hey guys i was just wondering if any fc's out there have metal intake piping and how they did it or where they bought it.

 

autozone sells a cheap ricer aluminum mandrel bent intake tube for civics/integras, it works just fine with some tweaking.

If you have access to a welder you can get even more creative with the aluminum tubing, in this setup I used the aforementioned autozone tube:
http://pengaru.com/~swivel/cars/rx-7...w_IMG_3997.JPG

 

I went to Home Depot and bought some 3" ID pipe and just bent it as necessary... but I think it looks kinda ricey... which is too bad because I spent several dollars and close to an hour of time to get it to work lol...
-If you wanna look cool, paint the stock intake piping like iridescent purple or neon green or something.

 

i think i've seen some setups that are all metal from the afm to the throttle body, but they were all custom made. no one really produces such a setup that i know of.

 

thanks guys i think im gona head down to autozone to go check out some of that piping later

 

I have a question about using the metal pipes:

I wanted to replace the hard plastic piece that is pretty much brown on all our cars that connects the elbow after the TB to the MAF. But when I was going to replace it with a metal piece, there were like 2 or 3 plugs on the underside of that tubing. Where do I put these if I convert to metal piping?

 

Drill holes in the piping and then weld on nipples so the hoses can be attatched.

 

Made it myself

 

i need to make one soon....both of my TIDs are cracked...