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abrahamhuerta95

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I've read about making your own CAI because those name brands out there price is too high when you can make something with even more potential on your own. I saw a popular video on YouTube where this guy makes his own on a regal gs and explains the process. But there was alot of debate on the comments stating it was a poor design. So I'm looking for any thread or answers on how to make the best CAI in a 97 grand Prix gtp.
 


yeah...I remember my first time modding a car. Put that $30 cone filter on from autozone on my toyota camry and thought i was a race car.
 
I use to put cones on mine lol i would get the biggest k&n cone i could get and put it on and think it was cool now i just put in a k&n filter in the box so i don't sound like a big vacuum riding around
 


Some guys (myself included) mount them to a tray:

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http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/results.cfm?partnumber=15995679

I got one from the pick a part for a couple dollars. Can't remember what years, but it's a stock tray for the S-10 PU's and or Blazers.
 
This being one of the easiest and cheapest and usually first mods people make to this platform means there are literally hundreds of threads on this subject not only here but across the net... google is your friend here!
 


I like this one the best. it imitates the expensive fender well intake but costs less than half the price.

http://www.grandprixforums.net/threads/88831-How-to-CXracing-4-quot-fenderwell-intake

this is the intake I built when I installed an intercooler and a North Star throttle body, but it wouldn't flow enough air and was causing hesitation issues.

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this is what I have on now. the filter is a genuine K&N, so it was like 40 or 50 bucks and the 4" tubing cost like 10 bucks at www.frozenboost.com I also have a 4" aluminium ring that the filter clamps onto and cost 10 bucks from www.zzperformance.com

after I shortened the intake to this style my hesitation was greatly diminished.


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Read this thread. Then make your own.
http://www.grandprixforums.net/threa...en-Cone-Intake

K & N's numbers where in comparison to the OEM air box. My car (2004 GTP Comp-G) has the K & N setup, but it was on the car when I bought it so I have no way to vouch for any gains. I suppose it all comes down to how restrictive the OEM air intake is in comparison and how much difference in delivered air temp to the supercharger there is. So you think K & N is faking their numbers?
 
The funny thing is that the stock airbox on 99+ cars isn't really that restrictive, Idk at what point it becomes a restriction but for a stock car it flows more than enough air.
Those numbers from K&N are fibbed, they say the same thing for almost every vehicle they make intakes for and they all have that same little graph on the box.......
I have said it once and I will say it again cooling the air before a heat pump is redundant, you're just heating it right back up, you need to cool the air after the blower to make any difference.

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GoatBoy said:
Read this thread. Then make your own.
http://www.grandprixforums.net/threa...en-Cone-Intake

K & N's numbers where in comparison to the OEM air box. My car (2004 GTP Comp-G) has the K & N setup, but it was on the car when I bought it so I have no way to vouch for any gains. I suppose it all comes down to how restrictive the OEM air intake is in comparison and how much difference in delivered air temp to the supercharger there is. So you think K & N is faking their numbers?
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K&N is definitely faking their numbers.

Simply changing from a stock filter to a cotton/oil filter in the stock box is going to gain you a total of 0 hp. I used to work for a company that was a competitor to K&N. Their filters actually flowed better than K&N and still didn't pick up the numbers K&N claims theirs do.

As for the claim that a cold air intake is not ever going to gain 17 whp, that I can tell you is untrue. Is it common? Hell no, but on certain vehicles with bad stock set ups it is possible. Before I left they developed an intake for 07-current Silverados. They actually did back to back dyno tests at my friends shop on his dyno and picked up something ridiculous like 19 hp and 32 ft lb of torque at the wheels.

I saw the dyno sheets myself on that one and was absolutely amazed. There are other cars throughout the past several years that are known to have severely restrictive stock intake setups that can gain ~10 hp with a CAI set up, but for the vast majority of us, we are lucky to get 1-2 hp to the crank.
 


there is no way a K&N intake is going to make that much more power. if it really made that big of a difference everybody would have it installed, and it wouldn't take long for the car engineers to copy the idea to get the same results.
 
SgtMarshal said:
there is no way a K&N intake is going to make that much more power. if it really made that big of a difference everybody would have it installed, and it wouldn't take long for the car engineers to copy the idea to get the same results.
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Ding ding ding, we have winner. Tell him what hes won Johnny.
 
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