DIY - Cheap SRI

[GreekDrifter91]

DIY - Short Ram Intake

i was to lazy to buy an intake so i went out and bought a cone filter a few couplers and made something great. and to my suprise it sounds freaking awesome.

Supplies

- 1, Cone filter
- 1, 90 degree intake elbow
- 2, intake couplers.
- 1, breather

Makeing the intake

1. Disconnect MAF harness from MAF. also disconnect vacuum lines for air box cold start door.

2. Take off intake tube with MAF and air box cover.

3. Disconnect MAF from air box cover and intake tube.

4. Put the Cone Filter on the intake side of the MAF and tighten wth hose clamp.

5. Attach coupler to other side of MAF and tighten with Hose clamp.

6. Connect 90 degree elbow to MAF with the coupler and tighten down with hose clamp.

7. take the final couple and attach to other end of 90 degree elbow and tighten down with hose clamp

8. now tkae the whole assembly and atach to throttle body and tighten down with hose clamp.

9. Re-connect MAF harness and plug the vacum line that comes from the intake maniflold and tie it down some where.

The Breather

1. Attach breather filter to the open hole where the intake pipe was and thats it.

[992LWolf]

nice write up.
But you dont really need that 90 degree elbow. you couldve used the stock intake pipe and it wouldve be further out instead of being soo clost to the TB and Engine.

[OregonDweller]

Good write up. I'll add it to the DIY list!

I was wondering about it being too close too. But I doubt 2 inches or whatever will make a difference. and that pipe looks better than an old nasty stock pipe :P

[GreekDrifter91]

Thanks

the stock intake tube is to long and i dont like it and it is not smooth like the pipe is.

its ok i like it that way, it is im going to upload a video of the sound at some point in time. but like i said i was very impressed by it.

oh yea i also left he air box bottom there just so hat i can get more air in there.

[OregonDweller]

Cool. It looks nice man, keep up the mods!

[992LWolf]

Originally Posted by GreekDrifter91

Thanks

the stock intake tube is to long and i dont like it and it is not smooth like the pipe is.

its ok i like it that way, it is im going to upload a video of the sound at some point in time. but like i said i was very impressed by it.

oh yea i also left he air box bottom there just so hat i can get more air in there.

good idea..
now get working on a heat shield!!

[MonkUSMC]

I did the same thing with my MK4, but I couldn't stand it anymore cause I thought it was too gay so I went back to my K&N drop in filter in the stock air box lol.

[GreekDrifter91]

well my original idea before i even looked under the hood was superposed to be filter>MAF>TB no elbow nothing but when i went to do install no room. so i had to buy the elbow.

but i like it alot plus i dont get that wired sucking sound that other SRI's and CAI get i get this loud agressive rumble espcialy at WOT.

[GreekDrifter91]

ok so i tried to capture the sound that the engine makes but i dont think i got what i was looking for with my video camera. i tried 2 different angles and it dosent sound like it does on my pc.






also a video from the cabin i was on my way to class so i wasn't prepped to put the camera any where so i placed it on the seat.

[jetta,man12]

whats the smoke coming from the breather is that bad?!?!!

[GreekDrifter91]

Originally Posted by jetta,man12

whats the smoke coming from the breather is that bad?!?!!

im pretty sure it steam. but it could be oil burning bc my engine does burn oil.

[Jspoolin2001]

You can get little attachments and peices and elbows and such at my local autozone, not sure if they all do. But thats how im going to put a SRI in mine.

[L_Freak001]

What size cone filter did you use cause i dont want to have to keep driving 20 mins to the nearest autoshop to trade it in

-Steve

[GreekDrifter91]

i used a 3" diameter intake don't know how big the cone is but the connector is that big.

every thing i used is 3" inches

i got every thing from auto zone the filter was cheap $19.99.

[L_Freak001]

Awesome thanks this is what I'm going to do cause i just cant afford the 150 dollar ones haha thanks for the post.

[Jspoolin2001]

No problem man, thats what this forum is for.

[OregonDweller]

the only thing I'd recommend is going with a K&N filter, because cleaning the same K&N filter is cheaper in the long run than buying new filters.

[GreekDrifter91]

Originally Posted by OregonDweller

the only thing I'd recommend is going with a K&N filter, because cleaning the same K&N filter is cheaper in the long run than buying new filters.

i can clean mine as well

[SKAREKROW]

sorry Oregon, but he's right. and Spectre's last longer in the long run

[OregonDweller]

I thought he had a K&N, I just meant for people in general lol. Im talking about the paper mache` ones that fall apart in a month.