LS_RIDA28

hey what do you guys think of building your own custom ram air or cold air intake?? let me know what you guys think

07BluBalt

if you can do it, go for it, there is nothing wrong with custom. i had an air duct runnin off my stock airbox down into the bumper where the cold air is, grabbed a drop in K&N and it worked good.

LS_RIDA28

thats a great idea but these kit come with chrome piping and have these massive cone air filters that look like something used when boosting but there not it really cool and it very inexpensive thats the best part

07BluBalt

if its a cheap kit your looking for, (i thought u were looking for home done custom) get the ebay CAI. i got mine for $44 shipped to my door. fit good jus needed a few adjustments but works well and sounds awesome.

LS_RIDA28

i'll definatly look into it but have you ever heard of the spectre performance intake builders kit??? you can pick them up at any auto store like pepboys, checkers, or autozone

tru2nrtt777

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Does anyone know the O.D. of the TB inlet? I want to remove the big gay plastic chunk and make it more refined like an intake should be(and I like to see the mechanical stuff like fuel rail and TB.

I want it to look similar to this:

Eccept instead of it going into a conical filter, I want it to go to the stock airbox and remove the accordian which I have all bent up anyways from when I replace the filter....

LS_RIDA28

that one looks ****** sweet i think its 3.5" if i'm not mistaken

dragonslayer27

tha big gay chunk of plastic is the intake.

LS_RIDA28

that's like some alien looking intake how come we dont have a normal looking intake??

dragonslayer27

cuz its gm? idk if the air travels through the whole plastic part but its there to make the engine bay look better.

LS_RIDA28

lol this is why i dont like the way there making these new cars trying to be like some back to the future **** lol i'm been trying to rip out that stupid lokking engine cowl but when i try all i see is me ******* up the injectors or the fuel rail

tru2nrtt777

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It is part of the intake, I still want to keep the box, I just want to remove the engine cover thingy(intake piece), already removed the one pictured above. I want it to look clean, the way GM should have intended it.

LS_RIDA28

AMEN dude i hear you loud and clear, i'm tired of all this GM **** all they do is resrict the cobalt from its full potential i'm gonna rip out that stupid engine cover rip out the intake and put a custom cold air intake and i'm gonna change those damn hubs

tru2nrtt777

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Dont, from all the ones I have seen they dont have a good place for our m.a.p.s.
Not meaning to offend but I would like a general consensus from more members, you only have 70+ posts and there is no functional rep system on here so I would like to make sure, ya know?

dragonslayer27

someones done it. i forgot who but i've seen pics of custom piping going to the airbox. on a side note i think it will perform better if you take out the whole intake and replace with a cold air or short ram intake.

LS_RIDA28

ya tru2nrtt777 i under stand why dont you take of the intake and take a tape measure and check it out for yourself??

tru2nrtt777

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Eh, I am looking for a cheap mod I can do myself, I know $44 isnt gonna break me but right now money is tight and I only have about $15-20 I can throw at it right now.
Where I am currently at I dont have anything to mesure it with. I was gonna do it at school wed but that is a long time away and I coulda went ahead and found out what I was looking for by then.

07BluBalt

the air duct i was using was the spectre brand 28 inches long bends and holds same diameter

LS_RIDA28

if your looking for a cheap mod till funds expand alittle bit then this kit i'm talking about will definatly work out for you, it's what i want to do until i can afford the whole chit and shabang

here's what you do first go to like autozone or pepboys buy the plastic conector set its like 15 dollars then you pop you hood and take you air box off, then connect it the way you want it, its like a canvas configure it the way you want to, then take the model after it's been configured and buy all the actual little pieces and put it togther it's that simple i'm waiting until my girlfriend gives me back my debit card then i'm gonna go get it

so in other words it works right??

tru2nrtt777

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Considering it, I think my buddy has it and I'll see if I can steal it from him

LS_RIDA28

lol hey what ever works right??

tru2nrtt777

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Exactly, I know he has some spare pieces lying around anyways.

Red06LS

It sounds like u want to do someting like this. (?)

LS_RIDA28

yea something like that just get rid of the stock air box and use on of there huge ass cone filters, and those spare pieces will allow you to creat a one of a kind intake system

Jn2

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i did a custom on mine, i had to do it, i had a CAI, than i sold it, well right after i sold it, i got my trq damper, so i needed to get rid of the stock box, so i rigg'd up the intake out of spectre piping, i dont have a pic of the whole thing but he're the filter part