Yeah I know where you're coming from, I had to have a friend help me cuz I'd never touched an engine before I bought the GP. The hardest part is cutting into the fender.Quote:
Originally Posted by NewPrixOwner666
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Yeah I know where you're coming from, I had to have a friend help me cuz I'd never touched an engine before I bought the GP. The hardest part is cutting into the fender.Quote:
Originally Posted by NewPrixOwner666
Thats kinda why I wanted one of the ones from ebay.
If it was gonna give me ALMOST as good performance and ALMOST as good sound, I could buy one, and then when I get more experience (or get someone to help me) I could go with the FWI
Read read read...best advice I can give you. Then read some more after you think you know everything because you won't.
If you really don't think you can do an FWI, just go open cone.
An ebay intake is pretty much 100% useles andwont really give you the sound you want at all. An open cone gives almost as good of gains as an FWI, and sounds pretty sick.
Oh let me tell you, I've studied and studied that "Safely Modding your 3800" I dont want ANYTHING to go wrong with my car lolQuote:
Originally Posted by bluegtp91
Open cone for sure if you can't do FWI.
Do you know of any links or anything to anything about open cones? I havent heard of that one yet, and like I saidQuote:
Originally Posted by BwolfGT
Performance > Sound lol
Ricers can kiss my ass
Open cone is the closest you'll get performance AND sound wise to an FWI. I'll find you a pic. It's pretty much just a cone filter straight off the throttle body.Quote:
Originally Posted by NewPrixOwner666
Haha yes, that would probably be easiest, and it'd be something to show off to my friendsQuote:
Originally Posted by BwolfGT
Exactly. Performance, looks, sound, and the easiest install ever.Quote:
Originally Posted by NewPrixOwner666
I can't find a pic but if you PM bio248 he'll send you one.
Something like this?
http://www.wardlink.com/images/grandprixs/gtp4.JPG
and would I just have to buy a filter, take out the airbox and stick the filter on? If so, what size filter?
Yeah kind of, except you don't need that bend or that big of a filter.
You literally just rip everything out and run the filter straight off the TB.
Ask bio for a pic, he's obsessed with open cones :p, he'll be happy to send you one.
Also, as far as the IAT sensor goes, you just ziptie that next to the filter.
While I wait for bio to reply, I've been trying to find a pic myself
Hows this? lol
http://macgp.clubgp.com/howto/cai/2oldintake.jpg
It's ugly under her dress but, I guess ill have to whore it...
http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/w...cture034-2.jpg
I love my FWI I could not beleave the sound that came out of that thing the first time I started it
Open cone wont be the best thing for him starting off modding...an open cone doesn't come in handy until you are running lots of boost IMO...but it looks like this.
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f...egtp03/002.jpg
nice
love my open cone. ran it always once i top swapped my car. even on a 3.4 setup i ran one. low IATs are for people that dont know what they are doing!
I know an FWI would be better but he doesn't want to do that, so open cone is his best option from there.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluegtp91
Maybe...but for the most part it isn't the best option as one of his first mods...closet to the fender the better. Not saying it isn't going make an improvement but it isn't going be as good as he thinks.Quote:
Originally Posted by BwolfGT