Home made Intake

[gsnoturbo90]

This is for anyone with a 1990 eclipse gs who doesnt have money to go out and buy a intake. So i went out and bough a K&N high flow filter for a couple of bucks then i unscrewed the cone around the airfilter on the intake. i then drilled 3 small holes in the air filter it self right by where the clips hold on and put a zip tie threw each, i then clamped on just the intake and zip tied it down so it would hold if i hit a bump. I plan on making a home made heat shild for it too sooner or later, i dont know if this added anyhorse power but it defintly sounds better and truly does feels like it pulls harder. Oh well i wil have a bunch of pictures up by tomorrow probably, so you can see what i am talking about , please feel free to ask questions

 

[eclipsh]

FWIW, I had my filter exposed like that for a long time and it seemed to get a lot dirtier. I'm now running it with just a hacked air filter box so that the underside is shielded from spray/etc. The filter seems to stay a lot cleaner that way and it will be easy to build a box around.

Did you use PVC for building your intake?

 

[HighPsi92GST]

i then drilled 3 small holes in the air filter it self right by where the clips hold on and put a zip tie threw each, i then clamped on just the intake and zip tied it down so it would hold if i hit a bump.

50 times smarter to cut the ring off the air can and clamp it back onto the filter. doesnt require basically destroying a perfectly good filter. but whatever works for you.

 

[gsnoturbo90]

50 times smarter to cut the ring off the air can and clamp it back onto the filter. doesnt require basically destroying a perfectly good filter. but whatever works for you.

Yeah but then a ruin a perfectly good air box instead of a 15 dollar filter, plus it didnt ruin it at all, but you deifntly make a good point thanks

 

[gsnoturbo90]

FWIW, I had my filter exposed like that for a long time and it seemed to get a lot dirtier. I'm now running it with just a hacked air filter box so that the underside is shielded from spray/etc. The filter seems to stay a lot cleaner that way and it will be easy to build a box around.

Did you use PVC for building your intake?

Nope used the original rubber pipe that was on there, i am going to get an injen intake next paycheck though i was just fooling around but deifntly a good idea plus i dont need any water getting in

 

[HighPsi92GST]

Yeah but then a ruin a perfectly good air box instead of a 15 dollar filter, plus it didnt ruin it at all, but you deifntly make a good point thanks

Guess I just dont beleive in putting a restrictive metal can over top of a high flow filter.
I have seen it done other ways as well though, like getting a thin peice of metal and putting that between the filter and the clips that snap down.

 

[Mike1992]

Heres an idea http://dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130765&highlight=cai