stainless intake 2.5i

[castek]

Hey all,

Got bored and being bored in a workplace where you are surrounded by stainless is probably not good

I bought two 3"bends from work and found a piece of 3"tube offcut at my dads work, so whipped this little intake pipe up.

I know some are going to say, "its going to be hot, lose power"blah blah... its a 2.5i NA, if i wanted power, i'd have gotten a GT or i can just jump into my ute

Its still not 100% finished, I still have to take it apart again and get it electro-polished, basically make it a bit shinier and get rid of the heat stain from the weld.

Also, going to fabricate either a box for it, or a sheet to cover the whole lot, to replace the factory CAI

[tkboi]

oh nice i got a similar set up to urs in my 2.5i XD me and my mates were bored so we went to super cheap auto and got some 3inch intercooler piping and silicon hoses n pretty much produce the same results as you XD haha but mine went in a tad deeper

[Arith]

Hey, that's pretty good for a DIY job! Shall we organise a group buy yet?

[castek]

Haha yeah why not?

Best thing is, depending on the polishing, it would be all yours for under $100.

Find me any aftermarket stainless intake kit for that coin

[RX_MY02]

Fabricate a box ay????

Maybe u could redo mine????

hahahaha

[teK--]

Neat job John. Can you make me a replica of the Kakimoto intake chamber

[castek]

That's the stainless tank looking thing yeh?

Tbh, if it wasn't for all the things that plug into it, it would be easily done.
Bit of 8" tube, dome cap on each end and the 3" tube to throttle body.

Oh and a fee grands worth of r&d into flow rates etc

[tangcla]

John, keen if you can make an aluminium (or stainless steel) heatshield/airbox for my pod intake

[castek]

A heatshield wouldn't be so bad, problem is I'd need the car for a weekend.
I'd need to measure, go to the sheetmetal place around the corner to cut some material and then I'd bend an work out mounting points.

And I'd go for ally, stainless is a bitch to bend.

Everythings doable, just comes down to time

[hks180]

thats looks pretty good !! job well done !

soon phat man will make a air box ... once it's all done i'll post up some photos .. will be more like early next yr .. as his still waiting for special tool to make the box ..

Leo

[castek]

I can only imagine how good its going to look if the Phat man is making it.

Thanks for the feedback guys

[tangcla]

soon phat man will make a air box ... once it's all done i'll post up some photos .. will be more like early next yr .. as his still waiting for special tool to make the box ..

Sounds good Leo. Hopefully it'll be designed for the A'PEXi Power Intake

[castek]

polishing is done... it really helps having mates in the industry





i love how a slab is a legitimate form of currency in Australia