Thread: Intake: Open Vs CAI

worried about heat soak? get holden intake manifold from a comador the TB would be pointed dirrectly infront of the car and pook out the hood.

Its a 3800, you cant stop the heat soak.

Originally Posted by Pure2sin

I can't wait to see pictures of new peoples cars on here with little chode air filters directly connected to their throttle bodies. lol

I bet your setup doesn't do any better than a filter bolted on the end of the MAF or the TB once the car gets moving.

Blue...

Hahahaha, my sides are splitting!

BTW thats a freakin awesome setup, omg... Yours???

Originally Posted by coolone

Blue...

Hahahaha, my sides are splitting!

BTW thats a freakin awesome setup, omg... Yours???

No, I found it on google. I was just showing Joe (Hippo) that you can turn the TB to the other side of the engine bay via a FBody intake setup.

its not the pipe heating up, open you hood,look at you TB and look underneath it, bam, crossover... heats up the tb.
and blue im always sitting at lights, so probably why i like my cold air intake better lol.

Non-Contact Infrared Laser Thermometer
I haven't used it on the car yet, but I did use it on a house heater's exhaust duct. You can see how much hotter the elbows get vs straight pipe and different locations. The temperature on the exhaust about doubled at the the bends. You can use this on our car for checking exhaust and intake temps (not the air in the piping itself). The thing I would use this on the car most for would be checking temps of the crossover pipe and the intake pipe above it. I remember a school testing a Regal's crossover pipes after a run on the track with a thermographic camera. They did stock, wrapped and ceramic coated crossover pipes. You can sorta do the same thing using a tool like this.

As for intakes, I'll probably make a filter box and then use the intake in the SD Hood on the Grand Prix. For the Regal with it's stock hood, I'll either use the metal tubing CAI I have or make up the PVC pipe intake to get the filter as close to the fender as I can like most have above.

Heat sensor? Perhaps you're thinking about the mass airflow sensor? That would be the cylinder attached to your intake airbox, with the wires plugged into it. Keep it attached to the intake, you need it.

As for drilling, you will need to replicate the PCV tube's hole in the corrugated rubber tubing attached to the throttlebody.

Keep reading tutorials, homie.

Well, if you'd just open your hood, you'll see a 3" plastic pipe at the end of the corrugated rubber, attached to your airbox. That ENTIRE tube stays. No need to drill a hole for anything.









And here's the PCV tube I mentioned.

Originally Posted by Grimsin

its not the pipe heating up, open you hood,look at you TB and look underneath it, bam, crossover... heats up the tb.
and blue im always sitting at lights, so probably why i like my cold air intake better lol.

Hot air would actually be better while sitting at a light. you dont need any power, so you can use less gas with hot air. hot air=less dense air=less gas. Probably not noticeable though.

Originally Posted by 0GTP4

And for the PCV tube at the end going into the intake duct would be the only hole I would have to make for it to fit inside after market intake duct?

Yup, you've got it now.

Originally Posted by 0GTP4

What is the purpose for the screen on the MAFS?? Do people remove it?

The screen keeps the air from coming in all wild. It's not a restriction and 99% of people that remove it have problems.

Originally Posted by 0GTP4

Any other tips on installing aftermarket intake on the 04+?

Use zip ties or velcro to hold the PCM (computer) to the car. It lives inside the airbox that you will be removing.