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08-17-2005, 11:03 PM
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Cold Air Intake
Well, A while back I started a thread about CAI. I finally bit the bullet and bought one. Instead of paying $200.00+ for a K&N, I bought an intake from Chrome Intakes off of E-bay. Shipping, handling and ins. included it costed me $47.00. So far, i've noticed a 2.6 mpg increase and took 1.038 seconds off my 0-60. I can't wait to get the exhaust done.
 I'll attempt to post some pics in a few minutes.
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2003 Honda Element EX 2002 Kia Spectra (can't "Improve" or wife will kill me) 1986 Dodge Ramcharger (For sale with a 1966 Rambler 660 classic to boot)  " Idon't know how many of them it would've taken to whoop my ass, but I knew how many they were gonna use. Thats a handy little piece of information to have right there." "Ron White" http://www.myspace.com/officer_redneck 
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08-17-2005, 11:33 PM
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Re: Cold Air Intake
tell us more about what you bought off Ebay ...
how much did you have to fabricate? did you have to drill holes for IAT? grommets? did you fab any mounts or heat sheilds? describe the connection to the throttle body? how was the fit of the pipe you received? overall looks? rattling? sagging? any problems with the MAF placement? quality of filter that came with it? how have you measured mpg and 0-60? Quote:
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08-18-2005, 12:23 AM
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Here's the pics of my "Chrome Intakes" cold air intake.
drdd, read my first post on the performance and mpg gains. It took me about 40 minutesto install it and the only fabrication involved was to bend the bracket to mount it. The port is already in it and so is the rubber gromet. Couldn't have been any easier. Well it could have been a little cooler outside, it was 105 that day.   
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2003 Honda Element EX 2002 Kia Spectra (can't "Improve" or wife will kill me) 1986 Dodge Ramcharger (For sale with a 1966 Rambler 660 classic to boot) " Idon't know how many of them it would've taken to whoop my ass, but I knew how many they were gonna use. Thats a handy little piece of information to have right there." "Ron White" http://www.myspace.com/officer_redneck
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08-18-2005, 12:41 AM
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Like I said in my first post, i'm getting 2.6 more mpg with it.It also sounds cool.
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2003 Honda Element EX 2002 Kia Spectra (can't "Improve" or wife will kill me) 1986 Dodge Ramcharger (For sale with a 1966 Rambler 660 classic to boot) " Idon't know how many of them it would've taken to whoop my ass, but I knew how many they were gonna use. Thats a handy little piece of information to have right there." "Ron White" http://www.myspace.com/officer_redneck
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08-18-2005, 12:53 AM
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Re: Cold Air Intake
I'm really thinking about getting one but I'm just not sure if it's worth it, especially since my blazer has so many miles on it (well when I get to 200k then I'll consider it a substantial amount)
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#8
08-18-2005, 02:31 AM
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Re: Cold Air Intake
I has also recently installed a cold air intake on my 98 and i have got to say it is well worth the money. I also bought mine from Chrome Intakes off of Ebay. I have noticed a 2mpg increas and better throttle response. The only problem i had was the mounting brackets. The instructions said this was optional and you had to find a place to mount it if you was to use it. This took me about an hour to do csuse i had to custom make my brackets. If you don't use the brackets the whole system is very loose.
And pualson, just so ya know my blazer just rolled over 167k miles.
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#9
08-18-2005, 02:42 AM
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Re: Cold Air Intake
I was looking at getting the following one off of ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWA%3AIT Or could I just get away with this for cheaper? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/S10-B...QQcmdZViewItem Thanks!
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08-18-2005, 04:47 AM
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Re: Cold Air Intake
the second one is cheaper cause it's only a partial pipe. The only gains you will see is from the open air filter. Once past the filter the air flow will still be disrupted by the stock plumbing. For best results get the whole thing - smoother air flow all the way in.
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08-18-2005, 07:40 AM
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Nice! Would it fit a '95 Blazer? saweet, looks good man. (still a newbie) Xpc
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08-18-2005, 01:20 PM
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08-18-2005, 01:40 PM
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Thanks XPC2004, for the money I spent I couldn't be any happier. I would definetly recomend buying an intake from these guys. K&N can't hold a candle to them as far as price-vs-use. Why spend the extra money for a "cool" sticker when you can save $200.00 on the same basic item.
BlazerLT, great idea. I don't care what they say about you, you do have good ideas now and then. j/k 
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2003 Honda Element EX 2002 Kia Spectra (can't "Improve" or wife will kill me) 1986 Dodge Ramcharger (For sale with a 1966 Rambler 660 classic to boot) " Idon't know how many of them it would've taken to whoop my ass, but I knew how many they were gonna use. Thats a handy little piece of information to have right there." "Ron White" http://www.myspace.com/officer_redneck
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08-18-2005, 02:13 PM
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Re: Cold Air Intake
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