ramifications of new intake pipe

[Greg]

I'm thinking of replacing the intake pipe with just a single straight pipe. Has anyone does this?

My only concern about doing it is loss of power...will i lose low down and midrange power? also noise, how loud will it be?

thanks

greg

[NA_R33]

hey dude, i was going to do it with a big stainless steal one, while ur at it u should put the pod in the front bar and then uve got proper cold air, u shouldnt loose ne power as long as u stick with the same or slightly larger diameter piping.

[skyla]

A guy I know in SDU has had this done, he hasn't lost any power, if anything I think he has gained a few kw, and he has a bit more induction noise.

His car is basicaly stock, just with a pod and no cold air intake, he is running mid to high 15's for the 1/4.

[nismoman18]

u mean getting a pipe without that plastic oil catch can attached to it ? i was thinking of gettin a seperate catch can and mild steel pipe however meh too much money

[NA_R33]

is that what that thing is hanging off the side of the intake pipe?? i couldnt for the life of me work it out and neither could my dad or the exaust dude..... sweet as now i know.

[nismoman18]

yeah it confused me for a while man, the really dumb thing is that if the butterfly valve spring goes bust u get oil vapours in ur intake and that causes detonation!

[Nismodified]

if your get the intake pipe to be the same diameter as the stock one, there shouldnt really be any ramifications at all.

I didnt know what the thing off teh side of teh intake was either :-?

gaining or losing power would be from the result of changing the size of the diameter of the pipe.

If the pipes are cheap and easy t make, maybe consider making 2 or 3 in different sizes and determine if you can feel any difference's.

[eryc]

i thought the black box off to the side of intake was a resonator box

to quieten down the intake noise there is no hose off the engine for this to be a oil catch can , the hose off the back goes to your intake manifold collector.

you could replace it WITH A ALUMINIUM OR STAINLESS one but your induction noise would be louder ,actually sounds quit good the one i heard

eryc

[Nismodified]

Yeh it would be a louder induction noise.

What was the downside to that, i think i missed something

[eryc]

no down side i liked it sounded good

he used a one piece aluminium one for a comadore and cut it into 4 parts and joined it back together(so all the bends suited the skyline) with silicon joiners so it would fit into his cold air box he made with pod filter

i think the pipe and filter cost $190.00 at auto shop (not the best pod filter ive seen just a cheapie) but he had a good filter already

he had to get a pipe welded on it for the hose wich goes to the intake manifold collector cost $15.00 3x silicone conectors about $10 or $15 dollars each

[Nismodified]

do u think you could get us some pics?

if the prep work is easy enough, this could be something i could knock up without too much fuss.

ive got a very similar set up to the one u described as well.

[eryc]

i'll try to get some pics on saturday

eryc

[eryc]

sorry it took a week to catch up to the car

[eryc]

and another

[Nismodified]

that is AWsome !, thanks the pics mate. love the braided lines from the catch can too !!

[eryc]

and last one

[eryc]

and last one

[eryc]

sorry 2 of the same

[nismoman18]

hey man who did the airbox ?? i want to make one myself was it hard, cost much ?

[eryc]

he made it himself its actually stainless steel but got sick of polishig it so he gave it a rough paint job