Show Us Your Intake Setup

[frd906]

when i get it for nothing dosent really matter

[Cookie-XR8]

Originally Posted by Polyal

$275 is about right, FG and B series boxes are around the $600 mark. Plastic will always be better than using metal.

In saying that unless yoru planning on bulk HP the factory intake is not exactly that restrictive.

this i dont see what the big deal is about making a CAI, just get a XR6T Snorkel and a k&n panel filter

[The Monty]

Originally Posted by frd906

275 for a bit of plastic. little bit steep dont you think, dosent even include the pod, i think ill stay with mine,

taking her for a run tonight , see how she goes, also

any one no where you can get the firbe glass sheets from, thinking of making a lid for it and running some 2 inch pipe from the bottom bumper grill to where the pod is cheers

So you can prototype, and mould a plastic one and make a profit for $275? Id like to see that.
You were the one that was trying to sell an intake pipe that you made from bits of steel you found in a bin for $200 a pop.

[Whoosha]

Originally Posted by Polyal

Thats very tidy sikford, what brand is the box?

Have to agree that is very neat well done

Originally Posted by frd906

275 for a bit of plastic. little bit steep dont you think, dosent even include the pod, i think ill stay with mine,

They were $200 on the buy which is good value if you add up the man hours you are spending on yours. But as you say FREE is good, so keep plodding away with it as it looks good at the moment just remember the purpose of a CAI is to get COLD air into the induction system so the sooner you get a lid on it the better the results will be. also AUs are slow learners and it takes up to 100 or so Ks for the ecu to rethink the air flow and learn to adjust its self
Regards Whoosha
P.S I have 2 Arcon boxes left at the GB price :

[frd906]

dont get me rong, i just modded mine just then to sit behind the heaed light and the snorkel, so its right under

[frd906]

Originally Posted by The Monty

So you can prototype, and mould a plastic one and make a profit for $275? Id like to see that.
You were the one that was trying to sell an intake pipe that you made from bits of steel you found in a bin for $200 a pop.

im not selling any of this, and its not steel its stainless steel i got from my tafe and my work which was given to me as off bits,

get ya facts straight

[The Monty]

Originally Posted by frd906

i have 3 inch pipe like that i got for nothing and planning on making one of my own soon and will have plenty left to make some more if any one interested,

where i live in beaudesert the exhaust shop has a big scrap bin with heaps of bends and left over pipe, take as much as you want lol, thats where i go

Originally Posted by frd906

prob looking at about 150 to 200, but will discuss this lateron

Ring a bell now?

[frd906]

thats was ages ago, i have gone a different way with it now, i just modded the pod to sit behind the head light and the snorkel, so no more engine heat,

going back to tafe next week, i have been given a few more bits left over before we move to sunny bank

[madmelon]

Originally Posted by sikford

just bought a 9" k&n pod which i am yet to fit as the AU is in pieces while i do some wiring, there is more of my AU in my spare room than there is in my garage atm.lol

How do people rekon this would go on an XR8? May be about to join the Windsor club...

[Whoosha]

Originally Posted by madmelon

How do people rekon this would go on an XR8? May be about to join the Windsor club...

Here"s one I prepared earlier

[madmelon]

Aw sick! You notice many changes in performance/noise/fuel?

[frd906]

Update of my intake, welded it on last night, excuse the welds ran out of argon so i had to use the stick welder doh!!!!!!

This is the trial fittment i did before welding it



This is it welded with the welds grinded back, wont go any further grinding becuase it will get polished laters




It works very well and in fact very repsonsive mod i have done

Here is a pic of my intake desgin, still going over it and finding the best solution to it



will have it done hopefully next week, when i can afford couple of hose clamps

cheers matt

[FreddyDUZ747]

Is that all mild steel?

[frd906]

no its stainless steel, i wouldnt use mild steel

[FreddyDUZ747]

A nice powder coating would smarten it up a fair bit.Good work.

Can the pod still be taken off without moving anything else,I see it sits almost flush.I guess it depends how much pipe is in the filter housing.If its hitting a nice silicone joiner where the weld is would look good.

[frd906]

Originally Posted by gilmore

A nice powder coating would smarten it up a fair bit.Good work.

Can the pod still be taken off without moving anything else,I see it sits almost flush.I guess it depends how much pipe is in the filter housing.If its hitting a nice silicone joiner where the weld is would look good.

It can be taken off, bit of a pain in the *** though, but i do it the hard way becuase i dont want to break the fibre glass

i have to shorten the bend where the filter connects a little other wise pain in the *** to get the filter off, after i shorten it will be easy to put it on, rather then pulling the whole thing out

other wise works preety good, ill end up getting the intake polished up eventually

[Cookie-XR8]

should of gone althe way through and put the pod under the bar out of the engine bay

[frd906]

where the pipe goes through the glass, there are mounting holes there, so ill make up a plate and mount it there, stick the pipe through the plate then ill measure it up and tig weld the pipe to the plate, then ill cut the pod side of the pipe and silicone join it there so its easier to remove is need be,

i can buy bends and that off ebay, preety good ones as well,

[frd906]

i would of gone through the bar but i seem to have some sort of abs unit there, if anyone can inlighten me on it

[The Monty]

Wont be ABS in a series one Forte.

[frd906]

dont no, well what can it be , becuase its right behind the plastic guard on the front left, its like it has lines running from it or something

[The Monty]

Only thing there is the Horn?

[frd906]

brb i go and get a pic

[Trace 347c]

I love reading these forums, especially when the arguments start. Refering to fdr906 and the monty. I personally would be listenin to monty as he seems pretty switched on with his 6's. I'm not a 6 cyl fan, go for a drive in a v8 and you will understand. Fdr906 i'm sure your new intake will look gr8 (apart from the welding and the gringing), but will it give you any performance at all. All the joins and welds, how much penetration from your welds do you have , that can distrupt you air flow cant it?

[frd906]

there is no argument here mate, i will be after xmas for my birthday in january be going for a dyno run with the intake and extractors( possibly the new stainless set) and have a look, plus it is for me to see what is letting the car down,

like i said i havent finished the pipe work there and the weldes wont be seen, its a tempory like that to see what it does,

anyways here is what i have there, i didnt realise a horn had some lines or something running out of it

[madmelon]

That picture is actually very helpful for me in another problem! Evaporative emissions charcoal canister is my informed guess. Looking at an AUIII XR8 which is making a lot of ticking noise in that area...

[The Monty]

Ahhh, I thought it was the Carbon cannister but wasnt game to say anything incase I was wrong,lol.

[frd906]

thanks, better clean it up and get another inner guard for it cheers

[The Monty]

I dont even have inner gaurds, lol. Part of my "go faster by taking off car parts" regime.

[frd906]

LOLLOL, thats the trick, shed much wieght as you can, doesnt the inner guards keep the rear bar and front bar nice and steay so it dosent flex around??