Would it be cheaper/as efficient to make my own CAI? If so, what do I need to make one and how do I make one?

 

umm...just buy an intake...

 

Ok thanks. All I needed to know. Mr. Moderator person, you can close this thread now.

 

There are lots of ways, jsut mess around with different set-ups and see which you like best, it's cheaper in the long run

 

ABS piping and reflective insulation tape. I made mine like an injen but it dropped it really really low... almost underneath of the car. Wrapped it with the tape and used soem sheet metal as a heatshield from the radiator fans. Worked really really nice and filter was always cool to the touch. One problem i did encounter was the leaks i was getting so i went back to WAI and just replaced the rubber intake hose (the one that attaches to the throttle body) with a straight 3" rubber coupling from home depot.
A camaro guy with an ls-1 built an abs intake and gained 38 whp (dyno proven too). He sells it for $30 lol. On sr2.net (i think) someone also built a CAI out of abs. Do a google search.

 

That really depends on your fabrication skills. My Berk intake is simple as hell. A short pipe with a small tube welded in perpendicular to the pipe (to attack the vacuum hose) plus a couple of silicon couplers, a filter, and some hose clamps.

You could also conceivably build your own intake using the materials that ChromeSES mentioned.

Personally, I bought the Berk because I got it used for about half of the price that it costs new. Look for a used Berk or Frankencar if you're not in a hurry.

*EDIT*

Sorry, I see you're looking to build a CAI, and both of the intakes I recommended are short ram intakes (WAIs). If you really want to build your own CAI (placing the filter end of the intake somewhere that actually gets COLD air), then building your own might be your only choice for a while, since there are no more Place Racing CAIs for sale for the 5th gen and the Injen isn't really a CAI. I think a company called Bomz or something like that might have some "true" CAIs for sale on eBay, but I've never used one, so I can't say anything about their quality.

 

Not that I don't believe it but that wouldn't happen on our cars.

 

i would never expect anything like that for us lol. I wish.

 

Here's a link from VQPower... I don't know if it's as nice as a PR or a Berk, but hey... it's DIY.

http://www.vqpower.com/v2/modules.ph...howpage&pid=21