Hey guys. I thought I'd make a post about a low-budget air intake. It costs about 35 dollars and took me about half an hour to make along with taking pictures.
Materials
1-6" Piece of 3"O.D. abs plastic tubing ($1)
1-9" Piece of 3"O.D. abs ($1)
1-Flexible 90 degree elbow for 3"O.D. tube ($8)
1-Coupling for 3" tubing ($3)
5-3-5" Worm gear-style hose clamps ($5)
1-Spectre (or other brand, as long as it includes 3 tubing size adapters) conical air filter ($17)
1-1x4" strip of 20 gauge steel ($.50?)
Band Saw
Dremel or Spindle Sander
ABS tubing glue ($2)
Hand-held break
This is how the assembled intake should look. Note that it reuses the factory piece. The longer abs piece should be cut at 9 inches and the shorter piece should be 6 inches. Be sure to glue the straight coupling to the abs.
So there you have it. total price was $37.50 for everything new, and chances are you probably have at least some of this stuff lying around.
I had thought that because I was using 3" tubing coupled to the smaller factory piece, that there would be some resistance to air flow where it decreased in size, but it turned out that the inside diameter of the abs and factory part were the same.
Materials
1-6" Piece of 3"O.D. abs plastic tubing ($1)
1-9" Piece of 3"O.D. abs ($1)
1-Flexible 90 degree elbow for 3"O.D. tube ($8)
1-Coupling for 3" tubing ($3)
5-3-5" Worm gear-style hose clamps ($5)
1-Spectre (or other brand, as long as it includes 3 tubing size adapters) conical air filter ($17)
1-1x4" strip of 20 gauge steel ($.50?)
Band Saw
Dremel or Spindle Sander
ABS tubing glue ($2)
Hand-held break
This is how the assembled intake should look. Note that it reuses the factory piece. The longer abs piece should be cut at 9 inches and the shorter piece should be 6 inches. Be sure to glue the straight coupling to the abs.
So there you have it. total price was $37.50 for everything new, and chances are you probably have at least some of this stuff lying around.
I had thought that because I was using 3" tubing coupled to the smaller factory piece, that there would be some resistance to air flow where it decreased in size, but it turned out that the inside diameter of the abs and factory part were the same.