custom cold air intake

[laser9320]

All the 2g's have cold air intakes readily availible for purchase, but i have not been able to find one for my laser. So i got to thinking, could i make my own? I would take out the plastic container thats where the intercooler would have been and route the air hose down there for the cold air meant for the i/c. What kind of materials do i need? Any adapters to get the mas to work right and put the filter on? What do you guys think?

 

[MindBlowin03]

I think it would work, but it might be a good idea to cut and make the hole a little bigger so you can get a bigger tube in there. Ive seen it done before, but I dont know where.

 

[laser9320]

but what kind of piping would be good? I want it too look nice, but not cost too much. Do you think i could use an i/c pipe?

 

[98TsiAWD]

Is your intake tube 3" diamater? If so go to wally world and get a 3" hose cupler (rv section, meant for camper sewage hoses). Stick the coupler in your intake hose and clamp it tight with the hose clamp, then stick a cone filter on the other end of the coupler. Done..that simple. BTW...On my Venge I did this and it sounds great and can definately feel the difference, and I would not go through the trouble of doing a ram-air setup like you were talking about. I currently have the headlights out of my venge and the cone filter is right behind the headlight so basically it is a ram-air setup temporarily and it doesnt seem to make a difference. I am not familiar to much with the 1g N/T..will this work on your car??

 

[laser9320]

yea i think that would work, i've heard of people doing that before. Right now i'm not sure which way i want to go with the car. I finally got a job so the money is flowing in and a turbo conversion is really tempting. Its just a question of going sort of fast now or going really fast in a couple months. What do you guys think? Should I stay NA and build one of the fastest NA dsm's around, or convert and have an average turbo dsm?

 

[RACER-X]

convert to turbo because no matter what you do when you stay na you won't be able to achieve the kind of power you will get with a turbo, besides later you can always up grade or mod your turbo for more power..... right

 

[laser9320]

yea, i've decided to go turbo. Now I just need the money! I figure to get the turbo running w/ a decent amount of boost its gonna cost me 5000. That includes low-compression rebuild, hahn super-20g, fmic, exhaust, etc. and I will have to do most of the work.