shouldn't have any problems.

One thing to note about aftermarket oiled air filters is that if they are overoiled, they could coat the mass air flow (MAF) sensor causing a laundry list of drivability concerns ranging from poor acceleration to awkward transmission shifts and a ton inbetween. This is mainly on GM vehicles. The oil will coat the sensor wires and then the very fine particles of dirt that get past the filter (we're talking about micron sized particles) will stick and skew the readings.

I run a K&N drop-in on my Bonneville and I clean my MAF every oil change just to stay away from this problem. I clean & re-oil my filter once or twice a year (don't put a lot of miles on it). When I re-oil it, I make sure to evenly coat the filter and once it sits for alittle while, I suck out all of the excess with my shop-vac.

not to worry i know that.... thats why i bought my own k&n filter and put it on the ebay intake pipes... it still came out to be cheaper

oh yeah definitely the way to go so long as you don't rely on those filters. The reason why I recommended the flexible piping is because you can bend it around and put the filter out of the engine bay down directly behind the front bumper. Now if you were muddin' around, this wouldn't be a good idea, but for strictly street driven vehicles, it's a great area to get nice cold air from.

What do you use to clean your MAF?

I use electrical parts cleaner. You should be able to find a small aerosol can at any autoparts store. You could also use rubbing alcohol. If it hasn't been cleaned in awhile, you may need to use a q-tip. Be VERY gentle/careful if using a q-tip. The wires are very easy to break and a new MAF isn't cheap!!!

hell no they arent i priced one out at autozone 150 thats not chump change

i planned on making my own air intake that went down to the bumber but i couldnt find a way to snake it down there...how did u get it there? i could find an opening

Since you have seemingly decided to disobey the forum rules all over the place, I have cleaned things up.

Here are links to your other threads on this subject which are now locked:
Snorkle - Locked
Air Intake #2 - Locked

i really like the idea of the ebay intake with the K&N filter... I never thought of that... I might just try it... how much did the K&N cone cost you?

best i found is just to use the stock air filter box, put a k&n in there, and "swiss" the bottom of the box. BIG DIFFERENCE! then also i knocked the honeycome out of my Mass Air Flow sensor and the plate off the bottom of the throttle body. did them over a year ago, will never look back.


when i say swiss the box, i mean remove the bottom half of the housing, and drill a plethora of 1/2 holes in it. dont worry about the off road part. will not get much in there. the water will get in if u pressurewash your engine bay. but with the mudracing i do, i never had a problem

pic from th racing just to prove it is muddy