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Old Dec 7, 2006 | 09:37 AM
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I'm looking for some pics and a how to on how some of you built your own air intakes. I did find one here that was built with fiberglass, and was hoping to find more that did not use glass. Another member mentioned a how to on here and only cost him aroud $15 to build. Thanks guys.
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Old Dec 7, 2006 | 11:26 AM
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I built one that was a little ghetto with some 4" ID rubber hose from oreillys (like 15 bux) and I used a 4" air duct 90* elbow to go from the tb->inlet hose. and put the maf sensor somewhere in between all that. also for the filter I bought one of the ricer ones from autozone that fit. it all worked ok, but IMO unless you have access to a nice mandrel bender and some 4" tubing and can weld/fabricate its worth the money to just buy a K&N or AEM. btw, you on the texas gulf coast or florida? jw
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Old Dec 7, 2006 | 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by jakebdb56
I built one that was a little ghetto with some 4" ID rubber hose from oreillys (like 15 bux) and I used a 4" air duct 90* elbow to go from the tb->inlet hose. and put the maf sensor somewhere in between all that. also for the filter I bought one of the ricer ones from autozone that fit. it all worked ok, but IMO unless you have access to a nice mandrel bender and some 4" tubing and can weld/fabricate its worth the money to just buy a K&N or AEM. btw, you on the texas gulf coast or florida? jw
Yeah it may be to much trouble then it's worth.
Gulf Coast here.
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Old Dec 7, 2006 | 06:15 PM
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4" exhaust tube 4" 90 and 4" id ruber hose and clamps
its more money than $15 but it looks good

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Old Dec 8, 2006 | 10:37 AM
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Damn that did turn out pretty good. Nice job!
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Old Dec 8, 2006 | 11:09 AM
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I have built some nice ones out of pvc myself, they dont look as good as a fabbed one, but it sure does the trick.
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Old Dec 8, 2006 | 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by RU55ELL
I have built some nice ones out of pvc myself, they dont look as good as a fabbed one, but it sure does the trick.
That's an idea... Any pics of them?
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