Got Cold Air? - I do! (Pics)
04-30-03, 09:40 AM
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Got Cold Air? - I do! (Pics)
Well, this was a project that I've been half-heartedly working on while my car was in storage. Once it came out - I got to work. I wanted to have a true cold air system, so I came up with a way to draw cold air in from in front of the wheel - while still retaining my winshield washer system (more on that in a bit).
First thing was to remove the washer bottle, and cut a 3.5" hole in the metal under the stock air box. In that hole I put a 3" - 4" ID PVC reducer, and siliconed it in place:
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I then put a 45 degree bend on the other side, and extended the tube down beside the brake ducting. Here's a shot from the wheel well. You can see where the washer used to be (I'll explain in a bit).
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Now, to the enine bay. Using cardboard as a template, I contructed a box out of aluminum, and welded it all up. Once it was secured to the car I was able to properly cut out the AFM hole, as well as the inlet for the new cold air ducting. Once the AFM adapter was fitted with the K&N, it all lined up very nicely. Take a look:
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Here you can see down the tubing and actually see daylight at the end!
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In this pic the filter isn't actually where it is supposed to be - it's sticking up a bit more than it should. I will be putting some foam rubber on the hood to completely seal the box.
7)
Now, for the washer situation. I didn't want a ghetto install of the washer bottle, so I did some creative wiring. Because the car is a GXL, it came with headlight washers - and the resevoir was on the drivers side. Now, since I've used them a grand total of 3 times in 5 years, I decided that I could do without them. I rewired the pump (you can see the old connector in the second pic - the green wires are the new ones) so that the resevoir that used to be for the headlight washers now does the windshield. The only visual difference is that the washer tubes now go up the drivers side of the car instead of the passenger's side.
So in all, I have a new cold air intake, and all I had to give up was my seldom used headlight washers - I think I made the right choice.
I hope you guys like it!
First thing was to remove the washer bottle, and cut a 3.5" hole in the metal under the stock air box. In that hole I put a 3" - 4" ID PVC reducer, and siliconed it in place:
1)
I then put a 45 degree bend on the other side, and extended the tube down beside the brake ducting. Here's a shot from the wheel well. You can see where the washer used to be (I'll explain in a bit).
2)
Now, to the enine bay. Using cardboard as a template, I contructed a box out of aluminum, and welded it all up. Once it was secured to the car I was able to properly cut out the AFM hole, as well as the inlet for the new cold air ducting. Once the AFM adapter was fitted with the K&N, it all lined up very nicely. Take a look:
3)
4)
5)
Here you can see down the tubing and actually see daylight at the end!
6)
In this pic the filter isn't actually where it is supposed to be - it's sticking up a bit more than it should. I will be putting some foam rubber on the hood to completely seal the box.
7)
Now, for the washer situation. I didn't want a ghetto install of the washer bottle, so I did some creative wiring. Because the car is a GXL, it came with headlight washers - and the resevoir was on the drivers side. Now, since I've used them a grand total of 3 times in 5 years, I decided that I could do without them. I rewired the pump (you can see the old connector in the second pic - the green wires are the new ones) so that the resevoir that used to be for the headlight washers now does the windshield. The only visual difference is that the washer tubes now go up the drivers side of the car instead of the passenger's side.
So in all, I have a new cold air intake, and all I had to give up was my seldom used headlight washers - I think I made the right choice.
I hope you guys like it!Last edited by Nick86; 04-30-03 at 10:08 AM.
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A repost of Nick's write up ---
First thing was to remove the washer bottle, and cut a 3.5" hole in the metal under the stock air box. In that hole I put a 3" - 4" ID PVC reducer, and siliconed it in place:
1)
I then put a 45 degree bend on the other side, and extended the tube down beside the brake ducting. Here's a shot from the wheel well. You can see where the washer used to be (I'll explain in a bit).
2))
Now, to the enine bay. Using cardboard as a template, I contructed a box out of aluminum, and welded it all up. Once it was secured to the car I was able to properly cut out the AFM hole, as well as the inlet for the new cold air ducting. Once the AFM adapter was fitted with the K&N, it all lined up very nicely. Take a look:
3))
4))
5))
Here you can see down the tubing and actually see daylight at the end!
6))
In this pic the filter isn't actually where it is supposed to be - it's sticking up a bit more than it should. I will be putting some foam rubber on the hood to completely seal the box.
7))
Now, for the washer situation. I didn't want a ghetto install of the washer bottle, so I did some creative wiring. Because the car is a GXL, it came with headlight washers - and the resevoir was on the drivers side. Now, since I've used them a grand total of 3 times in 5 years, I decided that I could do without them. I rewired the pump (you can see the old connector in the second pic - the green wires are the new ones) so that the resevoir that used to be for the headlight washers now does the windshield. The only visual difference is that the washer tubes now go up the drivers side of the car instead of the passenger's side.
So in all, I have a new cold air intake, and all I had to give up was my seldom used headlight washers - I think I made the right choice. I hope you guys like it!
1)
I then put a 45 degree bend on the other side, and extended the tube down beside the brake ducting. Here's a shot from the wheel well. You can see where the washer used to be (I'll explain in a bit).
2))
Now, to the enine bay. Using cardboard as a template, I contructed a box out of aluminum, and welded it all up. Once it was secured to the car I was able to properly cut out the AFM hole, as well as the inlet for the new cold air ducting. Once the AFM adapter was fitted with the K&N, it all lined up very nicely. Take a look:
3))
4))
5))
Here you can see down the tubing and actually see daylight at the end!
6))
In this pic the filter isn't actually where it is supposed to be - it's sticking up a bit more than it should. I will be putting some foam rubber on the hood to completely seal the box.
7))
Now, for the washer situation. I didn't want a ghetto install of the washer bottle, so I did some creative wiring. Because the car is a GXL, it came with headlight washers - and the resevoir was on the drivers side. Now, since I've used them a grand total of 3 times in 5 years, I decided that I could do without them. I rewired the pump (you can see the old connector in the second pic - the green wires are the new ones) so that the resevoir that used to be for the headlight washers now does the windshield. The only visual difference is that the washer tubes now go up the drivers side of the car instead of the passenger's side.
So in all, I have a new cold air intake, and all I had to give up was my seldom used headlight washers - I think I made the right choice. I hope you guys like it!
