toshko321

Hey guys can you please tell me how to make a homemade short ram or cold air intake for my 1999 civic dx. Please dont just tell me to go and buy an actual intake, i want to experiment and make my own for once. Thanks

littleblue

Um, pvc pipe or buy intercooler piping. Do you know how to weld?

RedEG91

straws tape and a sponge lol

toshko321

nope idk how to weld but im sure i can find a way to put an intake together

red_crx_89

junk yard some old eclipse hard intercooler pipe

98civdx

pipes,clamps and a filter.

^XpLiCiTxX^

seems simple, right?

98civdx

i hope so.
stil id rather buy a ebay tube and throw a aem or knn filter in it. and call it a day

EG'SUS

LMAO..

Arthas

1. Purchase 3 feet of aluminum piping with a 3" diamater.
2. Use your dads mandrel bender, and bend it at the 1' section 45 degrees
3. Bend that same section 90 degrees for the throttle body.
4. Get an aluminum straw like piece and weld it onto the side of the intake for the breather hose.
5. Use the mix for plastic and make a 3" to 2.25" coupler.
6. With the same melted plastic mix, make a 8" 5/16" hose for the beather port.
7. Wrap chicken wire over your moms dish sponge and attach it to the end of the intake.
8. Use duct tape or masking tape to attach it to the intake.



Voila! Enjoy your +10HP with your home made intake!

92ehatch

i did this.

K&N drop in filter.

take out resonator box.

cut out bottom of oem air box

nice sound, factory look.

FTW

would take a picture, but you already know what it looks like!

raidacaipo

best way is to buy a cheap *** ebay short ram intake.. and then buy a K and N filter and replace the ebay filter with the K and N...

shawn_crx

get 4 coke cans, cut both ends, tape them up inline, and drill a hole thru your hood. add respirador on one end and the other end to your TB.
Total cost 5 dollar..

Just playing..
any kind of pipes will do, route it as you like, then all filter

mustangsvo85

i tried to make my own intake as well, its a pain because of the sharp bend required since the throttle body points strait up. Honestly, I keep seeing dx intakes on craigslist for 60-100 bucks used, aem usually. the fit is much better than what you can do since you are asking what you need to do it at home and you can't weld. a k&n filter will cost 40+ dollars new and you will spend at least 20 bucks on piping and hose to make it work. all in all it will be ugly, not as effective, and probably cost the same as a good used one.

shawn_crx

I saw someone just add a K&N filter at the TB... drill a hole at the filter for the sensor...

toshko321

Hey what 92ehatch said, would any type of drop in filter work, or does it have to be k&n...

thecruzs2007@yahoo.com

dude get intercooler piping and put that **** to lenth..thats wat i did..i got it out of a mitsubushi talon at a junk yard.

toshko321

how would i know that it will fit in my car.... and what do i do with the piping once i get it?

98civdx

the problem that your going to have is your crappy intake manifold desgin and your throtlle body is verticle

thecruzs2007@yahoo.com

well you can kinda estimate the bend angle from your throttle body to where you cant it pointing to where the airbox was..then you get clamps and those rubber connecting thingys(i forgot wat they are called) and you measure to size and cut..and add the filter..

toshko321

i dont care if it is crappy... i just want it to sound deeper and i dont wanna order **** online and wait for the shipping. thats why i asked you guys how to make one, look at what the 98ekhatch guy said, i like that idea i just didnt understand it too well.

thecruzs2007@yahoo.com

oh thats rite you have the vertical TB...thats a lil tricky-er cause you need to bend the tubing..

98civdx

ok i got it, and ive done, it, you wont gain anything and it will be loud as hell,

pop your hood and your see 2 boxes 1 on top of your engine with a tube coming out of it.
pull that tube off, and then the box thats by your fender pull that as well.

toshko321

wait so i just leave the resonator box without a pipe in it? cuz there is a pipe attached, which the air goes thru it and where the fender is, there are 2 little holes where the end of it goes, i just take out that whole pipe....?

98civdx

yep pull out that pipe, but if you pull that pipe there is no reason to have that second box by your fender, it wont be doing anything.