looking to make a custom intake for my car..has anyone done one in their magna or verada if so could u upload some pics? :)

Search!!!!!! Lots of threads about intakes.

hmm ok....

If you can't find the answer, long story short for the problems they can create and the 2KW gain AT BEST with the 3rd gens, they are simply not worth the money, time or effort.

i like my dodgy intake idea.... get a heat gun, take the snorkel off, heat snorkel and make the opening bigger (mainly the bottom that sits above the radiator).

Give it a search, lots of people love pod filters. i have seen people attach extra pipes to the airbox or make their own custom kind of snorkel that picks up air from behind the bumper or near the wheel.

The forum search function sucks, try giving googleing the amc site

If you can't find the answer, long story short for the problems they can create and the 2KW gain AT BEST with the 3rd gens, they are simply not worth the money, time or effort.

Spot on the money, usually you lose torque down low

Here is my version 1
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o248/MagnaTech07/DSC00271.jpg

...and my version 2 (my current cai)
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o248/MagnaTech07/mods/cai_1.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o248/MagnaTech07/mods/cai_o.jpg

but does it work and what about water?

I'm sure I'm getting cold air:happy:
and I also changed the cat, extractors and mufflers. Very happy
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o248/MagnaTech07/Exhaust/exhaust.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o248/MagnaTech07/Exhaust/extractor.jpg

i love that intake man exactly what i want to do to mine

Magtech you may want to reconsider that heat wrap. Do a quick search on long term effects heat wrap has on pipes, in short it causes premature corrosion. If you want to bring temps down, do it properly and have them coated otherwise you're just pissing away over $500 of your hard-earned.

Yeah, I already considered that. That's why I sprayed that heat wrap with silicone based paint to protect the extractors from moisture. Thanks

That may delay it a little, but its still going to rust... You're really best just doing it properly and having them coated. Magna extractors aren't a cheap thing...

exactly wat im doin pretty much magtech but i aint going under the car with the pod filter and im going metal pipes cheers this has helped me heaps....was it hard to move the air sensor thingy??

...and my version 2 (my current cai)
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o248/MagnaTech07/mods/cai_o.jpg
How do you drive the car in the wet?

ha yeh thats a good question? lol

My TL had a plastic shield next to the radiator, behind the grille, one bolt was all it took to remove it. Put flexi pipe from air box around battery and in behind grille. Easy to do and all the cool air you want. K&N panel filter helps too. Think there is a pic in my album.

Nice CAI MagTech. i doubt that would be an issue..... I had an EF falcon with a CAI in the same location and it barely got wet even on the worst wet days

what size piping did you use in ver2? easy to squeeze down behind the front bar?

It's raining this morning, no problem what so ever.

I'm using 3" piping

But what happens when you drive into someones driveway and you car goes through a few inches of water in the gutter?

But what happens when you drive into someones driveway and you car goes through a few inches of water in the gutter?

He gets his air filter cleaned.. of course :P lol

Looks to be a K&N so that's not a good sign.

Hey Magtech, yours looks very neat and tidy. Where'd you get the hose from?

as mr shagwag said..is it hard to get behind the front bar??

as mr shagwag said..is it hard to get behind the front bar??

My TE is an automatic, so you can imagine that 3" stainless steel piping would be hard to fit in on the area between the battery and the radiator fan.
My solution was to use 3" diametre silicone hose on that tight area so it would be easy to squeeze in.
So, yes it's easy to fit behind the front bar.

Hoses were from ebay, the cheapest my money can buy.

question, does anyone know the part number of the k&n airfilter that rpw sell? or is there anywhere else that sell them?

If you are interested with the K&N filter on my version 1, just let me know. This is the same RPW is selling. I'm using K&N X-stream filter for my version 2.

MagTech just wondering what were the lengths/widths on the pipe u used and cost?, looking at doing the same install on my TE. im still pretty new to modding cars :)

Elephant trunk...makes more noise....
http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=39577
(http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/album.php?albumid=9&attachmentid=39576)

well i will hopefully be doing mine this weekend, did it make the car run better on fuel? any noise difference?? and can u hear it sucking for air?? i kinda like that sound ahha lol

but with the bend do u loose power???


Elephant trunk...makes more noise....
http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=39577
(http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/album.php?albumid=9&attachmentid=39576)

nah man u wouldnt lose power...with any custom intake u do.. :)

thats not true. u can loose power if the cold air has too many bends in the piping

MagTech just wondering what were the lengths/widths on the pipe u used and cost?, looking at doing the same install on my TE. im still pretty new to modding cars :)

Not sure with the measurements as I only do test, then cut. With this cai I spent between $200-250 all in.

wow and for that much did u get alot more power???

wow and for that much did u get alot more power???
Yes, about 1,000,000 kw of satisfaction:D

bloody oth...not sure if im going down under the bumper....have to make the decision 2 day though lol probs just go in the engine bay just for know :)

can look here
http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74080&highlight=
i have done mine is in the factory box got a short filter cut out inner part of panel filter works great

But the stock intake is so good already? Why change it?

no better for performance, just sound

well i read through the entire thing and didnt see any pics or anything. i am thinkin of doin it on sat but unsure exactly what to cut etc.
i know i dont expect to gain anything, and i dont wanna loose anything so i am just after the sexy sucking sound.

if someone can either comment back in here, post pics or even email me pics mattscc@gmail.com that would be great help.

so i am just after the sexy sucking sound.

There are plenty of free internet sites that have that if that's all your after!

if someone can either comment back in here, post pics or even email me pics mattscc@gmail.com that would be great help.

Take a look at this thread: http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16688

There are a number of options you could look at, you could either: a) remove the entire factory snorkel & replace with flexi tubing, directed to the front grille beside the passenger headlight as per GTVi's pic; b) retain the factory snorkel and have an additional air feed - to do this, cut a hole with holesaw into the side of the airbox itself, where the air filter resides, and direct tubing from this spot to the grille as per (a)... a couple of ppl with L/Ws have already tried this; or c) cut a hole into the underside of the existing snorkel, and feed tubing from the snorkel to the same location.

With (b) and (c) the tubing will need to be smaller - as there's physically not enough room to use a large diameter tube with the factory snorkel in place. And you will need to cut away a portion of the front of the battery box to make this happen, depending on the size of the tube. If you do this you may want to consider some kind of mesh where the new intake tube will be fitted behind grille, so that you don't suck too much debris into the airbox... I had an additional feed going into my TL for a while and found that I was cleaning the filter pretty regularly to remove insects, small leaves & other stuff. The factory snorkel seems to be better protected from this.

yeh didnt end up doing anything today guys....guy at the shop said its not worth the effort and money :)

guy at the shop said its not worth the effort and money :)

Finally someone has posted something worthy in this thread.

if someone can either comment back in here, post pics or even email me pics mattscc@gmail.com that would be great help.
will get a couple of photos tommorrow for ya

Finally someone has posted something worthy in this thread.
true i did it for the sound cost me only 50.00 as only needed pod and adapter and used the factory box

Here is mine. I removed everything from the snorkel to the throttle body, and replaced it with a pod filter, and 5inch aluminium pipe
http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/ww246/tglaubitz/th_IMAG0569.jpg (http://s724.photobucket.com/albums/ww246/tglaubitz/?action=view&current=IMAG0569.jpg)
http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/ww246/tglaubitz/th_IMAG0570.jpg (http://s724.photobucket.com/albums/ww246/tglaubitz/?action=view&current=IMAG0570.jpg)