Finished the Intake Pipe

After some nasty drilling I was able to finally finish off the intake pipe.  For some reason my drill bits didn’t want to cut into the stainless steel pipe. Grrrrr….  I was able to secure the machined aluminum piece to the bottom of the pipe using some tape so that the plug would point in towards the engine.  This allowed me to mark the large opening that the MAF sensor slides into and then drill it out with a small hole saw.

I then drilled and tapped the two bolt holes to ensure that I could properly secure it to the pipe. Once that was all finished I pulled it apart and used some gasket maker to seal the two together before fastening the bolts back in place.

Since this is the underside of the pipe you don’t really see it at all and will work great as the intake temperature sensor for my COBB speed density tune.  I also ordered a filter exactly the same size as the one seen in the picture below but with the proper 3″ inlet.  It should be here in the next day or so.

Now that I won’t be using the MAF for measuring air going into the system, I’ll no longer need to plumb the system’s air back into the intake.  So I’ve decided to create myself a little vented catch can.  I haven’t started yet, but I have an extra overflow reservoir just like the one I’m using for the radiator overflow.  I’ll chop it down to size and and weld it back together again to create the reservoir size that I’m looking for.

That will be my next adventure 🙂

Made Some Intake Progress

On the drive back from the bike park I had some ideas on the intake pipe based on some 3″ polished SS tube that I had laying around. I managed to cut it to get the intake pipe angle to be the exact same as the intercooler pipe coming from the turbo.

I took some pictures with the existing filter just sitting on the pipe. The existing filter neck opening is too big because it was used on my Big MAF before. So I need to pick up a 3″ filter that has pretty much the same shape.

I also need to create a spot for the MAF housing on the underside of the intake tube.  Even though I’m going with a COBB speed density tune I’ll bee using the MAF sensor for its intake temperature sensor.  But since it won’t be metering air I can tuck it underneath the pipe in an upside down position.  I still need to do some final hose and wiring clean-up to get it looking the way I want, but it’s getting closer.

I found a machined aluminum MAF housing piece from the intercooler kit that I’ll be attaching to the stainless pipe.  Hopefully I’ll have that work completed tomorrow.  I also need to pull out my engine side covers to spruce them up a bit.  I’ll also be filling in the MAF sensor wiring hole that you can see on the passenger panel and instead run the wire up beside the engine to its new location on the intake pipe.  I’m also going to create a little section near the power steering tank so that I can run the power steering lines underneath the cover.

That should smooth out the whole passenger side to look like the drivers side without any holes or hoses.  Some fresh paint and fiberglass repair will have them looking like new 🙂

Parts are back from the Polisher

After getting the car put back together I wanted to make sure that I added some more of the shine back under the hood.  So far I haven’t gotten the speed density tune with COBB, but the polished parts are now back on the car.  Sami did another outstanding job! The pictures currently just show the filter connected to the turbo which won’t be the final configuration. The first picture doesn’t have the parts shined up and actually has a few water spots.  I also had my anodized fuel rails sanded down and polished to match.

A new intake pipe will be created that will tuck up close to the engine and run parallel with the intercooler pipe coming from the turbo.  I also had the intercooler pipe adjusted to tuck it as close to the engine as possible.

Once I get the speed density tune completed and the intake pipe finished/polished I’ll post up some more pictures. I also need to remove my side panels and give them a little bit of TLC and a fresh coat of paint.  Oh, and also fix up the inside of the hood 🙂