Im looking into getting a CAI for my car. I don't want to spend a whole lot of money on a brand name intake when the difference is usually the brand name welded/stickered on the pipe. I was going to order the JDM intake, but they have yet to restock it after 4 months.

Now i'm considering making my own intake with pipes and clamps from pepboys, anyone have advice or opinions on making a custom CAI?

 

Custom FTW. jsut get the right angles

 

Yeah, it's been a long time waiting for the JDM intakes, who the hell knows if they'll ever be back in stock...

I'm thinking of going either Injen or AEM at this point...kinda wanted a K&N filter, though, but don't really want SRI...

 

Personally i would just go Injen. But if i want to make your own, the company that makes the piping will usually say what parts you need to make it work for your car.

 

heres a older pic of my ram I made. It might run you about 50 bucks to make and I could sell you 2 of the parts you would need that are not to easy to find. Im going back to the stock air box for now.

 

What are the parts bro, dont hog the info on that sweet mod.

 

The parts I will sell would be the 90 degree elbow thats on the throttle body and the MAF sensor adapter I made along with a red coupler. all 3"s. the piping is from a 90-93 honda accord.

 

i saw that 90 degree elbow over at pep boys today i believe that part ran about $10

also, why would you being back to the original air box?

 

i did this same thing... but i left the stock airbox on it...



90degree elbow from autozone about 10 bucks... intake for some random car 49.99 and the popcharger for the crank case was 7.99 the silicone connection was 10 bucks. about 80 bucks all together, but still cheaper than buying a intake from some major company... 47.99 for the k&n drop filter but i've not done that part yet...

p.s. had to cut about 4" off the pipe to make it work but looks great i think.

 

do i need to do any welding if i buy all the parts or just clamp everything together?

 

Just clamp it all together.

 

ya just clamp it all together you will need a pipe cutter or a way to cut the piping to make it fit right.

 

Awesome guys, I was thinking something like this since the flex hose on mine has folded in on itself and i cant fix it.

 

flex hose air sucking inward from the throttle body... = p0wnd

 

Parts needed would be.
90-93 honda accord ram air intake. make sure you get one thats 3 inches.
90 degree elbow from. pep boys or autozone
silicon couple. your choice of color i guess.


I got a different type of 90 degree elbow on mine now so I thought you guys would like to see it.

 

looks good dude, ok i'm going to go over to pep boys over the weekend and check out pricing for all the parts

 

autozone pepboys advanced they all have that 90 degree elbow then just grab some intake they have their doesn't really matter what car its for as long as it looks like the pictures above, usually around 50 bucks for the intake, and then about 10 for the elbow and another 10 for the silicone hose.

don't mean to necro the thread, but i ordered a 90 degree silicone elbow and coupler mine will look similar to the above but still using the stock airbox de-silenced... i'll post pictures when i get it all installed.

 

new look to my intake...

 

custom.
very nice!