My Custom Intake

Kenwood Guy showed some interest in how I built myself a CAI for a quarter of the cost of a K&N kit so here are the details...

Disclaimer: This kit is in my 94' 3.4L V6 camaro so it may not apply to all models of camaros.

I originally was going to buy a K&N CAI but was disgusted by the price and the materials you get for it. I knew I could make a kit myself for much less than $200.

I bought a 9 inch long K&N filter with a 3.5 inch diameter inlet and 3 feet of Intense brand 3.5 inch custom air ducting from Sobol right here on the forum.

The tubing is $11.99 per foot from intense-racing.com LINK (http://www.intense-racing.com/) and the filter is probably around $40-60 from K&N. I got it all from Sobol for $40 shipped, (He's a really nice guy).

Next I had to find some type of fittings to attach the filter to the tubing and the tubing to my intake/throttle body. At first i was gonna use PVC but found that exhaust pipe fit perfectly. I bought this pipe from an exhaust shop in town for $5.

The only problem was that the throttle body on the 3.4L V6 is not round and would have to leave the 90 degree bend of the original intake on. (This actually helped me out in the long run). I used 2-3 inch long sections of pipe to connect the tubing to the 90 and to the filter which i decided to place in the fenderwell below the original airbox. (had to access it from below to get the filter in kind of a pain in the ass)

This kit eliminates the highly restrictive air box and the bendy ass tube going to the 90 degree bend, but I did run into a slight problem getting between the ABS module and the edge of the radiator. I solved this by simply squeezing the tubing down a little, making it oblong instead of round, which doesn't restrict all that much air I guess... I did try to make sure that the places where the tubing touching the ABS mod. and the radiator were protected from wear and high temps.

Personally I feel that this kit is at the least somewhat beneficial, I appreciate you guys taking your time to read through this post and would also appreciate any feedback you have. Hopefully I will get some pictures taken of it tomorrow after I get done with work, I will post them ASAP.

got pics?

sounds like you did a sweet job, gotta see some pics.. i just hit ebay and bought a K&N FIPK for 140..

I will post pics of it wednesday after I get done with work.

I also forgot to add that I just used regular hose clamps to hold the things together, thought of it after I had already posted.

Ok here are some pics of my intake...

This is of the entire part I made...
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/163325DSC00225X.JPG


And this is of the filter down in the fenderwell...
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/500/163325DSC00223X.JPG

Is there anything blocking water from being sucked up by that filter?? like if you were to hit a big puddle could it go up there or is there plastic there or something?

No, there isn't anything blocking it from coming in, but I guess that's just not that much of a problem for me.

looks like you replaced the stock air box with a sewer pipe from a motorhome.. pry works a little better, but i'd definately get somethin on there to block off the water in case it gets in your system, that would be bad news!

some slick walled pipe works good to, it keeps down turbulance

If you mean the interior of the pipe causes turbulence, this tube has nearly none, it is very smooth on the interior

If you mean the interior of the pipe causes turbulence, this tube has nearly none, it is very smooth on the interior

cool

good thing I live in california water is only a small problem in the winter by the way to get a better I idea of CamarosRsweet94 works you can also check this out....yea I know its Hondo but just to get a better idea http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=949738 by the way are you put a heat cover as well???

hey kenwood guy, you got a thing for body-painted girls? not that i'm complaining its just something i noticed... those are very nice pics tho :iceslolan

yea I do I dont know why call it what you want just to kill time I guess LoL

they are HOT

yea ill take them and your Ls6 on your sig lol

wow a 1000 posts how do you feel??? this is 500 for me I just love this site

Do you guys think it would be a good idea to put some kind of heat shield on there or wouldn't it make a difference?

I've also been looking at alot of exhaust systems lately, does anybody know which kind sounds good on a V6 more specifically the 3.4???

I heard it a v6 with flowmasters and it sounded like it had an ls1 your best bet is flowmaster in my opinion

What about Dynomax? Heard anything good about them?

Do you guys think it would be a good idea to put some kind of heat shield on there or wouldn't it make a difference?

I've also been looking at alot of exhaust systems lately, does anybody know which kind sounds good on a V6 more specifically the 3.4???


it would be a real good idea to put a half-box around the filter blocking it from the engine... then it would be "your custom cold air intake"

yea but what kind of box??? you dont want the metal to suck up the engine heat dynamax I I think is a little less loud but I think its just as good its up to you man

yea but what kind of box??? you dont want the metal to suck up the engine heat dynamax I I think is a little less loud but I think its just as good its up to you man

ya know, where his filter is it is very unlikely that it will be sucking up much hot air from the engine, but if he is concerned then use some hard plastic... this is just an idea but you could cut a hole in the bottom of a tupperwear bowl and then put it upside down over the filter... thats pretty ghetto though. just don't use anthing metal

Yeah, I really don't think I am gonna put anything there to block what little air gets up there anyways, it's not that big of a deal...

Yeah, I really don't think I am gonna put anything there to block what little air gets up there anyways, it's not that big of a deal...

maybe I didn't describe that correctly... what i was thinking of wouldn't be blocking air from getting to the filter... but seriously, by the looks of it its just fine... it ain't gonna get no better

now just an idea what if you run two ducts to the filter ???? if there is room that is

What do you mean run two ducts to the filter? I can't visualized what you mean...

the same thing but double the ducts to the air box

about how much hp you think you gained?

Kenwood - it's possible but it would be difficult to manage two ducts, it would just be too hard to merge them together, you'd have to find something that would work.

Diablo - i figure I probably gained about 50-60HP with just that mod...
J/k, Optimistically speaking I prolly got about 1 or 2 maybe at the wheels, but probably not.

how about from different location to the box?????

You mean like in that picture with the intake hose under the front bumper?
yeah, it would work.

just an idea

It would work and would be a very good idea, but I can see the filter behind the headlights, which is where the stock air box collected air from, so i imagine it gets plenty of air. So on a car that does not have such a nice place for it, it would almost be neccesary.

keep the ideas flowing!!

Another thing that may or may not help is doing a throttle body heater bypass, I have heard different opinions on this but in theory it should help a little. All you have to do is remove the hoses going to the throttle body and pretty much just connect them together with a hose. This should help keep the air passing through the throttle body cooler, although I have heard that this is not a good thing to do, I am not sure if it would be good or bad.

im not sure on that one

Actually if a person was really into getting all the HP possible the thing to do would be to install some type of way to cool both the fuel and the gas going into the engine since things that are cooler are more dense you'd be able to jam more gas and air into the engine. Now I realize this would be very difficult to do, and also be very expensive, but in theory it would work.

I did not not know but I do have an idea ..find some way to get evaportors coals near the gas tank (if you know anything about how an air conditioning system works you would know what im talking about... that is) but then again can the coals make the gas to cold??? ...yea I would agree it would be hard...... but not iimpossible ill think of someway one day

liquid nitrogen man.

explain man!

Yes, it is possible to make gas too cold, but it doesn't freeze even in the dead of winter so I'm guessing it has a very low freezing point. The coolant coils would work, I would guess. But I don't know about nitrogen unless you want to make a big frickin' popsicle out of gas.

im going to look into the coolant coils idea myself one day when I have time and remember

I totally agree. I have a 95 3.4 liter and just got done customizing my cool air intake. Did mine a little different though, more simple. But when I get time im going to set it up a little better. I saw the view you did, couple hundred bucks for a tube of plastic basically.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/flatlander757/Misc/homo.jpg

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edit: i didn't see you're new here, but for future reference, if you do reply to something, make sure its not real old first. it appears you know how to use the search function, and i commend you for that :smile: