CAI stuff
 

Alright I for see getting crap for this but to be honest Idc... In my mind this is a pretty good question/topic: Making a CAI instead of spending a couple 100.

What makes these company's CAI so great. I'm no expert but I think you could make one out of alluminum pipe lol. Yea it may not be pretty at first but you can polish metal or put a nice coat of paint on there. Even buy a speed sticker an slap it on if you feel daring eh... I'm thinking you could still pull close to the same hp out of a homemade one.

Any thoughts on such a daring endeavor???

Nothing makes those company's CAIs great, that is why everyone gets a SRI.

If you wanna craft your own just make sure you have an air straightener in there and weld those seems with extra fail.

in b4 cel

Hmmm expected a little more failing douche bag attempts, I'll give it some more time.

Do it.

In the meantime, look into double intercooler goodness.

This should work.

http://joe-ks.com/archives_mar2006/RedneckRepairKit.jpg

Do your mazdaspeed some justice and don't ghetto rig up some shit. Buy an CS intake/tip for $250, or any of the others.

I wouldnt ghetto rig anything. all i want to know is if making one from aluminum pipe(one piece) would there be any loss of hp gain.

maybe, don't know until you try it

but best to think of why these mod companies spend all that time and money developing and testing the mod to be the way it is

I'd rather have peace of mind buying a product that has some R&D into it, then always wondering if my homemade job was working right or not.

I see where your coming from. I think though I'll just give it a try, it will probably be one piece. I'll weld everything up. I'm going to go off the Cobb design or the hks design. I'll post pic up whenever I got some spare time to make one.
Who knows, if its easy and no problem and works maybe ill make a couple and sell them for cheap.

If I were you I'd route the CAI all the way through the bumper and out the fog housing.

And then do this

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...3/L1020402.jpg

Lol hard

nothing like reinventing the wheel. I think you must know some of my battalion leadership. Are you that cheap to spend a couple hundred bucks? I'm sure u can find a used one on here for really cheap. Me thinks you will end up wasting too much time trying to make it work effectively for it to be worth it...unless you are really good at fabricating.

make sure you stick the air filter in a bucket of piss after you get through mounting this fail. gauranteed no CEL

air straightener and proper maf housing size?

used ones can be had for $100 easily

An intake isn't rocket science. Ideally you should have 2x the pipe diameter in straight pipe before and after the MAF to ensure the flow through the MAF is laminar; an airflow straightener helps some. That said, I haven't seen a single intake system for the MS3 that follows this general rule.

Just make the interior finish smooth, make the curves gentle, add a straightener, don't over-oil the filter, and adjust the MAF curve in ATR to compensate for any LTFT drifts.

75 dollars to make this thing. Yes i can fab other wise i wouldnt try... not that numbish
What im lacking is what size hole for the maF

Oh and haters will hate lol

Im making the housing

You=fucking idiot. Making an intake isnt rocket science lol.

You are must be a retard.
Cobb makes a short ram intake. NOT a CAI so if you plan on ripping someones design it probably won't be theirs.
If you do plan on fabricating your own parts i suggest you buy the proper tools for the job. One could very easily measure the maf housing with a digital caliper. OR you could SEARCH THE FUCKING FORUM
Further, fuck putting your shitty ass intake in a bucket of piss, you can pull your head out of your ass and replace it with this "intake" you plan on making.
Bitch.

Wow your mad very impressive. Don't get your feelings hurt little one. And I have the proper tools smart ass lol. Addressing your Cobb story here, cobbs short ram is the turbo inlet and a small short ram with a maf tube and a filter. I can follow that same design and just weld it together as one piece. Your getting frustrated at someone who wants to make there own parts lol, you'll see it but youll still hate on it so it's whatever lol. Go find something else to get mad about, like how many boxes of tampons your going to need to stop that bloody thing from bleeding.... Since it seems to be an issue I'll send you a box or two for christmas.
:You_Rock_Emoticon: your my hero

Oh and for searching the fourm, I looked. Prove me wrong and go find it for me.

Irony.

I let that go assuming someone would jump in on it lol.

I need tapatalk. GL with your intake im sure it will be awesome.

Hey ace i know its not rocket science. Why dont you just remove your maf and measure the hole, hmmmm one that fabricates would have done that and not made himself look like such a cluck

Bc if you don't get it perfect it will run like dog shit. I made a template instead. I had precut templates from a buddy but they were to size of different brands. That's why I was asking but I just made one instead. For future reference but don't quote this, it's looks pretty damn close to the boush sensors but I could be wrong.

Thats why i said measure it. measure twice cut once. digital caliper? maybe you should invest in one if you dont already have one

I think your missing what I'm getting at. A friend has templates aready made to the exact size but they are done up by brand. That's why I was asking what brand bc then I would have the exact size without measuring and what not. But your right I would like to have a caliper.

this may or may not help you

StreetUnit.com - Premier MAZDASPEED Performance Specialists

The actual making of the tube that carries the air isn't the hard part. It's the MAF sensor that is a PITA. You have to adjust the location of the MAF depending on the length of your tube and the amount of air flowing through as to not cause a CEL. That's where all the research $ comes from.

Otherwise, route it into the cabin of the car...right near the A/C vent so you get constant cool air.

No, this is not me

The creator of that video later found out what the word Hydrolock meant

LOL at that video. Mine wont be a true cold air. Really it will be kind of a long short ram lol. Wont make it point down.

but, but... it looks store bought!

The problem is that the twists and bends in a CAI can still create turbulence prior to the MAF (as evident in the Gen 1 MSCAI). And while a straightener could help, laminar airflow is influenced by velocity, volume, and intake pipe diameter; or so I'm told.

Unless I had a good understanding of flow dynamics, I personally wouldn't be meddling with the intake. JMHO.

It's not a cold. It's a long short ram lol