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Well, it didn't take me long to start modding the car. I put an ORP on. I can't believe how much louder it made the exhaust. Oh yeah, if your a tree hugger, please don't post anything about how it's bad for the world or whatever. It's been said before, don't need to hear it again.
I also decided to make my own intake cause I can't see spending all that money on a name brand or whatever. First thing I decided I needed to do was move the battery. I began by removing the factory intake, battery and all hardware. I took 3/4" aluminum angle, cut it and notched it to make a 7"x9 1/8" rectangle, just big enough for the battery to fit and then cut a piece of aluminum sheet to fit in the rectangle. Drilled some1/8" holes and riveted the two together. By coincidence, this just happened to be about the same size as the now open area where the intake box used to fit. Right between the two black braces. I had to cut 2ea 1" notches from the lip on the one closes to the the fuse box so the tray could sit flush against the side of the brace. I then drilled some 1/8" holes through the tray and braces on both sides and riveted the tray in. I riveted instead of bolting cause there wasn't enough room for bolts and the battery. If I ever need to get to the mount underneath, I'll just have to drill out the rivets. All the neg. and pos. wires reached just fine. I didn't need to extend any at all. The small black wire with the orange stripe I had to pull it out of the wire loom so it would reach. The rest, I just had to get creative in rerouting to fit.
Once that was done, I took a trip to Lowes and bought some ABS pipe, a 90deg elbow, a 45deg elbow, a 90deg rubber elbow and some rubber couplers. Again, I just tried to be creative. I installed the rubber elbow to the throttle body, next the 45deg elbow, after cutting off the female end so a coupler would fit on it, next the MAF turned upside down, so the plug could reach, after that, another coupler and the 90deg elbow, also after cutting off the female end, next another coupler, a 6" piece ABS pipe and finally the filter. I had to add a brace to sturdy it up a little.
It's not the prettiest intake but it's functional and that's what I'm after, don't plan on entering any car shows anytime soon.
Hopefully, I don't suck in any water. When winter comes around, I'll just move the filter up to the MAF.
Let me know what you think and any suggestion would be much apreciated. Thanks
I also decided to make my own intake cause I can't see spending all that money on a name brand or whatever. First thing I decided I needed to do was move the battery. I began by removing the factory intake, battery and all hardware. I took 3/4" aluminum angle, cut it and notched it to make a 7"x9 1/8" rectangle, just big enough for the battery to fit and then cut a piece of aluminum sheet to fit in the rectangle. Drilled some1/8" holes and riveted the two together. By coincidence, this just happened to be about the same size as the now open area where the intake box used to fit. Right between the two black braces. I had to cut 2ea 1" notches from the lip on the one closes to the the fuse box so the tray could sit flush against the side of the brace. I then drilled some 1/8" holes through the tray and braces on both sides and riveted the tray in. I riveted instead of bolting cause there wasn't enough room for bolts and the battery. If I ever need to get to the mount underneath, I'll just have to drill out the rivets. All the neg. and pos. wires reached just fine. I didn't need to extend any at all. The small black wire with the orange stripe I had to pull it out of the wire loom so it would reach. The rest, I just had to get creative in rerouting to fit.
Once that was done, I took a trip to Lowes and bought some ABS pipe, a 90deg elbow, a 45deg elbow, a 90deg rubber elbow and some rubber couplers. Again, I just tried to be creative. I installed the rubber elbow to the throttle body, next the 45deg elbow, after cutting off the female end so a coupler would fit on it, next the MAF turned upside down, so the plug could reach, after that, another coupler and the 90deg elbow, also after cutting off the female end, next another coupler, a 6" piece ABS pipe and finally the filter. I had to add a brace to sturdy it up a little.
It's not the prettiest intake but it's functional and that's what I'm after, don't plan on entering any car shows anytime soon.
Hopefully, I don't suck in any water. When winter comes around, I'll just move the filter up to the MAF.
Let me know what you think and any suggestion would be much apreciated. Thanks
