Fenderwell Intake?

has anyone looked at or used the Speedbuilt Fenderwell Intake System that they have on pfyc.com? I was origionally gonna go with the thrasher CAI but now im not sure. Just wanted to get some other people's opinions.

Dont let yerself get ripped off. Almost 200 dollars for a filter and a peice of pipe? Make yer own. You can make one thats just about as good as those ones for about 50 bucks. Just pick up a k&n cone filter for 40 bucks and then go to home depot and get some 4 inch black abs pipe, a 90 degree elbow, and some couplers and yer all set. There are a few websites around with instructions on how to build one. See if you can find someone who knows of one. I used website instructions to help me build mine but i cant remeber the url.

Oh by the way FWI is the way to go.

Here's a couple for you, IF you want to build your own.
http://home.centurytel.net/grandprix/fwi/
http://www.grandprix.net/upgrades/fwi/
http://tacgp.clubgp.com/custom_mods/fenderwell_intake/index.html
http://tacgp.clubgp.com/custom_mods/fenderwell_air_intake/index.html
http://www.johnvegas.com/Fwi.htm
That should give you acouple days.
Now let me tell you what I think, if anyone cares. Buy the Thrasher. I think it's one of the best. SLP has a nice one too. Thrashers only trouble is the "tin" they use to cover the CPU. It just sits on a peice of rubber. Need to buy the CPU tray. Then you have a nice setup. It's what I'm using.
OH, thank BIG-L for the links. The man has just about everything.
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I think Big-L is the link master!!!!!!!!!!!!

I made mine according to the John Vegas link above. Great instructions and photos and simple to do. And true, cost-filter $45, Home Depot $7. I'm gonna fabricate a cover for the opening in the fender around the pipe out of an old heavy rubber floor mat.

has anyone looked at or used the Speedbuilt Fenderwell Intake System that they have on pfyc.com? I was origionally gonna go with the thrasher CAI but now im not sure. Just wanted to get some other people's opinions.

FWI seems to be the most cost effective way to cold air, however a true CAI box that is well insulated and separate from the engine compartment will have a little better airflow w/near same temps due to shorter intake pipe and less static pressure.

if you're a poor college student like me, go with the FWI and just be sure to fabricate some kind of water deterrent for the filter just in case.

if you can't decide whether to take the GT, the GTP, or the GTX to work today, then you go and get the CAI ;)

happy intaking

blurr,
I had that trouble every day. Which car I was going to take to work. Stored the GT and GTP, that took care of that.
To the CAI. 90% on the market have no insulation at all. Most sell kits to wrap the "hose".
Know what it is to be a college student. After doing 3 years in the Army, I did 4 years of college. Money gets real tight. That's why some of the "home made" items. They work.
Warrior,
Big-L will always be the "LINK MASTER". The guy just has a way of finding what everyone needs. And as soon as he gives me his car.......
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any one got any links to a ram air style air box setup????

any one got any links to a ram air style air box setup????
99-04
http://www.slponline.com/view_product.asp?P=21593

97-98
http://www.slponline.com/view_product.asp?P=21567

to be used in conjunction with slp hood i believe
nice pics, but find me some bears humping and i'll really be impressed

im not talking bout that ramair box
im talkin bout moddin the og box wih hoses thru fender 2 go under the rad for fresh air .
ill see what i can do bout bears would humping squirrills werk?

Sure.http://12.181.172.21/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=SLP-CAI-RA-9798&Category_Code=AI_GP&Product_Count=8
Is this the one your looking for?
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sorta but what im thinking is seal up a airbox and rout a pipe thru fender to a bottom ramscoup ??
hows kermy???

sorta but what im thinking is seal up a airbox and rout a pipe thru fender to a bottom ramscoup ??
hows kermy???
i dont know of such an animal...or that it would work/how it would look. i think i know what you're trying to get at though. i think your best bet would be to go with a str8 forward FWI or a CAI, the benefits from what you are talkin about may not be substantial

and i want bears dammit i want to say bearfucker...tho kermit is quite disturbing

ill try fer the bear but dun hold yr breath

Good luck
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by the way is that a trailer city in fla you live in?

by the way is that a trailer city in fla you live in?

ouch, no kid actually doesnt even own a house...the people there are just nice to let him sleep outside in his car, and he has a different car for every day of the week hehe jk...no apparently his house is "fixed up nicely inside and out" don't make fun of him cuz hes too old to walk up stairs every day..we'll all be there someday

Blurr,
And you know what's nice about those people that let me stay outside their house. Everyday around 6AM, they throw bread out for the birds. I get breakfast in bed!!
I hope that someday you can have what I have. A great wife. A home, cars and a mind to help the young.
Good luck.
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I hope that someday you can have what I have. A great wife. A home, cars and a mind to help the young.
Good luck.


god willing that's the plan...hopefully i wont' need it ;)

i wasnt makin fun jus askin i used 2 live in pensacola thats all doodz

On topic! On topic!!! Don't make me go get the paddle!

FWI's are very cost-effective......lots of bang for your buck. I personally have two problems with the FWI though, which is why I went with a Thrasher.

1) Looks kind of hill-billy.
2) We sometimes get a lot of rain. Even if you don't drive through water deep enough to suck it up, your filter could get pretty wet. Wet air filters kill performance and gas mileage.

That is all!

Well thanks for all the inputs everybody! And thanks for gettin the thread back on the topic carnutcass lol. I think that im going to wind up getting the thrasher intake. Where I live, sometimes the roads pretty much become streams, and from what im hearing, the thrasher intake is a better choice for these conditions.

I agree with Cass. I like my Thrasher. Haven't had any water troubles with it. Well only when the hurricans come. Didn't get any then either.
You'll be happy with it.
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You can buy used Thrasher CAI's too......for a good price.

You can buy used Thrasher CAI's too......for a good price.

where at? and about how low is a "good price"?

No one even talked about the MSP cai :disappoin

90% on the market have no insulation at all.

I like the MSP cai :thumbsup: had it on the car since 2000 and it is one that has insulation and comes with a very nice PCM tray


where at?

You can look for either a Wizaired,MSP or Thrasher cai

Try this link to find parts

http://www.clubgp.com/newforum/tt.asp?appid=13

this link is for parts wanted

http://www.clubgp.com/newforum/tt.asp?appid=16

On topic! On topic!!! Don't make me go get the paddle!

FWI's are very cost-effective......lots of bang for your buck. I personally have two problems with the FWI though, which is why I went with a Thrasher.

1) Looks kind of hill-billy.

In my neck of the woods my FWI is high class


2) We sometimes get a lot of rain. Even if you don't drive through water deep enough to suck it up, your filter could get pretty wet. Wet air filters kill performance and gas mileage.


I have never had a problem with wet filters or sucking up rain!
thats been through 2 rainy seasons and a missouri winter!

Is this Hill-Billy?!?!?

http://webpages.charter.net/gtpcatz/images/GPG04/Show5.JPG

[QUOTE=GTPCatz]In my neck of the woods my FWI is high class[QUOTE]

You're lying....I know where you live! :cwm27:

You're lying....I know where you live! :cwm27:

Hey Mr. Blur.......check with your local chapter of ClubGP.....very often you can find mod parts for sale pre-owned. A lot of people de-mod their car prior to trade-in. There were two for sale recently in the St. Louis Club GP.

Cass,
Any truth to the fact that St. Louis is buying a baseball team next year?
Opened a can of worms, ah?
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You're lying....I know where you live! :cwm27:

Hey Mr. Blur.......check with your local chapter of ClubGP.....very often you can find mod parts for sale pre-owned. A lot of people de-mod their car prior to trade-in. There were two for sale recently in the St. Louis Club GP.

Mr Cass...thanx..i didn't think there was one here but it turns out it's called "mid atlantic", so i will definitely look there.
and as for the FWI, i think Catz's looks spectacular and he probably payed less than half than a manufactured CAI...and as for it looking hillbilly..i think monetary-astetically challenged would have been a better choice of words =p

Yeah, Catz car is quick and it looks great....but ask him about the time I walked on by him on the way to a Mod Day. :rofl: Most people don't paint the PVC, but he does things all the way or not at all. Also, ask him about the guy who rammed the rear of his car.

Kid......it's so funny to me that everyone in St. Louis was all rah rah about the Cards when only a year ago they threatened to move the team if we didn't build them a new open-air stadium. What a mess....voters turned it down but the county government agreed to pay for it anyway. How's that for democracy?!?!?!

Hey, I live in Florida. We vote, and Bush's brother makes it come out they way. We voted and pasted a high speed train and smaller class room. The bush boys didn't like that. So he turned it down and now it's back again this year. If it wasn't for their Mother, the whole family would be in jail. (keeping that can of worms going, ah?)
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I have this feeling who your voting for. My Wife just asked "what are you laughing at"? But it takes so little. Thanks
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You know the one on the bottom, is that bush's dad or his brother with him?
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That's the sad part..........I don't really like either. But I like Bush less. I think they're both completely out of touch with the American public. They're wealthy, career politicians....and that's the bottom line.

Fender-well Intake....blah..blah........K&N Filters.....blah..blah

4 More Years!

sorry I believe in the guy....

Certainly no need to be sorry. I try not totalk about politics on-line cause people always flame each other but I think we may be a little more mature than that.

I think the thing I'm most concerned about is the war in Iraq. My son will be 18 in a couple of years and in spite of the fact that I did 8 years in the Army, I don't want him to have to go. Hell, for that matter, I don't want to see any more soldiers die when American's were never truly at risk from Saddam.

I want to see every soldier go to Palm Beach. Let's send Bush there for a while. Wait the last time he was in, no one could find him. That won't work.
Hi Catz. Did you get a reply friend your 88 picture friend?
Fender intakes.
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i belive its best to not talk politics on a forum or wif family .and i respect your rite to have your opinion whatever it is but ONLY when i ASK for it!

AMERICA IS WONDERFUL

That's the sad part..........I don't really like either. But I like Bush less. I think they're both completely out of touch with the American public. They're wealthy, career politicians....and that's the bottom line.

I feel absolutely 100% the same way. Well said, and all this petty lashing out at one another...i dont really care about how much the other 1 screwed up, i care about what is going to happen in the future and i wish they would not just say "when i'm president, that wont happen"?? At least baseball was on during the last debate so there was something else to watch...

I think the thing I'm most concerned about is the war in Iraq. My son will be 18 in a couple of years and in spite of the fact that I did 8 years in the Army, I don't want him to have to go. Hell, for that matter, I don't want to see any more soldiers die when American's were never truly at risk from Saddam.

this is my last bit on this thread, then i'm done. At least once a week my mom tells me to go to the doctor and have my asthma documented like crazy. I'm supposed to tell him that i have trouble breathing and need new inhalers and blah blah blah. Fact is i havent had an asthma attack in over 10 years, and it was sports induced to begin with. She remembers vietnam like it was yesterday and is always worried about me gettin drafted and having to fight in Iraq. I try to tell her that my two knee surgeries will probably keep me every seeing combat but she doesn't listen. Dont get me wrong, if i have to serve my country , i have to serve my country, but in my opinion we've overstayed our welcome in iraq and i dont wanna see an more soldiers dying fighting these...*%^ $!&&*#@ eh hem people. oh yea any1 cai fwi

Well since everyone else is off the subject I will throw my two cents in as well. Think of it like this niether of them really makes a great president like reagan but the republicans are the ones that will give us military people our raises. I support bush but wish there was another canidate to consider.

As far as the Irag/Afgan wars I think the world needs a glass parking lot I am tired of all the BS that comes with being a first wold country. You guys know what I am talking about, we can do this we can't do that. I say tag and bag those MF's! If they are a terrorist pump two in the head. anyway
before I say what I really feel (lol) I am going to stop.
I have always been a little hesitant about FWI because everyone always says "if you suck up water then your screwed" CAI is what I think I am going to do for my GTP.
-Jeff-

OK Jeff,
MY last time. I liked Reagan. But in the last four years, not saying a word about the year. Has anything turned better for the US. The price of gas from $1.30 to $2.35 (Prem). Food, and everything else that is moved by trucks are twice as high. Everything has gone sky. Everytime we get someone who has anything to do with oil, we get screwed. We're fighting a war in the wrong country.
The old people had a way to buy their drugs from Canada. That way they could buy food also. Bush said no, we can't make money off that.
Sorry Jeff, I wish we had ONE person we could vote for.
OK no more for me. Sorry to anyone that this hurts. But anytime I look at the world.....

I'm done with this topic too.........after this comment. :grinno:

Only in this country can a group of people get along this well when their political views vary so much! This is definitely the place to be!

you know what i don't get is that they spent over a billion dollars to basically to talk shit about each other. you turn on the news "he said this and he said this back" and its almost to the point where the "mama" jokes will start flying. what they should do is go into the ring, slap on the gloves and just go at it, never mind all this bitch talking. hell, they could give me the money and they can have at it in my living room. i'll call HBO have george and the gang televise it and everything. just might have a problem with space for equipment.

to the topic: i've had no problems with my FWI two thumbs up!

....might have a problem with space for equipment......

I had a girlfriend with the same problem........not enough space for my equipment :iceslolan

Believe me guys I know all about gas prices I drive a GTP In probably the most expensive city in america ( 2.60-2.70 a Gallon)I didn't say I was happy about it. I can't wait till the next election.
I heard Rudy gulianni (spelling?) might be running. can't be worse then bush.
As said before can/can't do this or that I say we take the fu###ng oil. we spilled our blood for them< i Wouldn't have but then again I am not president. I wish I was though I be changing alot of sh#T!
BLAH BLAH INTAKES BLAH BLAH I love this forum!!!!

I had a girlfriend with the same problem........not enough space for my equipment :iceslolan

why what happened she didn't have any closets in her apartment or a shed out back?

I had a girlfriend with the same problem........not enough space for my equipment :iceslolan

blowup dolls don't count as gfs

Come on AKWE. He's talking about a place to park his car. I heard his wife calls him shorty, and he's 6"4".
Come on Cass, that was funny.
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There's a reason they refer to me as 'Ol Soup Can! :loser:

Muffler bearings ......blah blah...........blinker fluid....blah

oooohhhh the car, i was thinking hockey equipment! as for 'ol soup can what do you do collect soup cans because there's some in my granma's basement you might be interested in, just let me know.

Thought it was knee knocker.
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Obtuse
ob·tuse
Pronunciation: äb-'tüs, &b-, -'tyüs
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): ob·tus·er; -est
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin obtusus blunt, dull, from past participle of obtundere to beat against, blunt, from ob- against + tundere to beat -- more at OB-, CONTUSION
1 a : not pointed or acute : BLUNT b (1) of an angle : exceeding 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees (2) : having an obtuse angle <an obtuse triangle> -- see TRIANGLE illustration c of a leaf : rounded at the free end
2 a : lacking sharpness or quickness of sensibility or intellect b : difficult to comprehend : not clear or precise in thought or expression

Is it deliberate?

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hey, i was jus messing around there Campbell's. next time you have to take it slow make her feel comfortable or i could hook you up with the woman down the street, she has 8 kids and the last one came out walking.jk

There's a reason they refer to me as 'Ol Soup Can! :loser:

Muffler bearings ......blah blah...........blinker fluid....blah

i've seen soem pretty small soup cans before.... wheres the moderator when you neem em to lock this drivel (my own included) up!