dpassino

Hey all. I am probably going to get an air intake this afternoon from the local performance shop. just the pop charge. I am not sure what brands they have but they tell me they have them between 40-70.00

Here are my questions...

Is 3" the correct opening?
Is it easy to remove my current stock air filter chamber
what tools will i need
ANything to be warey of?


Thanks In Advance.. you guys are great!

Dan

NmexMAX

iTrader: (22)

Get under your hood and see for yourself, that's what most of us did

dpassino

Thanks! I havent though of that at all. Is that where it goes? lol

Just looking for some friendly advice. the only thing I have ever done to my car is put a drop in air filter and changed spark plugs on my old saturn..

cscm094

your going to need a MAF adapter... be sure your shop gives you this. then the filter clamps right on that adapter.

JsL

iTrader: (5)

What a rip off. Thats like buying a geo metro for $25,000. Go on ebay and bid on one. I know ebay doesn't sell the highest quality stuff, but the price reflects it. They have a CAI on there for like 60 shipped or so...get that.

dpassino

i dont know.. jimwolf has a pop charger for 119.00. is that a rip off too?

mzmtg

iTrader: (11)

You do not need a MAF adapter. If you look inside your airbx top, you'll see a gold colored piece, remove this, attach the filter to it and bolt it to the MAF. You may need to use a little silicone to seal the plate to the MAF.

I used a $20 AutoZone filter & some K&N oil I already had to make this:

dpassino

by looking at your pictures i cannot tell, but i know you removed the top section of the air filter box, did you remove the bottom part as well?

did the the cone style filter you got from auto zone come with all hardware needed? like seals or anything? i think i am talking out of my @ss. lol

MacGyver265

You can take off the entire intake setup before the filter. There's no air running through it, so you might as well take off the 4 miles of tubing. The lower part of the filter box only has something like 3 or 4 bolts on it.

Honestly, get your intake stuff. No special tools are needed, just a screwdriver and a socket set. When you get your stuff, just open your hood, take off the filter box, unbolt the MAF. Everything should be 10mm bolts or large hose clamps. It's probably the easiest mod you can do to your car other than clear corners. If you know what you're doing, you can install the thing in less than 30mins. If you want to take your time, maybe an hour.

dpassino

kewl thanks.
i also just called budgetexhaust.com and they told me for a y-pipe 160.00 shipped. i am going to order it probably later this week once i get my income tax check back. when i go to buy the cone filter, anything i should look for? cause they got several kinds.

Dan

MacGyver265

For the cone filter, I think your best bet is a K&N. They are renowned in many many automotive circles and blow away foam filters.

dpassino

thanks again!

Dan

WizzaMax

iTrader: (9)

I offerred a while back to sell my popcharger style intake...

it has the adapter already for install...let me know if you are interested...pics on the engine page of my website

dpassino

The website does not work, anyway. .I bought one @ autozone this afternoon. got it installed. . had a little problem with the adapter coming off the stock box, but i got it. i turned on the car, and hit the gas a bit.. i can hear the difference. not much, but i can hear it..

yawn.. i am getting out of work in like 6 minutes.. thanks for the help guys!