I took out the resonator and the MAF tube and replaced it in that little corner with a straight pipe and a cone air filter. I cut a rectangular hole in the piping for the MAF and sealed it in pointing the right direction.
Initially I had the check engine light but I was told I should disconnect the battery to reset the emissions settings. That fixed the light (I drove around for about ten minutes and it didn't come back on), and it seems to have power still, though I'm not sure if it's the same amount or more or less.
Anyways the problem I'm seeing now is that from a takeoff if I go slow like you normally would just driving around at about 2000 RPM it jerks a bit like it's starving for air or something. Could this be as a result of the filter?
The maf adapter it has to be the same size as the oem or can be fixed with a tune the u can put inside a velocity stack or something so it can be the same sizes or the maf is not gonna read good the inner size is iirc 2.5" Posted via FF Mobile
is the inner diameter the same though? someone mentioned it might be 2.5" ID. those rubber intake tubes are probably a 1/4" wall so that would make sense.
its reading lean because the inner diameter is bigger than stock so its letting more air in than it thinks.
try to find a smaller or thicker tube... match up the I.D. and give it another try.
id definatly reccomend the stealth , especially if you want to save some cash , this mod will cost you less than 100 bucks depending on the filter you use , i started off with a cheap 20 dollar spectre filter from autozone , one 90 degree tube , one 60 degree tube , and one coupler. all this cost me about 45-50 bucks . oh and i used a coat hanger to secure the whole new assembly . its on there real tight , aint comin off unless i want and then all i gotta do is snip the hanger and unscrew the coupler from the maf tube. it should only take about an hour - and hour n 30 mins to complete .
heres a pic from when i first did it , its from underneath the car facing up
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i had a problem getting the coupler onto the maf tube so i ended up cutting the u-bend off of the stock filter box , so the u-bend became my 90 degree turn and it worked out great since it was made to mount to the maf tube!! i dont know if you can tell from the angle in that pic but that coathangers got the assembly pulled up as far as it can go. it may look ugly as shit , but it worked for me[headbang]
I took out the stock filter (That thing is goddamn gigantic...) and put the filter at the bottom of the MAF tube! I'm waiting for the Check Engine light to clear right now and then I'm going to give it a drive.
this should work fine , be wary of puddles with it that low tho , i did it this way for a few days , then one day it rained and after driving i looked under there at the filter and the thing was dripping wet , its much more susceptible to things like rain and road mist kicked up by cars ahead of you. after i noticed that is when i went the route of the u-bend
some take out the foglight housing completely for this , i left in the tubing beyond the stock filter for a lil more cold flow to the new one
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