Cheap Ram Air
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:flamesuit on: OK I put pvc in my car. :flamesuit off: I noticed the OD of the vfad was a good fit with 3" pvc. So I fabed up some ram air with two 90deg (one street bend for the bottom), some straight pipe (lowes sells 3' sections), and a pvc coupling I had lying around. I drilled and taped the bumper to mount the inlet. I also cut about 1" off both ends of the bottom pice to bring it up and back from the bumper. Comments welcome good or bad.
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I did the same thing ! until i bought my aem CAI
i was looking forward to adapt a bigger inlet like an oval shape and retrofit it with the center black grill
but i couldnt find anything
Nice one though
i was looking forward to adapt a bigger inlet like an oval shape and retrofit it with the center black grill
but i couldnt find anything
Nice one though
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Thanks revamp . 9k The last pice is the factory inlet inside the elbow. Its a little louder now without that cloth like thingy. yep thats rust. I drove her the end of the first winter. damn salt!
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That is awesome! I was going to use the same stuff for my CAI, but the only reason I didn't was that I wanted 3.5" OD metal tubing for my maf sensor. I should have used this for the rest of it though, but bought all the parts from the same place. Yours looks good!
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Brettus- the vfad is on the short side (high rpm) I drilled a hole on the right side and screwed the flap in the open position. I also disconected the plug for it a while ago.
Thanks everyone
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Plus, the PVC is not running into the duct where the VFAD actuator is, that is the fresh air duct.
The VFAD flap & actuator is the short straight piece seen in the first pic on the far right side (you can even see the brass actuator sticking out of the right side of that duct).
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The VFAD is for sound suppression until 5500RPM.
And the box on the accordion section (before the throttle body) is a resonance chamber.
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metal will look nice but bring the cost up. I spent under $20. the racing beat pice works great it usees all of the avalible space and its lightweight plastic. Also it all gets covered anyway.
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Nope not much. Got to drive along side it with my wife driving. Had to ask her if she had it floored cuz it sounded good. My scan tool is old (no CAN) so no temp readings. I cleaned the filter once since then and its not that bad (bugs/dirt). Oh and BTW the factory grille keeps the big stuff out.