UPDATE:
look at post #9 for my progress
completed pic at post 11

hey guys, im gonna replace my stock air filter with a k&n cone. i need the adapter such as the one shown in the pic here: (ebay) but i want to get this done today and not order it online. do places sell these or is there a suitable alternative?

 

I bought my K&N cone filter with the adapter from a local performance shop. It was a complete kit from K&N

 

hmmm, ive never seen that, only the filter alone. i think im gonna call a few places.

 

I dont think thats k&n. For $35 plus shipping, might as well go with the real deal and dish out the $45 for a k&n =]

 

i know thats not a k&n filter. the link is only to show the adapter i need. the adapter doesnt have to be k&n but my filter will be.

 

I got my adapter off of ebay for $10 shipped. You can do it the ghetto rigged way, using the brass plate inside the stock box, but I don't recommend it (leaks).

 

I'm telling you, K&N has a kit with a 4" cone filter and the adapter. I bought it 6 years ago, but I think it was like $80-90

 

this is what I bought....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Nissa...20297152QQrdZ1

 

ok guys ive been working on this today and found an adapter, got my k&n on it and got it in my car. got pics but questions first.

1: the sensor in the stock box, is that a air velocity sensor? do i need to hook that up somehow?

2: i was thinking about taking my resonator off since i heard it gives the car a deeper/louder sound, what do i do with the opening and hose then? i cant just run the car without the resonator cause that will let dirty air in the engine.

3: do i need to cut a hole in the wheel well as ive heard to let more air flow in? i still have the air flowing from the front of the car since it was cracked where it attached to the box so i only took off the box where the old filter sits. (See the last pic)

pics:
the adapter on the MAF


how the adapter is bolted on the MAF, ghetto but makes a tight seal


with the filter


where it will go, plus you can see where the air flow still comes in from the front of the car:

 

I think you are talking about the IAT sensor, just zip tie it somewhere I think.

Leave the resonator, it's good and is there for a reason.

You should only cut your fender well for a PR CAI.

Wow I think that's a wrong adapter you got there. Mine fits directly into the MAF sensor's holes.

I also got my MAF adapter from a local performance shop.

 

my roommate told me it measures the temp, hes not a mechanic tho so could be wrong, either way i got that gage in there (and theres a plug for the whole which gives it a tight seal), see pic:


it was the only 3" adapter they had and it said you could drill holes to match the MAF but mine has a tight seal and holds good as shown (believe it or not).

also what does the resonator do exactly then? i heard it is only there soften the sound a bit.

pic of it all together in car:

 

Cone filters, IMO, are too loud.

 

Then you're too old

 

lol, i just took it for a test drive for the first time, oh man...first starting it up gives a nice little roar and low rumble. then later at WOT....its definately very sexy.

 

BTW.....clean that engine bay!!!

 

Damn young'enz

But you see where I'm headed with this notion... right?

 

how much better is the cold air intake?
is it worth it?

 

i dont know how much better it is as far as performance wise. i heard it adds a little hp, not much tho. i heard that it takes a little away from low end but adds more to high end. personally i dont feel my car any being any stronger or weaker.

as far as the sound it creates, i think it sounds great and is worth it.

 

Resonators quiet the sound a bit but more importantly make it sound a lot better. I think if you remove the resonator you're going to have a really sh!tty dirty sounding exhaust. Isn't there a sticky with exhaust clips? Maybe they have one without a resonator.

 

I don't think he's talking about the resonator in the exhaust

 

ya, the plastic box type thing that connects right after the MAF (to the left of the battery). i heard that was called a resonator and can be taken off.

 

It can be removed and replaced with a straight pipe, but, there has yet to be any proven benefit to doing so, only negative effects.

Quite in fact, I'm in the process of converting BACK to a stock intake, and I have an 00VI which would benefit more from the supposed high-end power gains of a short ram intake. Says something about the box, no?

 

Oh lol, I forgot they called that a resonator...that makes a little more sense, sorry.