Thread: Question about 04+ intake.

I havnt found any how-to's on a 04+ intake and I've been looking for awhile, they're all 03 on down.

I know they're 99% the same, but the one thing I have a question on is that there's a vacuum connection on the stock intake tubing that it seems like the 03- cars dont have, and so the best way to handle that isnt covered. All that's covered in the how-to's I've read is the IAT.



So any suggestions on how to handle the vacuum tube when making an intake for an 04+? Just gunna use a coupler to go from TB to 4" pvc with a 22.5* or 45* bend, not sure if the 22.5 would fit, maybe with a little bit of a smaller filter? Also gotta fit the MAF somewhere in there too... I wanna be able to remove that bellows tubing... which is the reason I need a way to deal with that vacuum tube.

I also seem to have a canister type thing almost under the air box, that I cant identify closer to the radiator area... it has a hose running from the back center of the engine to the canister, then another hose that runs from the canister into the air box... what is that? I dont see anyone cover that thing in their how-tos either..

I've been reading how-to's for weeks but I cant find any answers to these specific questions, it seems like all the how-to's on intakes are geared towards 03 and earlier, I see what they did with the vac line... I guess I could just drill a hole to match the size and then put some kind of sealant on there...

But I still dont know what the little canister to the underside of the air box is, front of the car... tube running from another thing on the top, rear, center of the engine, then another tube going from the thing under the airbox to the part of the airbox after the filter.



What's this thing to the lower left of the picture?

Vailskier3 has a pretty clean setup. What I did was left everything from the MAF sensor back stock, then added a coupler and open cone. Make your own stabilizer brackets.

Yeah, that's the egr, I saw that in the diagram, lol.

I asked what that is, because that's next to the air pressure sensor, and I didnt know what the air pressure sensor was either... and the air pressure sensor was connected to the thing I was trying to figure out by my air box... but yeah mystery solved, lol.

Thanks everyone

...and yeah I like Vailskier's set up, Im gunna go off that I think.

Vailskier, one more question for you about your TB...

Looking at your picture, you have that little white pin in the top of your TB connector that I have... I cant find that in anybody else's pictures... How do you get that out to remove the tb connector? I pulled on it pretty hard and it's not moving in any direction.. I dont wanna break it, lol.

It seems like the white tab should pull out towards the front of the car, then the grey part should pull up, right?

By friborage at 2011-03-19

This little white clip is what Im talking about... my connector doesnt just pull up, unless you have to pull on it ridiculously hard... I've pulled on both parts hard enough that Im afraid Im gunna break it off.. and other pictures I've seen of 04+ guys, Vailskier is the only one that I've seen that clip on their tb connector.

Everyone else just has the grey part that pulls straight up :\

Gunna clean my MAF and TB now that it's getting nicer weather out and Im gunna be putting an intake on... Im at 50k and Im pretty sure it's never been done... just need to get the damned tb off, lol..

Did you just pull on it towards the front of the car, or what? I might just say screw it and put as much force as I can on it... and see if it breaks or comes out the right way... lol