how to make an intake for a 2008 for cheap

sunstealth · Sep 20, 2007, 04:52 PM

so i made a custom intake out of a mazda3 2.3 cold air intake from ebay for only 68$ canadian shipped to me (35$ are from the shipping to quebec)

only have to twaek the adapter for the maf sensor a little bit, by this i mean i had to take a 1/8" thick plastic card and trace the adapter shape on it,glued it on top of the existing aluminium adapter then i had the proper height for my maf sensor inside the piping. you will also have to drill new holes to hold the maf in place.

second thing to do is to remove aproximately 5 inches from the first bent (opposite of vent tube) so you have the proper clearance for your air filter

last step, hook everything up, check for any leak before since it will trigger the check engine light, then start the car ,try it and appreciate the new sound

give the remaining of the cold air intake to your friend with a mazda protégé5 (familia)

pictures are here:

thats the modified maf sensor adapter

right to the throttle body!

final view from the side

ETS Products · Sep 20, 2007, 04:59 PM

Looks great, lovin' the DIY and very clean install

Tom

SpeedI2acerX · Sep 20, 2007, 05:01 PM

nice. hows the sound and feel?

sunstealth · Sep 20, 2007, 05:04 PM

feels a littles bit peppier, more go on the pedal, sound pretty sick but i need to make a box to channel only cooler air to the filter!

evo_soul · Sep 20, 2007, 07:48 PM

good job man, BANG ON

kungfugirl · Sep 20, 2007, 08:05 PM

Looks better than pretty much all the intakes out there for ur cars. I like that it fully replaces the intake pipe.

Eagles GTS · Sep 20, 2007, 08:06 PM

What kind of box will channel t he cooler air to the filter. Could you post a video for the sound

sunstealth · Sep 20, 2007, 09:32 PM

i will make a box out of heat resistant plastic i have laying here (aka fire resistant container) with a snorkel going to a high pressure point in front of the car or i will make the box out of aluminium fiberglass or carbonfiber still dunno, i will make something kinda like ARC does for the evo or scooby
kinda like this :

or kinda like volant :

as for a video, i only have to find my sd card (only have XD and flash drive laying around)

Hydrolikz · Sep 21, 2007, 04:33 AM

^X2 On the video it looks amazing but I would love to hear how it sounds too. great work though.

SeRious08 · Sep 21, 2007, 09:13 AM

Did you make the mounting bracket or did it come with it?

sunstealth · Sep 21, 2007, 01:18 PM

i made it out of 1/4 aluminium flat

SeRious08 · Sep 21, 2007, 03:33 PM

Sweet. Good job bro.

Cross your fingers that a CEL doesn't come on later.

Jake26 · Sep 24, 2007, 12:06 PM

i love the look, you know you actually have better airflow now, since you removed the rubber tube, since the rubber tube had those edges inside it was cousing the air to spin, it wasnt forced directly into the throttle.

sunstealth · Sep 24, 2007, 05:53 PM

i know thats why i did this, btw i have a friend who found his SD car so the sound clip will come this week!

gnnr · Sep 24, 2007, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jake26

i love the look, you know you actually have better airflow now, since you removed the rubber tube, since the rubber tube had those edges inside it was cousing the air to spin, it wasnt forced directly into the throttle.

That may be actually bad. Depends really. They may be to lower entry pressure and/or to create vortice for better mixing... see that on some other cars, euro and us (such as the GP).