I need some advice on a custom intake
March-24th-2002, 08:46 AM
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I need some advice on a custom intake
I was looking at Bruce's site and saw the custom cold intake how to and was wanting to do this. I do have a couple of questions though:
1. There are 2 hoses coming off of the stock intake do they both need to be on the new one and what are they for one is small and the other is a larger one?
2. What filter should I use? I was leaning towards K&N but am curious about others.
I am new to the whole Protege world and import cars in general, I built muscle cars a few years back but got into puters. I should have no problems making cuts and holes in the pipe as I have all the tools from doing puter case mods.
BTW: I have a '95 Protege LX 1.5l DOHC
Thanx in advance....
1. There are 2 hoses coming off of the stock intake do they both need to be on the new one and what are they for one is small and the other is a larger one?
2. What filter should I use? I was leaning towards K&N but am curious about others.
I am new to the whole Protege world and import cars in general, I built muscle cars a few years back but got into puters. I should have no problems making cuts and holes in the pipe as I have all the tools from doing puter case mods.
BTW: I have a '95 Protege LX 1.5l DOHC
Thanx in advance....
March-24th-2002, 01:08 PM
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well if you want a intake that will fit right in , with no problems you can get the ractive intake , from www.toucanindustries.com I am really thinking about purchasing this intake again . It looks really cool also,, but is more expensive than a custom intake .
If you were to mess with a civic intake , then you would have to cut the intake to fit fromt the throttle body to the front chassis , with the mas and the filter in place for the most accuracy .
There are 2 black hoses that you really can't see that are under the intake hose , these two have to be routed into the intake tubing also , note: ractive intake provides fitting for these, other than that everything else is a push and a squeze and a tighten this and smoosh that lol
Bruce
If you were to mess with a civic intake , then you would have to cut the intake to fit fromt the throttle body to the front chassis , with the mas and the filter in place for the most accuracy .
There are 2 black hoses that you really can't see that are under the intake hose , these two have to be routed into the intake tubing also , note: ractive intake provides fitting for these, other than that everything else is a push and a squeze and a tighten this and smoosh that lol
Bruce
March-24th-2002, 07:50 PM
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I know there was a place that I bought it from in canada ,, it was calles something like , www.autotoys.com or something like that
I have the hardest time remebering what the name of the site is
Bruce
I have the hardest time remebering what the name of the site is
Bruce
March-24th-2002, 08:09 PM
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ok guys click here for the link to the intake , I searched that site up and down and finally found in , the price is 89.00 bucks , maybe 100 with shipping , I think I may order one again ..
Bruce
oh btw , if it does not come with the filter with the sheild on it then you will want to get a better one cause that one is not all that great at all
Bruce
oh btw , if it does not come with the filter with the sheild on it then you will want to get a better one cause that one is not all that great at all
March-24th-2002, 11:18 PM
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Hey I got it. Thanx again for your info and input Bruce! I wonder why it says only up to '96 tho? Anyways, I might be ordering that soon. Now, how bad is this going to confuse the computer? Am I going to have to piggyback the MAS, or replace it or just leave it alone for now? Also, if there's more air going in, wouldn't I need more fuel as well? I understand the basics of all this, but I'd like to get into the mechanics a little more, how things are affected.
Once again, Bruce, you are da man! Thanx!
Once again, Bruce, you are da man! Thanx!
March-24th-2002, 11:23 PM
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did anyone ever find a way to connect the hose on the bottom near the throttle body to that ractive intake pipe? last time i had the ractive intake in i was having some cold start problems so i'm assuming the hose is for the cold start, thats why i went back to stock
March-25th-2002, 03:53 PM
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Originally posted by glacius
did anyone ever find a way to connect the hose on the bottom near the throttle body to that ractive intake pipe? last time i had the ractive intake in i was having some cold start problems so i'm assuming the hose is for the cold start, thats why i went back to stock
did anyone ever find a way to connect the hose on the bottom near the throttle body to that ractive intake pipe? last time i had the ractive intake in i was having some cold start problems so i'm assuming the hose is for the cold start, thats why i went back to stock
Bruce
March-25th-2002, 03:55 PM
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Originally posted by SDRob
Hey I got it. Thanx again for your info and input Bruce! I wonder why it says only up to '96 tho? Anyways, I might be ordering that soon. Now, how bad is this going to confuse the computer? Am I going to have to piggyback the MAS, or replace it or just leave it alone for now? Also, if there's more air going in, wouldn't I need more fuel as well? I understand the basics of all this, but I'd like to get into the mechanics a little more, how things are affected.
Once again, Bruce, you are da man! Thanx!
Hey I got it. Thanx again for your info and input Bruce! I wonder why it says only up to '96 tho? Anyways, I might be ordering that soon. Now, how bad is this going to confuse the computer? Am I going to have to piggyback the MAS, or replace it or just leave it alone for now? Also, if there's more air going in, wouldn't I need more fuel as well? I understand the basics of all this, but I'd like to get into the mechanics a little more, how things are affected.
Once again, Bruce, you are da man! Thanx!
I have attached a pic of what the intake looks like
Bruce
