Hi Guys,
Well you may have seen my DIY Short Ram Intake, but after some reading around and general itchiness to do more DIY modding, I thought I'd go the whole hog and make it a proper Cold Air Intake. Driving this decision was partly how cheaply I could do and partly that I felt there was more to be gained from moving the intake out of the engine bay and away from potential heat saturation. Also I read the typhoon purchase and fitment thread of F6had's brother's car and was very inspired.
So I already had a K&N filter, I just needed the pipe work. So I logged onto APMotorstore and bought a couple of 45 degree bits of pipe, 1 alloy, 1 silicone. (I actually bought from their eBay store as you can often save a couple of £ as their eBay prices are a tiny bit less on some items for some reason)
I then set about fitting them. The usual stuff of Bumper off (the resonator was already removed from my previous ventures) and run the pipes through the hole for the original inlet pipe from the resonator.
Put the hose clamps on and tighten it all up.
In the cavity where the filter goes, I had to trim a little off the silicone pipe, pop a piece of pipe I already had in there as a go-between the silicone pipe and the rubber mounting of the filter. Fit the hose clamps and tighten everything up.
Put the bumper back on and it's done. It's that easy. Sorry my pictures aren't better, but it was starting to rain and I was keen to get it all done before the heavens opened. Sod's law the rain stopped the moment I was finished putting the bumper back on .
Anyway, with the parts bought, imagining you still have the stock air box in and so need to remove the air box and resonator, it could probably be done within an hour. As it was half way done already for me, it took only about 30 minutes.
I've yet to take it for a test drive, but will go out shortly and spank it on some A roads, see how it is. I imagine it will be just as loud, but I'm hoping for a slightly more responsive acceleration as the air should be colder than it would have been with the previous setup of the short ram.
Just in case anyone wonders, the stock pipe from the throttle body is 80mm inside diameter (a fraction larger, but with the hose clamps on it's fine). So that's your pipework diameter starting point. I accidentally bought a 70mm K&N originally so my silicone pipe is also a reducer from 80mm to 70mm. But I think there's just enough space to squeeze an 80mm pipe through the hole to the resonator cavity. So 80mm is you measurement of choice for pipes and K&N fitting.
Anyway, I hope this is straight forward to follow should anyone else fancy having a go. Any questions just ask.
Thanks for reading.
Well you may have seen my DIY Short Ram Intake, but after some reading around and general itchiness to do more DIY modding, I thought I'd go the whole hog and make it a proper Cold Air Intake. Driving this decision was partly how cheaply I could do and partly that I felt there was more to be gained from moving the intake out of the engine bay and away from potential heat saturation. Also I read the typhoon purchase and fitment thread of F6had's brother's car and was very inspired.
So I already had a K&N filter, I just needed the pipe work. So I logged onto APMotorstore and bought a couple of 45 degree bits of pipe, 1 alloy, 1 silicone. (I actually bought from their eBay store as you can often save a couple of £ as their eBay prices are a tiny bit less on some items for some reason)
I then set about fitting them. The usual stuff of Bumper off (the resonator was already removed from my previous ventures) and run the pipes through the hole for the original inlet pipe from the resonator.
Put the hose clamps on and tighten it all up.
In the cavity where the filter goes, I had to trim a little off the silicone pipe, pop a piece of pipe I already had in there as a go-between the silicone pipe and the rubber mounting of the filter. Fit the hose clamps and tighten everything up.
Put the bumper back on and it's done. It's that easy. Sorry my pictures aren't better, but it was starting to rain and I was keen to get it all done before the heavens opened. Sod's law the rain stopped the moment I was finished putting the bumper back on .
Anyway, with the parts bought, imagining you still have the stock air box in and so need to remove the air box and resonator, it could probably be done within an hour. As it was half way done already for me, it took only about 30 minutes.
I've yet to take it for a test drive, but will go out shortly and spank it on some A roads, see how it is. I imagine it will be just as loud, but I'm hoping for a slightly more responsive acceleration as the air should be colder than it would have been with the previous setup of the short ram.
Just in case anyone wonders, the stock pipe from the throttle body is 80mm inside diameter (a fraction larger, but with the hose clamps on it's fine). So that's your pipework diameter starting point. I accidentally bought a 70mm K&N originally so my silicone pipe is also a reducer from 80mm to 70mm. But I think there's just enough space to squeeze an 80mm pipe through the hole to the resonator cavity. So 80mm is you measurement of choice for pipes and K&N fitting.
Anyway, I hope this is straight forward to follow should anyone else fancy having a go. Any questions just ask.
Thanks for reading.