Finally finished it!

[rfinkle2]

Originally Posted by Ace99899 I am not making this to prove anyone wrong, its for me and me only. Everyone trolling, go do it else where. You all are the reason why haltech had to send out a mess and if this site loses members it will be do to those who are trolling now, not giving any useful/ good advice or anything. Im done with this thread, you all say what you want, ill post a new thread when its finished the right way. And for Tokay, your the greatest i know and will forever worship your all knowings of speeds and space and life and everything you know which is everything. Bravo my man....bravo

Ace, all the ribbing aside, I think it is pretty cool that you have some welding skillz, and the ambition to make your own intake.

That being said, metering the air coming into the engine is really important, so if you are triggering a cel, and cannot accurately measure afr's, all the guys are ribbing you so that you realize the importance of fueling the car properly.

If you are throwing a cel, chances are your car is running lean, and depending on how lean, could eventually / potentially damage your car.

I think, more than anything, the guys don't want to read a blown motor thread about your car, and may have ribbed you a bit to get @ that point.

[boosted_out]

Turbo cars run rich so that u dont blow that bitch, id be a little worried on running lean my friend.

[snailD]

Originally Posted by boosted_out Turbo cars run rich so that u dont blow that bitch, id be a little worried on running lean my friend.

we dip 9's stock tune which is ridiculous, people have actually been talking that we can run slightly more lean than PI because of our DI. its the computer seeing that measurement out of the parameters it was specified to run that tune correctly, which isn't good, but its not because in general its too lean for our motor.

[Tokay444]

If you can't see you afr with anything, then you're just speculating that, "it's not too lean".

[Ace99899]

Last and final. The check engine light code read system is lean bank 1. Idk how lean it is and I'm not caring. Im working on it after work today and will have it right by the end of today. If it blows before I get it to the shop there will not be a thread on it lol. I won't care, it's under warranty. It runs good except just a little egar from 0 to like 10 and only sometimes. Oh if anyone could post up there intake temps from the Sri that would be awesome.

[TRex]

^do you really think your warranty is going to cover a blown engine due to your shitty intake?

also you cant just post up temps....it is going to be different depending on ambient....but for your info with mine while moving i am at ambient


and finally

Originally Posted by Ace99899 I am not making this to prove anyone wrong, its for me and me only. Everyone trolling, go do it else where. You all are the reason why haltech had to send out a mess and if this site loses members it will be do to those who are trolling now, not giving any useful/ good advice or anything. Im done with this thread, you all say what you want, ill post a new thread when its finished the right way. And for Tokay, your the greatest i know and will forever worship your all knowings of speeds and space and life and everything you know which is everything. Bravo my man....bravo

[Ace99899]

Warranty wise your wrong. I'd throw the stock back on and it would be fine, as long as it doesnt throw mode 9 then I'm fine.
As for the temp yes you can. TemP in the intake should be in the ball park of 100. Atleast that's what Mazda told me.

[adlpb]

Originally Posted by Ace99899 Warranty wise your wrong. I'd throw the stock back on and it would be fine, as long as it doesnt throw mode 9 then I'm fine. As for the temp yes you can. TemP in the intake should be in the ball park of 100. Atleast that's what Mazda told me.

Really. So you're telling me that if you're driving in 20 degree weather, the intake will magically transform the temperature to 100 degrees? I think you're confusing IAT's with BAT's. Big difference between the two.

IAT = MAF temp
BAT = manifold temp

IAT's will vary per ambient temp

And BAT's will vary too. FMIC, TMIC, and even ambient temps make differences. So the 100 degrees number was probably given you by a retarded mazda service guy. Not hard to spot these days.

[Bucker]

Originally Posted by speedyD we dip 9's stock tune which is ridiculous, people have actually been talking that we can run slightly more lean than PI because of our DI. its the computer seeing that measurement out of the parameters it was specified to run that tune correctly, which isn't good, but its not because in general its too lean for our motor.

As an example, I run a 12.1 AFR on my tune, and that is still fairly conservative on this forum.

[Ace99899]

My iat was 109 stock before the intake of course it's 100 degrees here

[smitty5788]

OP, welds look ok if you did them yourself Ill give you that credit.

Other than that, your MAF is too close to the filter with no straightener and the wrong diameter tube, you clearly did no research and had no idea what you were doing and have little to no idea what your talking about and you wonder why you have a bunch of people bashing your thread.

The intake is more than just a pipe, the MAF housing is more than just a pipe and silicone > Aluminum and not used to save money or whatever the fuck was said earlier.

IAT of 109 is fucking way high also, even with this heat reciently.

[Ace99899]

Well before I modded the car that's what it was at. That's what the computer showed so idk where you think 109 degrees at the Maf is to high when it's 100 degrees with 80% humidity.

[Tokay444]

I think you need to fill your freon resevoir.
Your intercooler is taking in too much hot air.

[Ace99899]

Originally Posted by Tokay444 I think you need to fill your freon resevoir. Your intercooler is taking in too much hot air.

Idk. I'm redoing the whole intake today. With all the bashing and info given I'll be damn if I don't get it right this time.

[adlpb]

Take your car to firestone. They'll be glad to refill your intercooler freon.

[Bucker]

Originally Posted by Ace99899 Idk. I'm redoing the whole intake today. With all the bashing and info given I'll be damn if I don't get it right this time.

Its not pushing the 3PSI it needs to be.

[SB.MS3]

Originally Posted by Ace99899 With all the bashing and info given I'll be damn if I don't get it right this time.

AND now you see how msf works. we bust your balls so you go out and make a (hopefully) quality product.

this is a little different but now you see why we bash vendors here so hard.

[bigx5murf]

wow so much hate in this thread for a guy making his own intake. In the end its really just piping welded, or bent into a certain shape. For a first attempt, it isn't bad at all. If this guy continues to revise his design, it could end up better than name brand intakes eventually. I'm sure cobb or cpe made a few issue proned intakes before releasing their retail products. Difference is those companies finalized their design, and most likely won't improve them anymore.

I'm running a diy intake as well, but mine was made by someone on another forum. It not only has been dyno'd to be equal or better gains than the big name intakes. But offers certain benefits none of the other mainstream intakes offer.

[I Love Brownies]

Originally Posted by bigx5murf wow so much hate in this thread for a guy making his own intake. In the end its really just piping welded, or bent into a certain shape. For a first attempt, it isn't bad at all. If this guy continues to revise his design, it could end up better than name brand intakes eventually. I'm sure cobb or cpe made a few issue proned intakes before releasing their retail products. Difference is those companies finalized their design, and most likely won't improve them anymore. I'm running a diy intake as well, but mine was made by someone on another forum. It not only has been dyno'd to be equal or better gains than the big name intakes. But offers certain benefits none of the other mainstream intakes offer.

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[TRex]

Originally Posted by Ace99899 My iat was 109 stock before the intake of course it's 100 degrees here

o so you do acknowledge that intake temp is ambient temp dependent...ic....so....i was right then?

[bigx5murf]

I hope this guy gets his intake right eventually. Then I hope he tackles a bigger project and makes himself a part you guys can't even buy. Like an individual runner intake manifold.

[adlpb]

I hope so. I know I won't be buying. Thanks for the heads up, brah.

[Wildfire]

Originally Posted by bigx5murf I'm running a diy intake as well, but mine was made by someone on another forum. It not only has been dyno'd to be equal or better gains than the big name intakes. But offers certain benefits none of the other mainstream intakes offer.

Like what?

[Bucker]

Originally Posted by bigx5murf wow so much hate in this thread for a guy making his own intake. In the end its really just piping welded, or bent into a certain shape. For a first attempt, it isn't bad at all. If this guy continues to revise his design, it could end up better than name brand intakes eventually. I'm sure cobb or cpe made a few issue proned intakes before releasing their retail products. Difference is those companies finalized their design, and most likely won't improve them anymore. I'm running a diy intake as well, but mine was made by someone on another forum. It not only has been dyno'd to be equal or better gains than the big name intakes. But offers certain benefits none of the other mainstream intakes offer.

Huh?

[jack_hammer]

Originally Posted by Wildfire Like what?

Originally Posted by Bucker Huh?

it doesn't just suck, it swallows

[I Love Brownies]

Originally Posted by Wildfire Like what?

quote fail on your part man. look at the above post from mine. you quoted him and somehow put my screen name on it lol

[Wildfire]

Originally Posted by ms307nm quote fail on your part man. look at the above post from mine. you quoted him and somehow put my screen name on it lol

Yup. Total rookie mistake. M'bad! lol

[bigx5murf]

Originally Posted by Wildfire Like what?

more accurate maf/iat reading for the ecu, so power delivery doesn't stumble w/o an o2 mod. Also, guy can cater the pipes to work with any bov/bpv of your choice, and you can safely run VTA.

yes, msm is a different car, just saying its not such a stretch to have a diy intake preferable to a major manufacturer intake.

[Tokay444]

Where would you put the maf to run vta, the throttle body?
More accurate maf than who's exactly?

[I Love Brownies]

vta is win. doesnt matter where the maf is.

[Tokay444]

Lol.

[MazdaASM]

Originally Posted by bigx5murf wow so much hate in this thread for a guy making his own intake. In the end its really just piping welded, or bent into a certain shape. For a first attempt, it isn't bad at all. If this guy continues to revise his design, it could end up better than name brand intakes eventually. I'm sure cobb or cpe made a few issue proned intakes before releasing their retail products. Difference is those companies finalized their design, and most likely won't improve them anymore. I'm running a diy intake as well, but mine was made by someone on another forum. It not only has been dyno'd to be equal or better gains than the big name intakes. But offers certain benefits none of the other mainstream intakes offer.

the hate is not because its a diy intake... the hate is because it is done improperly and OP is ignoring MSF's warnings, not worrying about a lean system.... and it is not just a few bent pipes, it is precision engineering. the car needs a very specific AF mixture and well, you need to let the right amount of air in..


regardless this thread makes me lol

[Ace99899]

Originally Posted by MazdaASM the hate is not because its a diy intake... the hate is because it is done improperly and OP is ignoring MSF's warnings, not worrying about a lean system.... and it is not just a few bent pipes, it is precision engineering. the car needs a very specific AF mixture and well, you need to let the right amount of air in.. regardless this thread makes me lol

Ha go look at my new thread. This one needs to be closed.
Go lol at my strangely bent penis CAI.