Air Intake

[Traeger2591]

Who here just has a k&n filter mounted basically right on the tb? I want to get a different intake goin and I remember a thread a while back where I believe bio or blue or someone was talking about how they just suck air straight from the engine bay. Thats not gonna hurt anything on a stock l36...or is it?

[TorqueAutoMotiv]

Ive got the filter off the tb it works fine but im s/c'd so im thinking your best bet would be fwi but im sure others can chime in with better info

[99prixgt]

Nothing like an old pic



Its not gonna hurt anything, at your mod level though, you won't see a real benefit.

[Traeger2591]

Yeah, I'm not expecting anything drastic. I'm just wanting to put a different intake on and just wanted it to be quick and easy. Thanks guys.

[matt5112]

throwing a filter on the TB will give you a better throttle response but no extra horses really.

Its worth it.

Even opening up your stock air box will help with the throttle response

[PolynesianMedic]

I had one of these on my 2000 GT and it was fine, even in the middle of the summer, I never heat soaked it. It is louder though.

[blueguy]

Meh...put some 4" PVC pipe on it and get it as close to the fender as possible...GT's are unpowered as it is...you don't want to makeit any slower.

[Silversurfer Gio]

If you wanna get some decent results without worrying about your motor dude, your better off just getting the kn stock replacement, your stock air intake is designed to suck cold air from outside the engine bay anyway. what i did on top of that was i went and took some chromed metal tubing and used my stock airbox to free up any kind of resriction the rubber hose was doin.

[Traeger2591]

I know I could prolly just search this, but if you guys don't mind, what size is the stock tb and what size would I need to go over it? Filter or pvc. Thanks.

[TheOtherNick]

Get 4" pvc and a 4" inlet filter.

[2000GTP]

do an fwi. s/c cars running meth or intercooled run hai's and open cones because they dont need a cold air intake anymore so its done for high flow. without a setup like that try to get the coldest air possible

[Jakegday]

Meh...put some 4" PVC pipe on it and get it as close to the fender as possible...GT's are unpowered as it is...you don't want to makeit any slower.

true true. i have personally tried both, and i definitely prefer the foot of pvc pipe and the filter in the fender as much as possible. (do i dare post yet ANOTHER pic of my insanely easy intake)

[Joe m]

just make sure you measure ur tb and stuff befor you do the 4" fwi instructions. cuz its kinda off.. i went and got my 3" to 4" coupler and the 3" side is about 1/2" to small.

[Traeger2591]

Is having the intake in the fenderwell really going to make that much of a difference? I really don't want to have to remove the whole front bumper and cut stuff out. I might just do like blue said and run some pvc as close to the fender as I can get it. Explain to me if this would be a problem.

[TorqueAutoMotiv]

Getting close to the fender will work id get it away from the tb a bit just due to the crossover heat I dont know how much of a dif it will really make but thats just my thought

[Joe m]

when they say 7" cone filter are they meaning 7in total hieght or 7" bottom width? i bought my filter last night to try to do my fwi but my filter is 10.25 inchs long. and 7" at the base.? did i buy the wrong one?

[Traeger2591]

haha yeah joe, I'm pretty sure they mean 7" long and 4" at the base haha. That would be a monstrous air filter if it had a 7" inlet haha.

[Joe m]

well its got a 4" inlet its the long spectre ones at checker or autozone. its 4" inlet 7" at base and 10.25" inchs in total hight

[TheOtherNick]

That is about the size of mine it will be fine.

[Joe m]

well i ended up with a smaller one. i took back my 10.25inch filter. and i couldnt do the fwi cuz i couldnt find the right stuff. but its close enough to the fenderwall