jmproductions

I did a search on here a while ago for "homemade intake" and got some good ideas on how to do a nice intake myself. The parts fit together surprisingly well and I would recommend it to anyone who likes to do a little mild fabrication. The trickiest part was re-routing the upper radiator hose, which requires cutting the neck on the water pump some. My main issue with the name brand kits was excessive cost and I don't think any of their systems are made for a truck without a fan shroud. The airbox was purchased on eBay, the middle pipe and elbow is PVC and the rubber elbow at the TB is from Airflow Systems.

TXsilverado

iTrader: (19)

looks nice

jerome

looks cleaner than any other homemade system i've seen. doesnt look hacked up or anything. congrats

nativetexan

SSlow 4.8

iTrader: (4)

very nice... you got that elbow from Air flow online. com?

jmproductions

Yes, that's correct. It was about $25 shipped.

duwem

iTrader: (1)

what did you do to reroute the coolant line, the big one that goes into the t-stat on the top center of the engine is touchin my K&N tube tranfering heat to it, I was thinking some heat shield tape would be a good bandaid, but I really wana just move it some.

jmproductions

The lower radiator hose is the one that goes to the thermostat so I wouldn't think that one would be getting in your way. It was the upper hose that goes from the water pump to the radiator that was the problem for me. I cut down the pipe out of the water pump at least 3 inches then I turned the hose around backwards and cut some off of it and it still touches the intake elbow a little. So I got a piece of neoprene, from a can coozy, and attached it with zip ties to keep heat transfer to a minimum. It worked out pretty well and it should help in your situation also.

litreddevil

iTrader: (4)

looks good did you use the heavy side wall or the thin side wall

jmproductions

It's thinwall. The bigger stuff's outside diameter would not fit well with the rubber pieces.