DIY intakes???

[purwhee1sp1n]

is there a way to make this work? my buddy claims he can do it for around 60-70 dollars at lowes and autozone. anyone done this before?

the project is for a 1992 f22a6 5 speed 4 door.

[vinbon63]

what do you exactly mean? are you talking about just slapping a cone filter onto the stock intake tube or do you mean custom piping and all that?

[Leung]

why? you can get a metal intake tube off of Ebay for around 30 shipped and then use the other 40 or 50 bucks on a good cone filter at the store.

at least that way you have all the mounting equipment.

[CB7lx91]

http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthre...ghlight=intake

Clicked on the DIY thread. Clicked on the search button. Typed in "intake". Scrolled down maybe a half a page. There it was.

Estimate Time of Search (ETS): 8 seconds.

[deevergote]

Do you mean an intake pipe, or the intake manifold itself? $60-$70 is nothing to brag about for a pipe, but for an actual manifold, that's another story. Of course, an intake manifold is only worthwhile if it produces gains. Welding up some sheet metal, pipes with injector bosses, and a flange won't necessarily create more power.

You'd be better off going with an H23 intake manifold unless your buddy is one hell of an engineer with a dyno in his garage.

[CB7lx91]

I am thinking he is talking about the DIY link on the metal tubing. because he said Lowes and Autozone...Lowes carries cheap meatl tubing and autozone carries generic cone filters

[deevergote]

@ your typo... Looks like you said "cheap meat tubing"


Anyway, yeah.. $60+ for that is absolutely idiotic... I mean, you're looking at $25 tops for all of that, and if you're getting cheap tubing, it's just better to use the stock plastic!

$60-$70 for a fabricated manifold is impressive... but again, worthless if it's not properly engineered.

[CB7lx91]

hahahaha just got back from track...kinda tired. Oh man. But if that guy followed that DIY prefectly, he'd have to cut that one "heat shield" type fromt he sheet metal...which he could charge an extra 40 bux for I suppose.

[deevergote]

Paying for a DIY...

[rexload]

If you want a Cold Air Intake, just buy one on Ebay. They go for under $40.00 shipped with an OK air filter. Short ram is even cheaper.

[deevergote]

We should probably wait to see exactly what he's referring to before we continue telling him the same thing a million times over.

[purwhee1sp1n]

Paying for a DIY...

now now im not paying him for anything. he said he'd help. i was referring to intake piping, like a home made short ram/cold air kinda thing.

the diy thread link is definitely helpful. im gonna see what i can come up with off ebay and or from autozone and go from there.

[C91BLX7]

Don't be cheap. get a ebay pipe and do it proper

[CB7lx91]

yeah like it's been said ten thousand times before in this thread already, ebay piping and couplers, and get a nice K&N or AEM filter to put on it. It will beat any home made short ram you can make for that money

[JoshM]

is there a way to make this work? my buddy claims he can do it for around 60-70 dollars at lowes and autozone. anyone done this before?

the project is for a 1992 f22a6 5 speed 4 door.

I bought a short ram off of ebay for $46 shipped.