The Teleporting Garage

Started by a tin pan alley · Jul 26, 2009 · 7postsSMF 2010–26

a tin pan alleyJul 26, 2009, 9:45 am · #1

the only part of that piping i messed with was on the air filter side. that's also where the MAF is, right? i don't know what it looks like. i'll try to get that clamp down. i drove the car all over town last night and it felt great. the engine should be cold right now so i'll try starting it in a minute to see what happens.

questions: the intake pipe is rock solid. shouldn't i be able to bend it however i want? is it because the rubber/whatever is so old? if i were to get a new filter, what would i do about making my own route for the piping?

a tin pan alleyJul 26, 2009, 10:26 pm · #2

2nd cold engine start went MUCH better than the first. running very smooth.

can anyone answer some or all of my questions in the previous post? thanks.

a tin pan alleyJul 27, 2009, 5:21 pm · #3

bump.

MaxpowJul 27, 2009, 7:57 pm · #4

a tin pan alleybump.

Are you talking about the metal part that goes from the Throttle body and then down next to the A/C area? That isn't going to move period, you could replace it but I don't think its going to flow much more anyways with a stock throttle body on there. If you're talking about that plastic slinky like hose that comes off the metal that should be maneuverable but I just let my shit hang with a cone filter where the stock box used to be, that should not be brittle.

IggyEGuanaJul 27, 2009, 11:38 pm · #5

for the plastic part that hooks to the airbox (SEs have that right?), ya it should move some but being so old many have gotten hard and/or brittle. best bet is alum piping to replace it. Dont remember if its autozone or CSK that has the "Spectre" DIY custom intake kit. One of em does. Its a cheap kit but it works for what most of us need. Other members have used it. Comes with a filter and a small assortment of piping and couplers. Check it out

sideways_s12Jul 28, 2009, 12:25 am · #6

it's vatozone that has'em atleast here they do...

ArroJul 28, 2009, 1:40 am · #7

yeah Spectre products are shit. I wish APC hadn't gone bust from their lawsuit.