ok guys i need help with this. last summer i bought my friend a k&n cylindrical (spelt right?) filter for his formula firebird. well he had it in for about a month or so and his brakes went out sending his car into a guard rail, he was fine but the car is gone. anyways he gave me the filter so i decided to try and make an intake out of it. the thing is, its cylindrical NOT a cone so can i still do it? do i have to seal off the side somehow? heres some pics of it that describe it better than i do. thanks a lot!

 

and heres another pic...

 

Hmm, You could probably get some silicone sealant and a piece of plastic to cap one end. Then press it up against your MAFS and duct tape it on.

Or you could sell it to another firebird owner and buy yourself a cone K&N and the adapter.

 

i cant make an adapter that will fit this one??? if its gonna be such a pain in the **** then ill just go buy a cone but if i have this one, AND its possible, then id like to try it

 

Well the thing is, if it had a slight lip on one end, then yes you could make an adapter and attach it to it with a big radhose clamp.

There doesnt look like you can clamp or put a bolt in anywhere on that. I guess you could glue an adapter onto it but it may fall off from vibrations.

 

i see.... that sucks! maybe i can rig something up...

 

u know what? i wonder if i can glue a rubber lip on it. like a piece of rubber something or another and glue it down with silicon then clamp the bltch on! i dunno, sounds kinda ghetto... btw, what all do i take out besides my stock airbox?

 

It may be ghetto but it'll sound much better than an airbox. There is an adapter that I bought from Summit racing for my CONE filter. You could probably get that, glue/duct-tape a lip onto that cylindrical filter and clamp it onto the adapter.
You basically only need to take out the airbox, u can leave the ram air system or take it off too, wont make a difference.
If your car is a 95 or 96, then u'll have to zap strap the temp. sensor to something so it doesnt flap around.

Good luck

 

what the *uck are you thinking???? that would never work! dont listen to those guys about tape and silicone, thats being cheap and not giving a damn about your own car...

go buy a drop in filter for the $40 and forget about it
or
buy a Jim wolf intake fron www.custommaxima.com best price on them so far, i think $90 shipped?

 

Why would it not work? It may not look pretty but whatever, he can save the 90 bux and get a set of clear corner lenses. Are you saying that all the racers and pit crews out there that use duct tape are using it because it doesnt work?

A drop in filter wont do anything if he wants the intake "growl". And he's already got a perfectly good K&N filter, why buy another one? If he wants it to LOOK nice, then he may as well get a CAI.

 

ok, i already wasted my money on a drop-in for my car that did jack shlt and if i can make a mak-shift pop charger instead of wasting 90 friggin dollars (which i wouldn't do anyway since a cai is only like $100 more) and i DO give a damn about my own car!

 

hey i just looked at your webpage and noticed u have aftermarket rims, waht did u do with your old ones?

 

contact alex at southwest autoworks he is selling pop charger kit for cheap

 

i went ahead and decided to try it myself, i just have to wait for the silicon sealant to cure overnight and put it back on tomorrow! it really doesn't look bad i think i did a pretty good job.

 

I still have them, but sadly Im selling my car soon, with the stock wheels....

Let us know how the pop charger goes

 

hey i got it done and it works GREAT! nice deep growling through 2nd and 3rd gear. my girl got in the car and we were going down the highway and she heard and was like wtf?!?!?!? whats wrong with your car? LMAO so why r u selling the car?

 

Nice to hear it works fine!
Im selling my car because at 19, I'd rather be moved out and own a decent sports car, than live at home with huge car payments for a nice sedan which I have to lug around all my friend in.
I guess thats the way its gotta work when you get no support from your family

 

that sucks man....what kind of car are you planning on now? good luck!

 

An MR2 Turbo or a 240SX

 

sweet, let us know how everything goes!

 

Does anyone know where I can get a charger from for a 96 max? I live in MAryland/DC/VA

 

Here's my "cheap" install. It's not shiny like the JWT, but it is functionally the same.

Intake install