AEM Cold Air Intake Install - How I spent my Saturday
03-25-2007, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
OT, but if you can still attach the bumper cover and have everything mount tightly, how much weight would leaving that front bar off save? Is it heavy?
03-25-2007, 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by bizron
What you are seeing in the picture are the jack stands. They don't actually lift anything, they just hold a certain height. I bought them specifically for this job (as well as my new floor jack).
Next comes a confession lol. In order to jack the car up, I could only find 1 good place that my jack would reach. To prevent damaging the under side, I removed the top part of the floor jack so that it would be completely flat (without the pronged cap piece). I had to jack right behind the front wheels :-/ I'm not sure where others jack from.
I tried searching for jacking points on here but only found a suggestion to look in the manual. The manual seemed to just say "use the factory jack or DIE" haha. I couldn't find a midpoint to jack on either (referenced in one of the posts I found).
BTW, the sound above 7500 RPMs IS amazing :-D. If you bog it a little down low, the intake makes a unique low tone as well. Its sort of hard to explain.
Next comes a confession lol. In order to jack the car up, I could only find 1 good place that my jack would reach. To prevent damaging the under side, I removed the top part of the floor jack so that it would be completely flat (without the pronged cap piece). I had to jack right behind the front wheels :-/ I'm not sure where others jack from.
I tried searching for jacking points on here but only found a suggestion to look in the manual. The manual seemed to just say "use the factory jack or DIE" haha. I couldn't find a midpoint to jack on either (referenced in one of the posts I found).
BTW, the sound above 7500 RPMs IS amazing :-D. If you bog it a little down low, the intake makes a unique low tone as well. Its sort of hard to explain.
The jacking points are on the railing behind the front wheel ... you can feel two little bumps. If you put your hand on the side of the car just below the front door hinge.. and keep moving that hand down under the car, the first thing you will hit is a rail of sorts... you will feel two bumps there. Those are the factory side jacking points.
I was just asking how you liked those jack stand points, whether it felt secure and all that.
03-25-2007, 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by bizron
I would consider the big metal piece an essential part of the frame. Technically the styrophoam part probably just helps the bumper hold its shape. The big metal piece is definitely heavy though.
03-25-2007, 08:19 PM
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I would consider the big metal piece an essential part of the frame. Technically the styrophoam part probably just helps the bumper hold its shape. The big metal piece is definitely heavy though.
also the foam is part of the impact absorbing system... the idea of removing either is not wise..
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03-25-2007, 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by LabDad
Slightly OT but I've always wondered why the AEM intake has that short piece of hardpipe. If you look at the underhood pics it looks like 3 seperate pieces before it hits the hump hose connector. That last piece is so short, I don't understand why they didn't make the 2nd piece a little longer or use a slightly longer silicone connector if movement/flex were an issue.
Seems like I've heard that the mazdaspeed version has 1 less piece, so maybe AEM did make that one piece a little smaller for the AEM bypass valve. Or maybe it had to do with them needing to make their version slightly different from the mazdaspeed version...who knows.
03-25-2007, 08:26 PM
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except that aem doenst have an air bypass valve for the intake. anyway, the bypass valve when used, usually reduces hp. also, the only positive aspect that the bypass valve has is if you run into water deep enough to submerge the filter at least halfway. if you are driving through water that deep, then i am sorry, but thats just plain stupid.
03-25-2007, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Astral
I'm sorry, I meant to say "jack stands" not jacks, sorry!
The jacking points are on the railing behind the front wheel ... you can feel two little bumps. If you put your hand on the side of the car just below the front door hinge.. and keep moving that hand down under the car, the first thing you will hit is a rail of sorts... you will feel two bumps there. Those are the factory side jacking points.
I was just asking how you liked those jack stand points, whether it felt secure and all that.
The jacking points are on the railing behind the front wheel ... you can feel two little bumps. If you put your hand on the side of the car just below the front door hinge.. and keep moving that hand down under the car, the first thing you will hit is a rail of sorts... you will feel two bumps there. Those are the factory side jacking points.
I was just asking how you liked those jack stand points, whether it felt secure and all that.
Oh sorry about that. That was the area I used for jacking, so I guess I did it right lol. I really did like the positioning of the jack stands. The car felt very secure the whole time. I plan on doing some calipur painting soon, and I'll probably use the same spots.
It requires you to jack the car up pretty high, but I felt very safe.
03-25-2007, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by swoope
off topic,
but useful.
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but useful.
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I wouldn't call it off topic swoope, that may be helpful next time. I don't know if my jack is low-profile enough to get under there that far. I'll try though.
03-25-2007, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Astral
not to mention it's probably a key part of the impact absorption safety system.
03-25-2007, 10:15 PM
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A bit of water in the intake isn't a problem :-) Consider it steam-cleaning your engine when you are sputtering when following close behind someone.
I was wondering - why did you get the car up on all 4's, and take off the wheels?
You should've installed the oil cooler and AC condenser screens while you were down there.
I was wondering - why did you get the car up on all 4's, and take off the wheels?
You should've installed the oil cooler and AC condenser screens while you were down there.
03-25-2007, 10:27 PM
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03-25-2007, 11:35 PM
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Originally Posted by AdRoCK3217
I was wondering - why did you get the car up on all 4's, and take off the wheels?
03-25-2007, 11:51 PM
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Originally Posted by AdRoCK3217
A bit of water in the intake isn't a problem :-) Consider it steam-cleaning your engine when you are sputtering when following close behind someone.
I was wondering - why did you get the car up on all 4's, and take off the wheels?
You should've installed the oil cooler and AC condenser screens while you were down there.
I was wondering - why did you get the car up on all 4's, and take off the wheels?
You should've installed the oil cooler and AC condenser screens while you were down there.
You're right..I should've done the screens while I was into it, but that would've required purchasing them ahead of time ... DOH! That's hindsight for ya... oh well...at least I know how to take everything apart next time.
Oh, and I took off the front wheels because the instructions said to haha. It may not have been required, but it certainly made things easier...
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03-25-2007, 11:53 PM
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You're right..I should've done the screens while I was into it, but that would've required purchasing them ahead of time ... DOH! That's hindsight for ya... oh well...at least I know how to take everything apart next time.
you are just setting yourself up for speed.
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03-26-2007, 08:46 AM
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nice job with the install. when I did mine I didn't jack it up or even take off the front wheels. Dumb on my part, but still got it done.
I really only skimmed most of the posts, so I don't know if anyone else mentioned anymore comments reguarding rain, but I drove through an incredible amount of rain a week or two ago and I thought I would have some issues. None at all. It ran as smooth as normal. I also have a sock type thing over the filter that came with the intake.
I really only skimmed most of the posts, so I don't know if anyone else mentioned anymore comments reguarding rain, but I drove through an incredible amount of rain a week or two ago and I thought I would have some issues. None at all. It ran as smooth as normal. I also have a sock type thing over the filter that came with the intake.
03-26-2007, 09:03 AM
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Yeah, I went on and put on the sock thing as well. I figure it'll help keep most of the bugs out of the pleats in the filter.
Check out this cool picture. If you look closely, you can see an intake peeking out :-)
I like the sun glare too. Too bad the car is so dirty right now :-/ I meant to wash it after I was finished but other things took up the rest of my weekend.
Check out this cool picture. If you look closely, you can see an intake peeking out :-)
I like the sun glare too. Too bad the car is so dirty right now :-/ I meant to wash it after I was finished but other things took up the rest of my weekend.
03-26-2007, 07:28 PM
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looks good man. u gotta love the jet engine turbine wine the thing makes at idle, and the ferrariesque or lambroginiesque sound the car makes revving to 9k 
03-26-2007, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by lurch519
looks good man. u gotta love the jet engine turbine wine the thing makes at idle, and the ferrariesque or lambroginiesque sound the car makes revving to 9k
03-26-2007, 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by bizron
I know all about the revs to 9k :-D I've enjoyed showing it to my work buddies today. I even took my boss for a ride and he liked it too. Its hard to believe an intake can change the sound so much.
03-26-2007, 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by lurch519
its not really hard to believe. if you look at the stock intakes on todays cars, they are actually tuned to help negate noise.
03-26-2007, 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by bizron
Oh, and I took off the front wheels because the instructions said to haha. It may not have been required, but it certainly made things easier...
Yah the directions say taking the front wheels off is required, but it's not. I left my wheels on when I installed my AEM. You do have to turn the wheels from full turn on one side to the other, though, during part of it. But I found that much easier than taking the wheels off and putting them back on.
All in all the install from start to finish with all removals took me about 1.5-2 hours. If you work quick it doesn't take long at all.
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