**PICS** My CUSTOM Intake

[coopiesb]

just get a bypass valved from aem.... the ran an acura nsx on a dyno with the intake in a fish tank......... it uses pressure to pull air from the bypass valve instead of the filter

 

[BlizzardX23]

LOL...your acting like its 2 inches off the ground...it sits 1 1/2 feet off the ground...higher then the bottom of my bumper...none of our trucks have that much vacuum running through the intake lol...although I understand what your saying (water will damage the engine)...the way it sits, water wont make it up to the throttle body anyways...and I dont plan on driving through 2 feet deep flooded roads in this truck...

If I ever come to that situation, I'll take the cone filter off the bottom and connect it to the 90 degree elbow...bypass the long tube

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I Just ordered this bypass valve...now no more concern...

Thanks to coopiesb

 

[coopiesb]

not a problem man..... they work wonders helped me out a couple times in my civic

 

[BlizzardX23]

I was gonna post that...CAI kits put the filter at the ground on a lot of rice cars...civics, preludes, integras...etc...their cones are LOWER to the ground then mine is...we never had any issues with "puddles" back in those days...even without any sort of bypass valve

 

[coopiesb]

yeah but it was just that added safety mine did suck up water one time and it wasnt even like a puddle just a pot hole so yeah its just 40 bucks of insurance for a couple thousand

 

[brndns_hoe]

I was gonna post that...CAI kits put the filter at the ground on a lot of rice cars...civics, preludes, integras...etc...their cones are LOWER to the ground then mine is...we never had any issues with "puddles" back in those days...even without any sort of bypass valve

ya i'd mentioned that on the forum you were looking for where the guy made that scoop going down in front of the wheel, didn't know if you saw it, was just about to mention it again, as far as the bypass valve, wasn't sure if they made one big enough, but I see you found one.

 

[OKLAGMCRUISER]

cool...sounds like you hvae it covered now. Let us know if there is a SOTP change.

 

[blueflamed03]

interesting...

 

[Max]

 

[Nickleahy23]

looks like a cool set up aside from the chance of water..

youve seen my ghetto fied intake..i cut out the bottom of the air box, and ran a tube from there down to behind my towhook. gets a ton of air now, but when i took it mudding, it sucked up MUD into my motor, through the air filter..the same thing will happen with yours..my tube is just as long as yours, but with more turns and it still sucked actually mud through the filter and into the motor..

 

[BlizzardX23]

LOL...I dont plan on doing any mud bogging...haha but thanks for the heads up...


*HOWEVER* If I do decide to go deep water forging, or mud bogging, its a simple fix...pull the 90 degree elbow along with the long tube, disconnect the bottom section and leave it mounted...and rotate it back to the stock position with a filter on it





Did you have a CAI kit before you made your own? and how much of a difference did it make once you started pulling true cold air from the front of your bumper?

 

[Nickleahy23]

LOL...I dont plan on doing any mud bogging...haha but thanks for the heads up...


*HOWEVER* If I do decide to go deep water forging, or mud bogging, its a simple fix...pull the 90 degree elbow along with the long tube, disconnect the bottom section and leave it mounted...and rotate it back to the stock position with a filter on it





Did you have a CAI kit before you made your own? and how much of a difference did it make once you started pulling true cold air from the front of your bumper?

haha just be careful..im sure mine acted like a scoop to pick up as much water as possible..

i honestly gained 2 mpg on the interstate, maybe 1 in town..it has more power at higher speed since some air is actually getting forced in..i also took my stock intake tube and cut off the silencer box and patched it up so now its just straight through..

 

[Max]

The bottom of my aem gets damp when it rains, just gotta be careful.

 

[BlizzardX23]

Well aside from the off roading, thats good that it helped...I cant wait to get the truck up and running to see how it works out

 

[brndns_hoe]

i also took my stock intake tube and cut off the silencer box and patched it up so now its just straight through..

lol, I did this too...temporary til I get an aftermarket intake. like the deeper sound it gets now

 

[rigo_jones]

interesting.

 

[killer20072001]

I know this is a bit LONGER then my K&N tube, but I believe the true COLD air will outweigh the length issue





Home Depot Project Supplies

Throttle Body --> Coupling --> MAF --> Coupling

Throttle Body --> Coupling --> MAF --> Coupling --> 90 Degree Elbow

Insulating the elbow then wrapping in reflective tape

Both insulated parts put together

Im just going to find a "Y" piece similar to that and run it through my skid plate and into the pipe

I like really that huh?? one of a kind post up how that work's might try that

 

[Mr45]

Why stop at a Y-pipe? Why not go ram-air?

 

[tybardy]

The bottom of my aem gets damp when it rains, just gotta be careful.

I was just about to chime in with this same assesment...

My filter gets a little damp when it rains. Worries me a bit!

 

[MOBmentality]

i just beat off to the spectre dualy FTW that thing is nice