Air Intake System
 

Can anyone tell me where to get an air intake system for a 91 sohc Protege. I have looked for a while and can not find one anywhere. I have found them for dohc but no sohc. any info will be great.

Re: Air Intake System
 

your best bet for the SOHC is to probably custom make one yourself. that's my next project. :bt:

How would I go about doing that?

you can have a muffler shop make you an intake pipe, you can buy the pipe and make it yourself, or you could try an intake from a different car, and modify it to fit your car. i believe 2.5" diameter piping is what is recommended. :D

If i made one myself(which doesnt sound very hard), I would still want to powder coat it a certain color. How would i do this?

you can click here to check out a custom intake how-to. as far as powdercoating, check in the phone book under powdercoating, and it'll probably tell you to see coatings-protective section. you can also paint it with some high temp engine paint which should look good as well. :D

Thanks man. That told me just about everything i need to know to make my own intake. Ill have to change how i cut the piping, but other than that, i think im ready to go. Ill let you know how it turns out.

no problem bro. :bt: yeah, let us know how it turns out. i'm gonna probably start on mine after next week (finals week :eek: ).

im making my own itake but ive run into a problem. I want to get rid of the resonator box but there is a tube running away from it. How do i get rid of the resonator box and where do i put this tube?

it's been recommended to leave the resonator box on. if you're talking about the intake tube from the res box to the throttle body, just remove the clamps. :D if not, please explain in more detail what part you're talking about.

edit: ok, i was just checking out my stock setup, and i now realize what tube you're talking about. i'm not exactly sure what it's function is, yet like i said earlier, it's been recommended to leave the resonator box on. :dunno: