This all sounds familiar.
Heres my experince:
I removed the entire air box (very restrictive) from the engine bay
and snorkel (very silly) from the fender, and bolted a Pipercross
rampod filter directly to the MAF meter.(nice fit).
To get a nice flow of "fresh" air onto the filter replaced the
snorkel with air ducting made up from a straight section of 3" PVC
pipe (from local building store)in the fender with a 90 deg. bend
into the engine bay wall and a 30 deg. bend facing towards the fog
light opening(which has nice pressure). This setup seams to work
really well. The throttle response is greatly improved and the sound
is nice and deep, even with the stock resonator and turbo inlet pipe.
To follow this I will build a simple heat shield around the filter
area, made from a small sheet of aluminium,then a custom intake pipe.
I think I will go to a local engineering shop and get an intake pipe
made to suit, either of stainless steel or aluminium. It might work
out cheaper (approx.$50 NZ) than buying a ready made intake system.
If I had the choice and the cash though I would probably opt for a
silicon intake hose between the turbo and the MAF meter, made by
Samco or similar.
Stu
--- In BC-BFLegacyWorks@y..., Todd Munson <todd_munson1@y...> wrote:
> --- Josh Colombo <josh@s...> wrote:
> > You said you were driving without the intake off? How so? The
> > intake
> > is connected to the MAF sensor, and that has to be connected for
the
> > car
> > to run. The intake is the plastic arm that goes from the MAF
sensor
>
> Yeah, I know. I unbolted the MAF from the airbox. Theres four 12mm
> bolts holding it on to the airbox. So my setup had the MAF sensor
as
> the first part of the intake.
>
>
>
> > to
> > the intake manifold where the throttle body is. We talkin about
the
> > same thing? The stock design isn't super but it's more then
> > adequate,
> > there is more restrictive things in the intake tract I think.
> >
> > Josh
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Todd Munson
> > Sent: Wed 11/28/2001 5:28 PM
> > To: BC-BFLegacyWorks@y...
> > Cc:
> > Subject: RE: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] intake
> >
> >
> >
> > > You are probably better off, just removing the snorkel in
the
> > fender,
> > > and getting a K&N drop in filter.
> >
> > Yeah I was thinking about going that route. I dont think the
> > stock
> > system is very free flow though. The round opening of the top
> > intake
> > piece looks like it would cause restriction. Hard to describe
> > without
> > a visual, but this area looks iffy. I've got a little seat of
> > the
> > pants data to back this up. I drove a little bit without the
> > intake on
> > at all, noticed a huge improvement over stock. Then just with
> > the top
> > part of the filter box, didn't seem to pull as hard. Both run
> > times
> > were without a filter (dont worry it wasn't for long.) Thats
> > why I was
> > looking for a new system.
> > Todd
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Josh Colombo <josh@s...> wrote:
> > > Check out cobb tuning, they are working on a "true" cold air
> > intake.
> > > You are probably better off, just removing the snorkel in
the
> > fender,
> > > and getting a K&N drop in filter.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Todd Munson
> > > Sent: Wed 11/28/2001 4:24 PM
> > > To: BC-BFLegacyWorks@y...
> > > Cc:
> > > Subject: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] intake
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I've had my car for a night and I'm ready for the
> > modding to
> > > begin. I
> > > took apart the intake and have noticed how restrictive
> > it looks.
> > > I'd
> > > like to either buy an intake or make one. I've
searched
> > around
> > > and
> > > haven't found anything for sale. Jc sports is out of
> > business,
> > > so they
> > > aren't an option. Anyone know where to get an intake,
or
> > have
> > > experience fabbing one up?
> > > Thanks
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