It's 2.5" exhaust piping with an eBay 2.5" filter

Comments? Questions?


-Nick

 

pretty neat.. paint the chrome piece black and i doubt cops will mess wit cha..

 

Why would cops be looking under my hood?

 

Looks good....any chance you can fabricate a heat shield?

 

most people would rec that you spend more money on the filter than u did on the piping....

 

although nice idea the same effect is done by simply removing teh resonator box

 

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That's my next project

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It was free...so i'm not complaining

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Not really, the filter i'm using has about double, if not triple, the surface area compaired to the stock filter.

 

You should get a front mount intake. That has mad surface area, yo.

 

I did the same thing to blondeaccord's 4th gen. w00t

I will post some pics later to compare.

Nice Job man.

 

Pics?

 

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That's my next project

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I would ask if you could make me one BUT I will need an exhaust manifold shield to try and dissapate the heat from my snail

What are you planning on making the heat shield out of?

 

For your heatshield, just use sheet metal... and get/make two "L" brackets where it bolts onto the block and then bolt the sheetmetal to the brackets.

I'm gonna make mine from probably plastic...

 

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I hope you are kidding.

 

But let me ask this....what will sheet metal do since it is somewhat flimsy.

And if you're going to make yours out of plastic won't that get a little uhhh hot?

 

That is a pretty cool/inexpensive DIY project that is actually functional. Nice work

 

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Somewhat thick, but still flimsy sheet metal. Remember, you're trying to get IT to absorb the heat, not you're engine bay. Besides, i've seen plenty of autoxer's with sheetmetal heatsheilds..I mean, just take a look at our stock one, it's not THAT thick...

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Not nearly enought to melt or warp anything...can't give awap my secret until it's finished...then i'll tell you guys what it's made from...

 

Sweet...I will fabricate one once my turbo is installed

 

your just like me. I'm a diyer too. I diy everything I can.

 

Nice job, BUT what restricts the airflow more than the piping is the filter. Your filter may have more surface area than the stock filter but I'd bet you would do even better with a K&N.

Also, how far does the exhaust piping go up into the stock piping? I would think the further the better because that stock piping sucks.

 

what is wrong with stock piping....if anything, the exhaust piping is creating a bottle neck effect, as it is nano inchs smaller in diamter than the stock piping.....this looks pretty good, cant wait to see the heat shield....i wish i knew how to work with metal...... to mad diy skills

 

the exhaust piping is better because it will reject more heat than plastic, and a lot of stock intake pipes dont have very smooth inner walls, increasing air turbulence since the air travels along the walls of the piping. but better to go cheap on piping and get a good air filter. i use a cheap-o tenzo cold air w/ an HKS air filter and am very happy w/ the results and i only spent $80 for the whole setup.

 

nice DIY...of course me i just like to have the real shiet. AEM!

 

This is all just temporary until I get a piece of 180* mandrel bent 2.5" piping...then i'll fabricate the whole CAI

And is there really any proof saying that K&N is better than eBay filters, I've even heard K&N doesn't filter enought (coulda been a rumor thou)...

 

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sorry bro i didnt have time to last night, but i will have them up for you soon

 

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Exactly.

As for the K&N filter thing, as far as I know there's nothing proving that or anything, but I just think there is a reason AEM would choose them as their filter provider over anyone else.