Hey, I'm kinda new to this, so here it goes. When I was installing it, my SRI came with a long thin hose, and I didn't recognize it because my CAI had a short hose that's about 2.5 inches. So my question is, am I supposed to cut this hose and make it look like this:

or am I supposed to completely disconnect the metal tube thingy and have it run straight into the engine like this:

Thanks in advance

 

either way it's going into the engine, with or without that metal adapter piece. so it would not matter.

 

Thanks for the super quick reply JDM :D

So the metal one doesn't obstruct the airflow or anything since it seems like its smaller ?

Also, what if I were to only get a muffler tip and keep my old piping. Would it alter the noise of my car ? Would it be any louder ?

 

no, it will not mess with your air flow.

and a tip will most likely not make your car louder.. just save up and buy a full exhaust.

 

Well... the pictures show 2 different applications.. d series and a f series.
Either way, the metal piece, i simply cut it off, and bypassed the rubber straight from the intake to the engine, as seen on the picture with a red engine bay (d series). I also, bypassed the water hose that went through the same metal piece, so at the end, i actually deleted that metal piece, without loosing a thing, and all functional still!

 

Gotcha JDM

Wait wait wait. What water pipe ? Do I have to mess with that when installing my SRI ?

Thanks for the help! My buddy told me you guys would tare me apart here on these forums, but I guess its pretty friendly ehhh

OH YA!



What are those two metal pieces ? Lol. They look like they're supposed to be some kinda brace, but I can't figure out how to put them on the SRI then attach them to my car.


Modified by ogliquidmetal at 10:00 PM 9/21/2007

 

that metal connector piece contains two seperate connections... the top one is where the intake is and the bottom one carries coolant i believe. you can bypass that whole metal piece as stated above by connecting that hose from the intake to the engine.

and i think those metal pieces are some type of bracket.. some of those weird brand intakes don't always fit the way you'll like.

 

Heh, I couldn't find a place to put those brackets, so I just left them out. I can shake my intake around with my hand, but as long as it doesn't fall off right ? Lol.

So I guess I'll put in the longer rubber thing tomorrow. As long as I don't touch the bottom one (the one with the coolant) I should be fine right ?

 

correct.. i wouldnt mess with the bottom one.. a while back i did, and accidently made a small splice in the hose which caused coolant to leak and my car to overheat which then ruined my day over something so small.