Spyder Intake is Hanging

[fastplant]

I put a new cone filter in and it seems there is nothing to attach it to. The airbox bolted on to the frame but when I took it out to put the cone filter on it seems there is nothing to keep it from hanging. I have it attached with a zip tie to keep it in place, but I want to make a permanent attachment. Any ideas?

[slospyder]

u can make custom piping........... but thast alot of work.......... i currently have the same issue and zip ties is my solution too..... kinda sucks

[spyderdude24]

I just installed one last weekend and noticed the same problem.
I went to Home Depot and got a sheet of galvanized steel and made my own heat sheild box. It looks great and wasn't that much work if you have tin snips, a drill, and clamps to make the bends. Only took me a couple hours to make too.
I'll take some pics if you want.

[fastplant]

Originally posted by slospyder
u can make custom piping........... but thast alot of work.......... i currently have the same issue and zip ties is my solution too..... kinda sucks

What do you have it zip tied to, Mine is zip tied to the coolant bottle top and it doesn't seem to stable

[fastplant]

Better yet, does anyone have a picture of their 4g64 intake that I can take a look at and figure out what I am doing wrong?

[Blackboost]

You could try getting a some metal brackets from Home Depot and with some custom work make it stable.

[fastplant]

Originally posted by Blackboost
You could try getting a some metal brackets from Home Depot and with some custom work make it stable.

That's probably what I'll end up doing.

[spyderdude24]

If interested, I have a few pics of the heatshield I built
from one sheet of galvanized steel from Home Depot ($6.00). I built this
to mount to factory airbox bolts and it is nice and
solid. Just made a template out of cardboard and cut
out the intake hole, factory mounting bolt holes, and
bent to shape. Also bolted on a bottom plate to
to prevent road water/washup from drenching the K&N.

98 GS Spyder page (http://www.geocities.com/chadberg_99/spydermods.html)

[Blackboost]

Originally posted by spyderdude24
If interested, I have a few pics of the heatshield I built
from one sheet of galvanized steel from Home Depot ($6.00). I built this
to mount to factory airbox bolts and it is nice and
solid. Just made a template out of cardboard and cut
out the intake hole, factory mounting bolt holes, and
bent to shape. Also bolted on a bottom plate to
to prevent road water/washup from drenching the K&N.

98 GS Spyder page (http://www.geocities.com/chadberg_99/spydermods.html)

Very nice indeed!!

One thing...
Why don't you take out the resonator box that is attached to the intake hose?? Just take it out and replace it with a cap (maybe one from plastic bottle)...;)

[spyderdude24]

Blackboost,
are talking about the checkerboard box ontop of the MAF? or a ya
talkin about the bottle that was attached underneath the factory filter box (I removed this as I figured it was a bottle to catch any water that may get into the airbox)? Couldn't find any description...

[Blackboost]

Originally posted by spyderdude24
Blackboost,
are talking about the checkerboard box ontop of the MAF? or a ya
talkin about the bottle that was attached underneath the factory filter box (I removed this as I figured it was a bottle to catch any water that may get into the airbox)? Couldn't find any description...

The one on top of the MAf. It's another resonator like the one you removed from the beneath the airbox...;)

[spyderdude24]

what did you use to plug this resonator off with? Its clamped
on... I can't imagine it helps airflow with that thing on. Do you know what purpose it has other than to quiet things down?

[Blackboost]

Originally posted by spyderdude24
what did you use to plug this resonator off with? Its clamped
on... I can't imagine it helps airflow with that thing on. Do you know what purpose it has other than to quiet things down?

A plastic bottle cap. It may soon funny or ghetto but the plastic cap of the Advil pills bottle works wonders....;) I did it on my mother's Montero...LOL!!:D

[spyderdude24]

thanks dude. A black vitamin bottle cap fit perfectly and
you don't notice it. I have a pic if interested...

K&N mount-updated (http://www.geocities.com/chadberg_99/pics/custintake1.jpg)

[Blackboost]

Originally posted by spyderdude24
thanks dude. A black vitamin bottle cap fit perfectly and
you don't notice it. I have a pic if interested...

K&N mount-updated (http://www.geocities.com/chadberg_99/pics/custintake1.jpg)

:)

Make sure that you tighten it very hard...

[fastplant]

I tried to do the bottle cap thing, but I can't seem to figure out how it works, I couldn't find a bottle cap that would fit in there or would be secure. I sure wish that picture worked, can anyone help me out??

[spyderdude24]

fastplant,
check out the thread " hacked airbox". I posted the pictures right on one of my response. Let me know if you can't see them. Damn geocities has been blocking my site from here due to "illegal use" BS. ..

[fastplant]

Originally posted by spyderdude24
fastplant,
check out the thread " hacked airbox". I posted the pictures right on one of my response. Let me know if you can't see them. Damn geocities has been blocking my site from here due to "illegal use" BS. ..

They're not working there either.

[spyderdude24]

Try cutting and pasting the following into your browser.

http://www.geocities.com/chadberg_99/spydermods.html

*I wish there was an aftermarket pipe for the MAS to the Throttle body for our cars. I have thought about making one somehow...

[fastplant]

Originally posted by spyderdude24
Try cutting and pasting the following into your browser.

http://www.geocities.com/chadberg_99/spydermods.html

*I wish there was an aftermarket pipe for the MAS to the Throttle body for our cars. I have thought about making one somehow...

That would definitely be nice. Thanks! How did you do the cold air feed? I'm thinking about doing something similar.

[Blackboost]

Originally posted by spyderdude24

*I wish there was an aftermarket pipe for the MAS to the Throttle body for our cars. I have thought about making one somehow...

Yesterday I met a guy who owns a 1G 2.0 NT DSM. He bought one of those Acura Integra Intakes (the pipe) from e-bay and cut it off a little bit and adapted it to his car. It looked very nice indeed. Maybe you can go that route since you seem to like custom work...;)

[spyderdude24]

I found a black 3" shop vac hose at Home Depot that
I ran the hose to the left grill cutout. Everything is black so
you don't see the feed from the front and I made sure
that everything was secure. I also found an attachment
that has a scoop like end for the air feed. The website has
a pic of this...:D

[spyderdude24]

Originally posted by Blackboost


Yesterday I met a guy who owns a 1G 2.0 NT DSM. He bought one of those Acura Integra Intakes (the pipe) from e-bay and cut it off a little bit and adapted it to his car. It looked very nice indeed. Maybe you can go that route since you seem to like custom work...;)

Kind of been forced to go the custom route since it is hard to find any perf intakes designed for my car/engine... I may check out the
Integra intake piping-thanks

[fastplant]

Originally posted by spyderdude24
I found a black 3" shop vac hose at Home Depot that
I ran the hose to the left grill cutout. Everything is black so
you don't see the feed from the front and I made sure
that everything was secure. I also found an attachment
that has a scoop like end for the air feed. The website has
a pic of this...:D

Yeah, but it's hard to see. Would you consider making a second one, hehe.

[spyderdude24]

talked to a guy at my local import race shop today about intakes
for a 2.4L Spyder. He called an Injen contact and claims
that they are in the process of making us a kit with a
tube from the throttle body to the MAS, and an adapter
plate for a filter on the intake... hopefully true-

[fastplant]

Not bad, but I won't hold my breath.