CAI

[2seater]

I must credit GM Ross for this idea which appears to work pretty well. The suggestion was to remove/relocate the charcoal canister below the relay center and install a cone type air filter in that location. I did this a couple of days ago and it works very well. I used the stock retainer ring from the canister and screwed it to the bottom of the filter to prevent it from falling off if the clamp on the filter outlet were to loosen, since the filter hangs straight down. Alternately the bottom of the filter could be supported for the same reason. The filter I had been using, (K&N RF-1016), has a 3.5" i.d. outlet with a 15 degree angle built in. With a 3" (3.5" o.d.)45 deg pvc elbow in the outlet from the filter, it aims in the correct direction and clears the relay center perfectly. In my case I used the stock rubber air box hose with another elbow on the end and reducer to the inlet to my turbocharger. With a stock system, the outlet from the elbow at the filter can be extended with another piece of pipe to run up the front of the wheelwell and install a 90 deg. elbow to aim it at the MAF. The stock inlet hose can be installed to connect to the MAF. The stock hose and clamp stretches just enough to fit over the 3.5" o.d. piping. The stock MAT sensor can be threaded into one of the elbows, or the pipe, if the hole is made for a good interference fit and the metal sensor will cut threads into the relatively soft pvc. It actually looks factory if you can disguise the pvc elbows. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Oddly enough, relocating the cone filter from under the hood has decreased the sound level from the air intake, at least inside the car. It was plainly audible before, but has decreased considerably. The only caveat is water intake in deep puddles. The bottom end of the filter is above the lower edge of the fender liner, but if you have seen the bow wave ahead of the tires when driving through deep water, if may be possible to submerge the filter, at least partially.

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Yea, water is a big problem with those kind of CAI. I just used the setup where the compartment is and used the custom heat shield, thanks to Hal. If I can find some pics, I plan to post pics of the rims, intake, exhaust and brakes if I get the digi cam back.

[Guest]

could you tell me more about the custom heat shield? <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />