by tarsh » Wed Sep 02, 2015 7:26 pm
Alright, I did manage to get it dressed up. The pre filter is on and it's much much happier with that than the one I made. That pre filter is actually really affective. It's been on for about 2 days now and it's already collecting dirt particles instead of the filter doing it. I didn't read into how to clean the filter or if I even can, this was a "on a wim" mod. I initially started by making engine bay room by deleting every single unnecessary thing under the hood. The clutch fan, all a.c. Crap, found replacement washer and coolant tanks so I could relocate them. The shroud, the a.c. Line bracket, and any plastic minus the one that covers the coil pack wires. So, I pulled my fender... I purchased the scepter inline air filter off of Amazon for 38 bucks. It's actually built really well. I was surprised at the quality. It came with a HR cone filter which I had never heard of, but it does the job. I then purchased a 3' section of exhaust pipe in 2.5" OD. I also got a 90° in 2.5 OD for inside the fender and outside the inner fender well+ a 45° bend for the top, it's almost perfectly level. I tempted in the 3" pipe straight to the fender from the throttle body and mashed the circle... Then the hard part came, stabbing a hole lol. I drilled from the inside of the fender week basically where the coolant tank was straight through with the hole saw. Placed ask the loose snorkel parts in place to get an idea of where everything would land. With the outer side of the inner fender well not showing the snorkel to snug up as tight as possible I had ti make the hole a square. Then I was running into the hood hinge mount and the antenna bracket which I cut a little bit to get that little bit extra tightness.They don't make snorkel in 2.5" OD that I know of and the pre filter I ordered was for a 3", which is the common size. All I did was cut a piece of rubber to size to seal and make up the size difference. Almost everybody has a CAI now and you know that engine roar you get with it?, With that snorkel it definitely is breathing good because it roars at almost all rpms. It honestly feels the same as my old cold air did in terms of acceleration and engine power. I must say I'm very pleased with it. I haven't had a problem yet. I still have the "miscut" in my fender to fix such will be a learning curve in body work for me. And I still need to get a full piece of 3" pipe to go from the throttle body to the inline filter housing. I have one too many connections right now which you will see in the pics I throw up. And yes James I do have some with fever off lol. Over all, it's a really simple Mod for us. It really only took a good 4 hours to do. I'll now throw up a bunch of pictures not in any particular order lol. Please feel free to ask whatever questions you have. As I said it still needs some minor work but ot at work is killing me and mod bug is trying to fight back.
Between rebuilding my trans getting the tune done deleting my a.c. And finding new tanks and working on this ive been very busy
