**DIY: Stock airbox mod (cai)**
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**DIY: Stock intake mod (cai)**
Well Finally I had the chance to do some DIY stuff on my day off from work. For awhile now I've been thinking of ways to modify the stock airbox on my EJ6 96 hatch with a gsr swap. For a completely stock and sleeper look. It may not be the best intake system out there. But it sure is functional and looks very discreet. This is good for all you people who want to keep your oem intake system. So today I went to the hardware store to pick up a few things. Remember I'm not completely done yet, so I'll be adding more to this DIY. I'm pretty confident this will work with any of our civic's or integra's.
Parts:
(2) galvanized swivel 3" piping ($2.99 ea)
(1) 90' angled 3" swivel piping ($2.99 ea)
(4-5) pieces of black zip ties (Free since I had plenty laying around)
(1) Air filter (I used an STP filter from Autozone, $19.19)
On the bottom portion of your stock air box you can either cut out the entire bottom like I did. Or you can just make a circular incision to fit just the piping. It's all up to you. I cut the whole bottom off incase it rains, I can remove the intake system and put back the oem intake back on.
Next I connected all three pipings to be a tight fit. So that air could not escape.
If you notice on your stock airbox on the top lid, the air passage has like a oval shape. Not to worry because the piping is flexible and you could squeeze in there. Then you have yourself a DIY CAI piping, great thing about it. Is that the piping swivels around so you can position the piping and air filter anywhere you want. In this case I routed the piping and air filter so that it would sit right behind the front bumper vent on the passenger side. Where you would put your 99-00 fog lights at. Here's a few pictures of how it looks. Mind you this DIY is not completely done, since I haven't finished the top cover so that it would cover the entire system. A long with more pictures to post up. Let me know what you guys think.
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Modified by VTECth1s at 11:52 AM 2/18/2008
Modified by VTECth1s at 12:02 PM 2/18/2008
Parts:
(2) galvanized swivel 3" piping ($2.99 ea)
(1) 90' angled 3" swivel piping ($2.99 ea)
(4-5) pieces of black zip ties (Free since I had plenty laying around)
(1) Air filter (I used an STP filter from Autozone, $19.19)
On the bottom portion of your stock air box you can either cut out the entire bottom like I did. Or you can just make a circular incision to fit just the piping. It's all up to you. I cut the whole bottom off incase it rains, I can remove the intake system and put back the oem intake back on.
Next I connected all three pipings to be a tight fit. So that air could not escape.
If you notice on your stock airbox on the top lid, the air passage has like a oval shape. Not to worry because the piping is flexible and you could squeeze in there. Then you have yourself a DIY CAI piping, great thing about it. Is that the piping swivels around so you can position the piping and air filter anywhere you want. In this case I routed the piping and air filter so that it would sit right behind the front bumper vent on the passenger side. Where you would put your 99-00 fog lights at. Here's a few pictures of how it looks. Mind you this DIY is not completely done, since I haven't finished the top cover so that it would cover the entire system. A long with more pictures to post up. Let me know what you guys think.
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Modified by VTECth1s at 11:52 AM 2/18/2008
Modified by VTECth1s at 12:02 PM 2/18/2008
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Re: **DIY: Stock intake mod (spock_rocker)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by spock_rocker »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hydrolock in 3....2.....1.....X</TD></TR></TABLE>
haha X2. it doesnt really look that nice IMO either. but good write up im sure someone will try it.... just hope they dont wanna hunt ya down after they hydrolock the motor cause it was your idea.
haha X2. it doesnt really look that nice IMO either. but good write up im sure someone will try it.... just hope they dont wanna hunt ya down after they hydrolock the motor cause it was your idea.
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Re: **DIY: Stock intake mod (cai)** (VTECth1s)
I use this setup on sunny days only. On rainy day's it can easily be changed. And I can just put back the stock filter and cover. And it's back to stock again, you might think that it's a hassle. But it only takes a min to do it IMO.
I'm sure you can put a bypass valve on, from AEM. I'm sure it'll fit into the piping.
I'm sure you can put a bypass valve on, from AEM. I'm sure it'll fit into the piping.
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Re: **DIY: Stock intake mod (Thateguhate)
Come on, do you know how much it takes to hydrolock an engine? Submerging the whole filter in water, this means your in over 6 inches of water. If your car is in that much water, you have other concerns, like keeping the water OUT of the cabin. You really have to hit a BIG and DEEP pothole, its not like a CAI is gonna guarantee a hydrolock.
Re: **DIY: Stock intake mod (BrakeExpert)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BrakeExpert »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Come on, do you know how much it takes to hydrolock an engine? Submerging the whole filter in water, this means your in over 6 inches of water. If your car is in that much water, you have other concerns, like keeping the water OUT of the cabin. You really have to hit a BIG and DEEP pothole, its not like a CAI is gonna guarantee a hydrolock.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Yeah, but with 3" dia and no filter along with some throttle and have fun. It's not a guarantee, but I would still not take the chance of "****" happening.
Anyhow... there were two other write ups just like this that used OEM equipment from civics and integras that looks 190843908403924 times better. Not to be a dick, but if you are going to spend time to make something, at least make it somethng you can be proud of. No "ghetto" specials.
A for effort
Yeah, but with 3" dia and no filter along with some throttle and have fun. It's not a guarantee, but I would still not take the chance of "****" happening.
Anyhow... there were two other write ups just like this that used OEM equipment from civics and integras that looks 190843908403924 times better. Not to be a dick, but if you are going to spend time to make something, at least make it somethng you can be proud of. No "ghetto" specials.
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Re: **DIY: Stock intake mod (BrakeExpert)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BrakeExpert »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Come on, do you know how much it takes to hydrolock an engine? Submerging the whole filter in water, this means your in over 6 inches of water. If your car is in that much water, you have other concerns, like keeping the water OUT of the cabin. You really have to hit a BIG and DEEP pothole, its not like a CAI is gonna guarantee a hydrolock.</TD></TR></TABLE>
hydrolocking a motor doesnt happen as easy as most believe.... most water will burn off as it travels up to the manifold causing nothing at all. However your right in the sense that it will if your sitting in a puddle etc..
I use a cai without a bypass and its not something i drive with everyday in the rain, but i am careful.
CAI's are fine if the driver of the car is smart enough to watch out for these things. BUT..... since he made his own it could be lower than most CAI's which might be kinda scary.. Id rather go with a marketed intake than my own creation..
hydrolocking a motor doesnt happen as easy as most believe.... most water will burn off as it travels up to the manifold causing nothing at all. However your right in the sense that it will if your sitting in a puddle etc..
I use a cai without a bypass and its not something i drive with everyday in the rain, but i am careful.
CAI's are fine if the driver of the car is smart enough to watch out for these things. BUT..... since he made his own it could be lower than most CAI's which might be kinda scary.. Id rather go with a marketed intake than my own creation..
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Re: **DIY: Stock intake mod (cai)** (VTECth1s)
Good thinking
I'm skeptical of this whole hydrolock debate. Unless you're fording rivers and streams and puddles you can't see the bottom of, it won't be anything to worry about. And who cares what it looks like, I'll take function over form any day.
I'm skeptical of this whole hydrolock debate. Unless you're fording rivers and streams and puddles you can't see the bottom of, it won't be anything to worry about. And who cares what it looks like, I'll take function over form any day.
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Re: **DIY: Stock intake mod (SuperSonikBluEK)
lol. you guys must try and drive through some lakes or something.
but the DIY looks hood as hell. but i always give praise for initiative. i bet it works just as good as an ebay intake
but the DIY looks hood as hell. but i always give praise for initiative. i bet it works just as good as an ebay intake
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All you "get ready for hydrolock" ****** need a expletiveing foot shoved up your ***. If you think that will cause a hydrolock, you should be legally considered metally retarded and therefore now have license. expletiveing retards, it takes a good bit to lock an engine, especially considering he doesnt have it fit to his airbox. Once (and only if) his filter is entirely submerged it will pick up air from around the opening. Some of you retards need to think 17 times before you post. ( i think thats more times than your age....)
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 99GreenEX »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">All you "get ready for hydrolock" ****** need a expletiveing foot shoved up your ***. If you think that will cause a hydrolock, you should be legally considered metally retarded and therefore now have license. expletiveing retards, it takes a good bit to lock an engine, especially considering he doesnt have it fit to his airbox. Once (and only if) his filter is entirely submerged it will pick up air from around the opening. Some of you retards need to think 17 times before you post. ( i think thats more times than your age....)</TD></TR></TABLE>
Damn dude, you're e-thuggin pretty hard. It's just the internet, calm down.
To everyone else:
It takes a lot to actually hydrolock a car. Trust me on that one. I ran a CAI year round all the damn time every day rain, snow, whatever, on a slammed *** car. Never got anything in there. It depends on the design of the car, though. For civics, it's tucked away pretty nicely behind fender liners if you use the hole in the car's apron to route the CAI. If you have a 96-00 non ex/si, you should buy a hole saw and make a 3.5'' hole where the embossed panel is.
On integras, the filter is real vulnerable to water. I'm sure it'd still take a good bit to hydrolock it. But the filter does get real wet and the car does bog down when it rains and you hit a puddle. That just means you're getting ALL kinds of **** in the manifold and on the sensors.
I guess I'd have to see where that DIY pipe ends up. Hydrolock may be difficult...but getting water all up in your crevices is easy.
The OP takes it off for rainy driving, though. However, with an ebay CAI routed thru the hole in the car's apron (behind the PS headlight), you should have no issues....err...as long as you have a fender liner.
I once drove thru a rainstorm with a CAI without a fenderliner. It was only hilarious because the car still had a D series. There was steam EVERYWHERE. It still didn't lock..and the car went on to road race another day (for about a year till the T-belt broke). The car did stop on the side of the road. There was enough steam coming out of the exhaust pipe for people to pull over and ask if I was ok. Embarassing to the max.
Damn dude, you're e-thuggin pretty hard. It's just the internet, calm down.
To everyone else:
It takes a lot to actually hydrolock a car. Trust me on that one. I ran a CAI year round all the damn time every day rain, snow, whatever, on a slammed *** car. Never got anything in there. It depends on the design of the car, though. For civics, it's tucked away pretty nicely behind fender liners if you use the hole in the car's apron to route the CAI. If you have a 96-00 non ex/si, you should buy a hole saw and make a 3.5'' hole where the embossed panel is.
On integras, the filter is real vulnerable to water. I'm sure it'd still take a good bit to hydrolock it. But the filter does get real wet and the car does bog down when it rains and you hit a puddle. That just means you're getting ALL kinds of **** in the manifold and on the sensors.
I guess I'd have to see where that DIY pipe ends up. Hydrolock may be difficult...but getting water all up in your crevices is easy.
The OP takes it off for rainy driving, though. However, with an ebay CAI routed thru the hole in the car's apron (behind the PS headlight), you should have no issues....err...as long as you have a fender liner.
I once drove thru a rainstorm with a CAI without a fenderliner. It was only hilarious because the car still had a D series. There was steam EVERYWHERE. It still didn't lock..and the car went on to road race another day (for about a year till the T-belt broke). The car did stop on the side of the road. There was enough steam coming out of the exhaust pipe for people to pull over and ask if I was ok. Embarassing to the max.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B serious »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Damn dude, you're e-thuggin pretty hard. It's just the internet, calm down.
To everyone else:
It takes a lot to actually hydrolock a car. Trust me on that one. I ran a CAI year round all the damn time every day rain, snow, whatever, on a slammed *** car. Never got anything in there. It depends on the design of the car, though. For civics, it's tucked away pretty nicely behind fender liners if you use the hole in the car's apron to route the CAI. If you have a 96-00 non ex/si, you should buy a hole saw and make a 3.5'' hole where the embossed panel is.
On integras, the filter is real vulnerable to water. I'm sure it'd still take a good bit to hydrolock it. But the filter does get real wet and the car does bog down when it rains and you hit a puddle. That just means you're getting ALL kinds of **** in the manifold and on the sensors.
I guess I'd have to see where that DIY pipe ends up. Hydrolock may be difficult...but getting water all up in your crevices is easy.
The OP takes it off for rainy driving, though. However, with an ebay CAI routed thru the hole in the car's apron (behind the PS headlight), you should have no issues....err...as long as you have a fender liner.
I once drove thru a rainstorm with a CAI without a fenderliner. It was only hilarious because the car still had a D series. There was steam EVERYWHERE. It still didn't lock..and the car went on to road race another day (for about a year till the T-belt broke). The car did stop on the side of the road. There was enough steam coming out of the exhaust pipe for people to pull over and ask if I was ok. Embarassing to the max. </TD></TR></TABLE>
lol the last story is pretty good..
Damn dude, you're e-thuggin pretty hard. It's just the internet, calm down.
To everyone else:
It takes a lot to actually hydrolock a car. Trust me on that one. I ran a CAI year round all the damn time every day rain, snow, whatever, on a slammed *** car. Never got anything in there. It depends on the design of the car, though. For civics, it's tucked away pretty nicely behind fender liners if you use the hole in the car's apron to route the CAI. If you have a 96-00 non ex/si, you should buy a hole saw and make a 3.5'' hole where the embossed panel is.
On integras, the filter is real vulnerable to water. I'm sure it'd still take a good bit to hydrolock it. But the filter does get real wet and the car does bog down when it rains and you hit a puddle. That just means you're getting ALL kinds of **** in the manifold and on the sensors.
I guess I'd have to see where that DIY pipe ends up. Hydrolock may be difficult...but getting water all up in your crevices is easy.
The OP takes it off for rainy driving, though. However, with an ebay CAI routed thru the hole in the car's apron (behind the PS headlight), you should have no issues....err...as long as you have a fender liner.
I once drove thru a rainstorm with a CAI without a fenderliner. It was only hilarious because the car still had a D series. There was steam EVERYWHERE. It still didn't lock..and the car went on to road race another day (for about a year till the T-belt broke). The car did stop on the side of the road. There was enough steam coming out of the exhaust pipe for people to pull over and ask if I was ok. Embarassing to the max. </TD></TR></TABLE>
lol the last story is pretty good..
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 99GreenEX »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">All you "get ready for hydrolock" ****** need a expletiveing foot shoved up your ***. If you think that will cause a hydrolock, you should be legally considered metally retarded and therefore now have license. expletiveing retards, it takes a good bit to lock an engine, especially considering he doesnt have it fit to his airbox. Once (and only if) his filter is entirely submerged it will pick up air from around the opening. Some of you retards need to think 17 times before you post. ( i think thats more times than your age....)</TD></TR></TABLE>
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Re: **DIY: Stock intake mod (93egSLEEPER)
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haha X2. it doesnt really look that nice IMO either. but good write up im sure someone will try it.... just hope they dont wanna hunt ya down after they hydrolock the motor cause it was your idea. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Don't worry about the car hydrolocking, it is very rare ESPECIALLY since you live in CA. Most people up here are like canary birds and just repeat things that tickle their *****!
haha X2. it doesnt really look that nice IMO either. but good write up im sure someone will try it.... just hope they dont wanna hunt ya down after they hydrolock the motor cause it was your idea.
</TD></TR></TABLE>Don't worry about the car hydrolocking, it is very rare ESPECIALLY since you live in CA. Most people up here
are like canary birds and just repeat things that tickle their *****!
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Re: **DIY: Stock intake mod (marshun)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by marshun »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">just about everyone bitching in this thread sounds like theyre still in highschool and dont know jack about cars</TD></TR></TABLE>
U mean this place isnt overrun with highschool kids? WOW!
U mean this place isnt overrun with highschool kids? WOW!
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Malakai »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i think it looks good, and with the top panel back on it will hide it pretty good! </TD></TR></TABLE>
Dude. I think it's BAD *** that you live in a place that rhymes with vagina. I just thought I'd throw it out there.
Do you pronounce it "ra-jayna"? I freaking would. I'd say something crazy like "I just saw sasquatch in regina!!". If it wasn't so cold in Canada, I'd move to regina TODAY.
Dude. I think it's BAD *** that you live in a place that rhymes with vagina. I just thought I'd throw it out there.
Do you pronounce it "ra-jayna"? I freaking would. I'd say something crazy like "I just saw sasquatch in regina!!". If it wasn't so cold in Canada, I'd move to regina TODAY.