Creepin_B

K, heres the problem, i bought a long shaft 2 piece intake that is supposed to go down into my bumper under my rad fan
now, i tried many different ways and still couldnt figure out how to get the 2nd piece with the filter down in the bumper... so right now ive only got the 1st piece with the filter attached to it sitting where the stock intake filter box was.... anybody know how i can get the 2nd piece down where it is supposed to go with the filter?? the mandrel bend in the pipe seems fine just how do i get the damn thing in there?
by the way its for a 89 si hatch

Cynikal.Mindset

the 2nd piece u have to install from under the car...and feed it up through the hole where the stock air box resonator was (u gotta remove that too) and then attatch the piece with the cone filter from under the car to the piece that comes from the throttle body...it may require you to remove the front bumper or atleast remove the fender liner from the passenger side wheel well to access the resonator and to install the short pipe there

hope this was clear enough for ya

Creepin_B

its a bit confusing but im gonna print it up and go see how i do, probably fail but u never kno!!

Creepin_B

no luck man, the battery seems to be in the way, like the pipe cant wrap around it or something?

Creepin_B

is the filter supposed to be down under the battery like below the rad fan or does it stay up top and wrap around the engine and sit by the top of the rad?

Creepin_B

nvm i just went back and took off the filter where i realized there was the resonator hole, so do i take the WHOLE resonator out? and put the pipe thru and attach the intake below? how do i get the resonator box out, and once i slide the pipe thru do i leave the resonator box out permenantly?? i just need to kno how to get it out??

Creepin_B

HELP! how do i get this box offffffff

white92d15b7

HA HA HA another victim of thinking the CAI stays in the engine compartment ha ha ha ha ha jokes

Creepin_B

did i say that? im asking how to get the resonator box out!

imported_gatherer

The resonator has bolts under the car basically just go around removing them until it comes out .......

Cynikal.Mindset

look under the car in the wheel well there where the resonator box is and I'm pretty sure there are 3 bolts holding it on...just unbolt em and slide it out...and if ur super impatient just pry the ****er out...but the bolt removal method is prolly best...its not that hard and the bolts are fairly visable too

90hatchsi

The easiest way to remove the resonator box is to remove the bumper.

90hatchsi

this should help: http://www.angelfire.com/ca7/thecrxd...s/coldair.html

Cynikal.Mindset

lol...didnt I tell you the easiest way was to remove the front bumper?

Creepin_B

Thanks alot guys

Chigga1

yah remove the BUMPER....

imported_zc_hatch

front bumper shouldn't take more than 20 minutes... unless your bumper screws(the flat ones with a big top) are seized...mine were and i had to cut one off and use a vise grip to twist them... that was hell

Creepin_B

now, i jus talked to my dad, and he was wondering, where the engine gets its warm air from now? since all the stock air intakes are off, leaving u with only 1, the cold air, where does the warm air come in?

imported_BoOsTd

warm air is less dense than cold air, which in turn inhibits performance, hence the reason you are installing a cold air intake. There is only one intake of air , and u want it as cold as possible. You dont need warm air, and there is no warm air intake

bbarbulo

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I think you're confusing exhaust recirculation with intake air.

intake air should always be close to ambient temps... even if it's under the hood, the whole engine bay is cold at startup, so the "benefit" of warm air won't be realized anyways. By the time the engine bay would warm up, your engine is warm too and will benefit from cooler air. Besides, assuming your intake is metal of some kind, it will get heat soaked, so the air will heat up as it enters the throttle body.

as for EGR, that's... something else altogether, has nothing to do with your intake.