Haha, I've had the nickname McGyver for as long as I can remember. I also just became friends with an Irishmen who doesn't know who McGyver is, but he's taken to calling me Bear Grills for the same reason.

Next time I'm home I'll snap some pictures. I cam describe the setup though.

Pretty much a 90* off the throttle body To the MAF, then another 90* through where the power steering reservoir is. I drilled out the spot welds and moved it to the factory air box location. It can be bolted in, but I'm going to re weld it.

I used a big hole saw, can't remember the size, to cut through the inner and outer fender I actually removed the outer fender to put the band clamp on the mext 90* to the tube that ran up the quarter panel. I drilled two 1/2" holes and used self tapping roofing screws to screw it straight to the quarter panel, then I used 1/2" plugs with RTV to seal the holes. I can post a link.

Following that was a 45* going up the windshield and another 45* into a K&N pod filter with a stainless steel food container bolted to the top For a rain hood.

I still want to reinforce the hood and also weld some kind of mount to the a-pillar to add more rigidity, but right now zip ties are holding it and it holds at 65.

 

I have questions for all that did the cold ar intake mod....
1) How did you cut a hole in the 90 degree tube for the IAC valve hose?
2) How did you attach the IAC valve hose to the 90 degree tube?
3) What did you use to seal the IAC valve hose to the 90 degree tube?
Cheers!

 

I used a heat gun on some plastic tubing, I think it is 1", heated it up and turned it around a rounded surface. I saw a video on youtube of a guy doing to flare the tube.

Then I used right stuff gasket sealer to marry it to the tube. Seems to be working.

 

1) How did you cut a hole in the 90 degree tube for the IAC valve hose?

I think I just used a utility knife with a good blade. Even a dull blade would've worked, honestly. Pretty easy to cut.

2) How did you attach the IAC valve hose to the 90 degree tube?

I cut the barb off of the factory intake and slid it through from the inside of the 90*.

3) What did you use to seal the IAC valve hose to the 90 degree tube?

I think I used some kind of contact cement, but if I had it to do again I'd use a 2 part plastic epoxy. I really like the JB Weld plastic epoxy. You can find it in the Automotive section in WalMart and it's got a yellow graphic on it that says PLASTIC. Good stuff. I've used it quite a bit.

I'll still get some pictures when I can. I just haven't been home since I last posted other than when my dad was having a paracarditis flare up and hypoglycemia flare up at the same time. Had to carry him, having a seizure, to the truck and rush him to the hospital. I feel like I should throw in that while he's not 100% yet, he's doing quite a bit better.

 

I wanted to keep my stock air intake, you never know, but that would work.

I didn't think of plastic weld, but JB Plastic weld is really good stuff.

I hope you Dad is feeling better Alex.

 

The up side is that you can still use this intake design with the factory intake box if you wanted. That said, there are other alternatives for the barb. I'd say if you hunted around your local hardware store you could definitely find something.

I just spoke to him earlier today and he said he was feeling a lot better. Thanks

 

I mean, that I wanted to have the original tube in case I dickered it up. It happens...

 

Haha, that it does.

Worse comes to worse you can always use the same JB Plastic and fiberglass sheets, or even fiberglass insulation if you have some laying around, and you could re-attach the barb to the factory intake. It would be similar to a glass fiber reinforced plastic which is pretty stout. Used in most tools.

Actually, some to think of it, you could probably form your own barb that way.

 

I bought all the parts to make this intake, however I tried attaching it directly to the MAF. Worked great. Any reason not to?

the idea of splicing those tiny MAF wires turns me off. Although it appears I could probably assemble the silicon set up without extending the wires.

any opinion on this?

thanks

 

If yours fits without extending the wires, more power to you!

As for your other question, I'm not sure what you mean by "attaching directly to the MAF. Could you post a picture of what you mean?