Danny5
Its over 39000!
The stock air pickup is to the rear of the passenger fender. The piping is typical factory, tight and too twisty.
I noticed that the stock foglight location would double as a great spot to pickup cold air, so I ordered an adjustable airtube from eBay, and set about to modifing to a true cold air setup.
This is the kit I received from eBay. There are actually 2 anodized aluminum rings included. The small end measures 3", and the horn is 4". Coincidentally, the foglight blank is also 4" across!
To remove your front bumper cover is easy, but time consuming. Starting at the top, we remove 10mm bolts (yellow), nylon body clips (red) and a bunch of phillips screws (blue)
In each front wheel well there are 4 torx screws.
Not pictured is the bottom of the car, where you remove 2 13mm bolts, 5 torx screws, 2 phillips screws, and one nylon body clip.
Once all this is removed, pull the bumper cover towards you and it should pop off with a little effort.
Here is the stock air tube. Its a paltry 1.5" internal diameter. Unfortunately it was glued into the airbox, so some yanking freed the pipe from the car.
We want the fender seal, so I cut the pipe off the plastic. This will ensure no engine bay heat leaks into the airbox.
Looking at the back of the bumper, the clips that hold in the foglight blank are a real PITA. Each clip latches from both sides. I was able to extract the blank and only broke 3 clips on 1 side (still usable on the other side)
Draw an X by lining a straight edge through the corners. This give you the exact center. I drilled a 1/4" pilot hole.
Now flip it over, and drill your 3" hole through the front to ensure a nice clean looking hole. In retrospect, I should have drilled a 4" hole to allow the horn to sink in more flush with the bumper.
I used a sink strainer screen to keep animals and insects out of the tube. This is a test fit before I epoxied everything together.
Back in the wheel well, I mounted the other horn with speed nuts through the fender liner. The arrow here is pointing to a gap I left on purpose so that we can't suck water through the tube, maintaining our ability to cross some amount of standing water.
Reassemble everything and make the connection to the bumper. I can feel a suction even at idle by placing my hand in front of the bumper.
Initial measurements indicate intake temperatures within 10 degrees of ambient.
I noticed that the stock foglight location would double as a great spot to pickup cold air, so I ordered an adjustable airtube from eBay, and set about to modifing to a true cold air setup.
This is the kit I received from eBay. There are actually 2 anodized aluminum rings included. The small end measures 3", and the horn is 4". Coincidentally, the foglight blank is also 4" across!
To remove your front bumper cover is easy, but time consuming. Starting at the top, we remove 10mm bolts (yellow), nylon body clips (red) and a bunch of phillips screws (blue)
In each front wheel well there are 4 torx screws.
Not pictured is the bottom of the car, where you remove 2 13mm bolts, 5 torx screws, 2 phillips screws, and one nylon body clip.
Once all this is removed, pull the bumper cover towards you and it should pop off with a little effort.
Here is the stock air tube. Its a paltry 1.5" internal diameter. Unfortunately it was glued into the airbox, so some yanking freed the pipe from the car.
We want the fender seal, so I cut the pipe off the plastic. This will ensure no engine bay heat leaks into the airbox.
Looking at the back of the bumper, the clips that hold in the foglight blank are a real PITA. Each clip latches from both sides. I was able to extract the blank and only broke 3 clips on 1 side (still usable on the other side)
Draw an X by lining a straight edge through the corners. This give you the exact center. I drilled a 1/4" pilot hole.
Now flip it over, and drill your 3" hole through the front to ensure a nice clean looking hole. In retrospect, I should have drilled a 4" hole to allow the horn to sink in more flush with the bumper.
I used a sink strainer screen to keep animals and insects out of the tube. This is a test fit before I epoxied everything together.
Back in the wheel well, I mounted the other horn with speed nuts through the fender liner. The arrow here is pointing to a gap I left on purpose so that we can't suck water through the tube, maintaining our ability to cross some amount of standing water.
Reassemble everything and make the connection to the bumper. I can feel a suction even at idle by placing my hand in front of the bumper.
Initial measurements indicate intake temperatures within 10 degrees of ambient.
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