But the MAF adapter is cheap, so you can make your own intake easily, just use a better filter or keep checking the Spectre one.

Anyone ever log one of these setups???

 

wow... wait good **** that you made your own intake, BUT isnt that pipping like plastic?
also cant you get that at pepboys?
also doesnt the MAF sensor HAS to be at the exact position as the stock?

if it works fine good but i would recommend you to get a better one....

 

It is plastic, and it feels like it will easily crack... BUT, it does work. as for their filters, dont buy them. I made a spectre intake for my gfs car and my sisters car. The piping works but if you tighten it too much you will crack the plastic. the filters were a mistake. I bought the gf a K&N filter last year.

 

I believe the diameter of the tube sorrounding the maf has more effect then the position. That is close to stock position really tho!

 

Ordinarily, I would agree but we have no laminar flow straightner on the intake or the MAF itself , so where and how it is positioned does make a pretty big difference. The diameter of the pipe into which it is inserted does make a big difference as well. Basically, if it is put in a larger pipe it will cause a +LTFT, a smaller pipe will cause a negative LTFT. If the flow over the sensor is not consistant there will be a lot of LTFT and STFT drift as you drive. They will never settle down even if the weather remains about the same.

The MAF housing looks smaller than stock which is going to cause the car to run rich. The ECM will try to correct it but often times it will over or under correct with the LTFT and STFT so the car is probably going to run funny (it will sometimes bog, misfire and generally feel lazy)

 

Haha

 

Term, Isn't the stocker 3" at the maf?

And to the pic poster...is this Spectre MAF tube piece plastic? It looks metal like the flange is welded on there. Just curious.

 

I know you weren't asking me, but I've been running a CAI version of this for a while now. The MAF adapter is actually aluminum, but the rest of the piping is plastic.. It has actually worked great for me so far. $75 in parts + an hour of your time + a tune = a relatively decent CAI setup

 

You FOOL. You bought the Spectre filter.... you might as well buy a K&N right now. Thats gonna turn into solid rust in a years time or less.

 

Thanks for the feedback. If the adapter is aluminum and 3", slap a 3" K&N cone on there and call it a day.

Maybe the stock tube from the turbo up is 3.25" , I don't remember. Have to crawl up in the attic I guess and see unless someone knows. Might be a cheap winter SRI option for me. I know Term posted all the sizes before, I'm just ADD.

 

Dude, I tried working on that **** today and had no luck with the car wanting to run. I gotten the bigger air filter from Spectre, which fit in the aluminum MAF adapter perfectly. The car would not start. It will go on for 3 seconds and off it suppters itself because the MAF was being an ass. So, I call it a failure. I did exaclty the same way that pic looks, put the adapter sealed the air filter tight with the MAF Adapter to the intake so no leakage would take place. That's when I gave up and turned everything in. I tried to use the KN at first, but it wouldn't stay on the MAF because of the clamp. So I have no idea how he got his working. Lost the first screw to the factory MAF sensor, which I have the other one on, plus the bolt on the bottom of the stock airbox. Does anybody know where I can get the screw for the MAF sensor and the bolt for the bottom at?

 

I think you have another problem somewhere... I can take my MAF sensor out and still start my car, she just won't run properly. I can also start my car without any intake piping on at all. Again, it just doesn't run properly (No I did not drive the car around at all like this!)

 

It is 3.25" OD, not sure on the exact ID.

Nope, 3.25" at the MAF.

 

soo has any one loged this yet?
Is it safe to run?
I would think the AFR would be crazy!

If it is safe to run I am making one ASAP!!

 

There isn't an intake for this car that doesn't make the A/Fs go grazy out of whack.. only way around it is a tune no matter what intake you go with

 

That is what I thought....I have the Stage one tune in my room if I get that and then make this intake will my AFR's still be crazy?

 

GMS1 does nothing for intake tuning. Just gives you more power and removes the learn down to a point.

 

Yes, be very carefull about any intakes unless you can retune your MAF for them just stick with the stock airbox.

 

i miss the sound of my dejon intake, i can see the satisfaction over custom fabbing one. i just felt like my car drove noticably worse with an untuned aftermarket intake then with the stock airbox with an airbox mod.


but the sound on a daily driver car makes it alot more fun to just drive your car to and from where you gotta go everyday. miss the **** outta it