zerocover

If you already cut your maf theres no going back. And the liveonspeed intakes are notorious for throwing cels. However the intertube trick seems to make it work fine. cut an inter tube up and use it as a seal between the maf and intake.

The only reason to justify buying an injen intake is that its the only one to not throw a cel, and seems to not have any of the other side effects. I think that just because the intake is a cai it would get better low end then an sri.

mazdabel

In the meantime though, ill try that trick. I am seriously considering juan's hiboost kit. i dont have that much money off-hand but i know that'll elim the cel prob, no? in the meantime i may just browse for that injen intake. that was the first one i found a couple years ago but because of the locale, water intake problem came up.

I guess i could just drive carefully...

zerocover

No little puddle will mess you up.
You need to go swimming basicly to see a problem.

Where I live I do get alot of flooding and can only imagine how many times the snorkel has saved me.

mazdabel

snorkel, c'mon! how bout that spongy thing that claims it will not allow water to penetrate? I forgot who makes it but it looks like a black sponge.

I avoid potholes and puddles anyway to prevent damage to rims

macdaddyslomo

the AEM bypass valve is what you are referring to, and it will negate any gains you see from the CAI

mazpro2

hey macdaddyslomo, do you happen to have a pic of your set up? I bought one of those ebay intake and it makes the car run like ****, hessitates and the milage went to hell. I tried making it a short ram, it helps on the hessitation a little, but it's still the same.

at this point I am up for trying anything exept the injen, too much money. so you said that the 2.0 intake will fit if I cut out the maf from the filter box?

please let me know. thanks,

Jose

macdaddyslomo

make a gasket out of a bicycle innertube ....those ebays intakes dont seal very well at the MAF

mazpro2

you think that might help?

macdaddyslomo

yes.

mazpro2

Bump for a picture

macdaddyslomo

I don't have that setup...and I don't have any pics of my current one either

zerocover

You did the ghetto cutting of the plastic below the snorkel in an effort to get cold air and a possible ram effect right?
Hows that working out for you.

macdaddyslomo

First of all ZERO there is no need to bash my setup. From what I have read I am one of the few 1.6L guys with ZERO problems with my CAI...Yes I cut the MAF out of the airbox, but NO it is not ghetto. It looks just the same as the 2.0L MAf tube , As I cut it out carefully, and it works great. You always look for a reason to start with me, and constantly argue with me. Is there a problem here ?? Mod envy ?

mazpro2

hahaha, Lol. another quick question, you bought the 2.0 Cold Air intake, right? and it's the same size as the 2.0 Maf? I am thinking about just getting the ebay 2.0 CAI and give it a try. sorry for all the questions, I just want to get it straight before I cut my sensor and mess it up.

Jose

zerocover

Not bashing your set up at all. I thought you did this
http://www.clubprotege.com/forum/sho...ght=intake+mod
Last time I checked out your profile im sure it said modified intake. I thought you just modified the stock one.

definetly mod envy It's hard to distinguish between sarcasam and normal conversation on forums isnt it? PS I wasent being sarcastic.


In other news. This guy did some pretty cool intake stuff. A good read if you ask me.
http://planetsoarer.com/Ramair/ram_air.htm
Theres a whole series of them where the ultamate intake is the one with the intake grabbing air from the fod light hole. The only problem is that it seems to suck up alot of bugs and stuff. A couple of our forum members have done similar things.