UPDATE:

went for a drive this morning, car feels good so far. it actually sounds QUIETER and sounds a little smoother... i noticed that my rpm's are stayin a little bit lower, about 1750 or so instead of 2,000 in around-town driving... i had to retighten the coupler that holds the pipe to the throttle body, it came pretty loose... tightened it up and it's not moving... that's it for now. if you can't tell i'm pretty bored

 

here is a pic of what i did, instaed of hacking the airbox i took a 4" pipe from pepboys and cut a MAF hole into it then put it into the hole screwed in the MAF and there you go.

although it made my car slower so i took it off. don't know how those of you with the air box mod perform afterward but this made my car loud and slow.
also i think the stock air box is very productive compared to any little mods done to it, unless your going to get a real CAI i would just save your money cause your not going to see any gains. IMO

also which part is the "resonator"?

 

this may have been your problem. the resonator is by far the most restrictive part of the intake, it's found in the wheel well underneath where you filter sits.

the way i look at it is i got the resonator out, i have a K&N filter, and the highly restrictive box that sits on the throttle body is gone... so, i used the stock parts that are not restrictive, and got rid of the restrictive parts. i'm not gonna get it dynod, so don't know for sure, but the basic formula is Less restrictive air flow = more power.

I spent about 40 total for this setup, and it took 10 minutes to put it on.

 

i got my setup done today and it is great.




I have the entire bottom of the stock airbox removed and a K&N drop in, it still dosent throw a code and looks pretty stock.

I have not dyno'd this new setup yet but the old setup which was a resonator delete and for the most part the entire botorm of the airbox removed and a k&n i free'd up 3hp and 3 tq which is great because it is a very cheap mod and it also makes the car sound better.

 

So where did you find that piping? Ive looked in all the auto parts stores in my town and all i could find was the dinky piping that is on my car now (see above pic) and what you guys have done was my orginal intention but i could ever find the stuff to do it. Looks good and i bet is just as good as a "real" intake.

 

how do you take off the plastic thing, to install the piping like the pic above? I want to do the same but i cant see any anything holding it in but it wont come off.

 

right were it connects to your throttle body there is a metal clamp that you need to loosen up with a screw driver. after that if it doesnt come off im stuped, lol.

 

sweet thx im going to do that soon. also for piping try pepboys or autozone im guessing theres one by you.

 

Yea there is an autozone by me but like i said all they had was that shitty intake dryer hose stuff.

 

ah that sucks. I guess u have to order it online.

 

total cost me about 40-50 dollars for this.make sure you get the right pipes though. i needed one 22 degree angle, one straight, and one elbow. I had to cut the 22 degree pipe a little bit to make it fit.

 

well i work at pepboys so i will make sure to get the right ones going to take a list of what ya guys used.


also i think im going to buy an air filter and do this aswell, pepboys sells a 3in tube with a hole for MAF and just put a breather fiter on my EGR hose.

 

Props to Import Killer. That's a nice install job sir. I like how you retained the factory PCV design.

 

It is still not perfect, it rubs a bit at the 90degree bend and it is a tad to long so i have to cut a bit off of one of my pieces but after that is all done it will be great. The thing I love is at WOT it is almost painfully loud but if i am just tooling around town and being conservative it is quiet...oh and i also have the cobalt ss oem exhaust.

 

I was thinking of having my local exhaust shop bend me some pipe to fit. Shouldnt that work??? Then i could throw some high heat paint on it and call it a day.

 

mine looks exactly the same except i used blue couplers instead of black. mine doesn't rub though.

i did however have to cut one of the pipes to make it fit properly.