[General] How to make your own air box!

[Brados]

Im currently in the process of doing this mod, Only difference is i picked up some Thermal shield foam from Clarke rubber to line the inside, comes with silver lining and adhesive already on it, only costs $25 per meter and when you only need 20cm makes it cheap and should really help keep the box temp down.

 

[RoboticCherry-Coke]

How did you go about securing the air box in place?

 

[NightRIDA]

thats what the tabs are for!!

 

[bogan_vk]

looks the goods, neat job!

 

[RoboticCherry-Coke]

thats what the tabs are for!!

My bad, I must have read over that bit.

 

[2DIE]

Very nice result. As said before the pipe isnt a huge issue but some aluminium pipe and some silicone elbows if you want a little more for performance and looks even though its probably only going to be 1/4 of a KW or less.

Also Ive seen silicon pipes made to order from $2-4 USD per meter on a Chinese website but minimum order is 500 meters so that doesnt really help for you, but then "performance companies" stamp a logo on it and sell the elbows for $25 and straight lengths from $20-50, huge profit from them.

 

[VN Wagz]

The best part about a CAI system isnt the POWAHHHH that you get (woo- 2rwkW if you're VERY lucky lol), its the ability to run a damn-near unrestricted flow path for ambient air, assuming you put a large free flowing filter panel or pod in your airbox.

Means that when you stomp the throttle at idle, when rolling along, whenever- you'll be getting colder air than you would from a stock setup or (god help us) an under-bonnet pod filter/hot air suction machine. This generally equates to a snappier throttle response, a few extra Nm (which is where the rear gains are) and a full hektik noise.

i ran a 90mm poly- pipe CAI setup on the wagon on the wagon for a few WSID runs, was all sprayed temp-proof black and with no other mods i dropped 0.5 seconds on average on all my runs. 60ft times (while crap) was where i got my gains. Gained 1mph

 

[NightRIDA]

Here's how it looks now!! Brand new MAF + Genuine Rubber!!!!!! wouldn't change it.

 

[fuzzy2308]

Great guide

 

[NightRIDA]

Thanks mate!