Factory AirBox 101

Post by **Daunttless** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

First, a few pictures of the rust and the pinstripes. : )

Now, on to the air box. : )

I have been questioned as to, What IS the factory Air Box, where is the factory airbox, what is the y-pipe, and where do I find the MAFs. Heres a little pictoral rendition about the factory airbox.

Here we have my engine

Now that we have that squared away, here is the beginning of the intake track of the KA24E.

The three components that everyone asks about are ther Air Box, the MAFs, and the Y-Pipe. As seen above, they're all handily located right next to each other.

Disassembly to change your own filter element is easy. It can all be done in two simple steps. First, locate the four little clips around the edge of the airbox, as seen here.

There are four, unclip them. Next, you need to remove this hose. I suggest slightly loosening the screw, although you can just pull it off.

Voila, now your airbox is open, now you can get out your filter element.

Yay for the filter element, heres the inside of the airbox without the element. The elemnt seals between each half of the box, the bottom half is the uncleaned air, while the top half is the filtered air that is about to be metered by the MAFs, as is partially shown there.

Post by **Daunttless** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

In the top half of the airbox is located the MAFS. If yours looks like mine, you don't need to worry about cleaning it. : ) Although, if you are having idling problems you may wish to check the grounding wire that leads into the little black box attached to it. Two views of the MAFs.

From the inside

From the outside

To remove the factory airbox there are three screws, the Y-pipe has 1 screw. The Y pipe also "plugs in" to the airbox, its not connected and don't worry about breaking anything, just pull it out of its socket to remove it. Here are the screw locations.

Once the Y-Pipe has been unscrewed, it can be removed without removing the Factory airbox.

And then it all goes right back together. : )

Thats all. Any questions?

Post by **Daunttless** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

Post by **TrueSlide** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

that was a cheap a** way to get your post up, you post whore!!!

You should, when you are done, have a smoking the honda thing.

Post by **MasterMan** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

haha u have too much time on your hands man

nice readin tho

Post by **SWIFT_DRIFT** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

you are forgetting that there are a sh*t ton of people here who don't know anything about this kind of stuff, so in all actuality, daunt's few kindergarten posts (to us) are like sat's to other folks. it is also going to save a lot of stupid reposted questions which are frequently clogging the boards. Well done daunttless, here's a cookie

Post by **MaineExport** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

SWIFT_DRIFT wrote: it is also going to save a lot of stupid reposted questions which are frequently clogging the boards. Well done daunttless, here's a cookie

Oh... don't count your chickens Swifty! It won't stop the stupid questions....... it never does... it never does. So, why is it called a Y-pipe?

Post by **QUICKFLOW240** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

OK so what kinda engine is that again? What did you pull out of there? I'm lost.:thinker

Post by **QUICKFLOW240** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

hey make it a sticky

Post by **MaineExport** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

Buy you sure do have pertty hands boy! I thought that was your girlfriend at first!

What does the MAFS do, can I remove that too, and get more horse power? It looks like it clogs up all that airflow?!

Post by **SWIFT_DRIFT** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

hahaha maine...i had to read ur post twice, cuz for a split second i thought you were serious about the y pipe thing (not sure why, just cuaght me off gaurd).

Post by **FrEaK** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

Hey it looks just like my engine.... and why the hell did my name appear more than once...??

Just because it may remind you of me doesnt mean you need to say it does ... lol

Post by **Pennyfreak** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

your vast knowledge of everything auto related just astounds me daunttless. all hail the king, all hail the king!!!

Post by **Aries** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

Pennyfreak wrote:your vast knowledge of everything auto related just astounds me daunttless. all hail the king, all hail the king!!!

It's the people like this that frighten and astound us at the same time...

Good work Daunttless...

Post by **Daunttless** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

Heh, I try.

Post by **SWIFT_DRIFT** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

Quote »your vast knowledge of everything auto related just astounds me daunttless. all hail the king, all hail the king!!![/quote] what does this guy want? a cookie?

Post by **Daunttless** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

he's better than your sorry a**. : )

Post by **SWIFT_DRIFT** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

I am proud to admit I have quit my whoring ways! and yes Daunt, I still lub you soo very much, just like last night when I t-bagged you

Post by **Made In Dade** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

Hey has anyone ever bored out there AFM?

Post by **Daunttless** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

No, people just buy a bigger one capable of reading more air. If you bore it out and it can't read all the air that goes by, you still have a problem. ; )

Post by **ash1y1** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

These are the same steps I take when changing out my intake system right?

Also, before I use that GOO GONE to remove the glue, what can I use to remove the nasty a** gold pin stripes?

Post by **Daunttless** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

heh, nix the goo gone, Jesse says it takes off clear coat and paint too. I guess I"ll just scrub it with soap. : )

I used my hands, I have a heat gun, and I used it, but for some reason it didn't do anything to the pinstripes. So I painstakingly removed them by hand, there were 35, yeah, thats right, 35 pin stripes. 7 sections of 5. Oh my god does it suck.

Post by **ash1y1** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

Did they come off that easily or did you have to use some kind of tool? If so, what?

Post by **Daunttless** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

I just used my hands, it was a pain, but it looks much better now even with the glue still on there. : )

Post by **MAXIMUS Nismo** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

Nice How to Dauntt. Reminds me of the ones I have to make to show peeps how to set up mandatory and roaming profiles on a 2K Server.

Anyway, waht is the best way to clean an engine that is in that sorta condition? What substance to use, etc.

nice lawn too. Did you groom it yourself?

Post by **FrEaK** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

Thats not a lawn at all... it's shag carpet...

Post by **ash1y1** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

You know, I just cleaned my engine with degreaser and it came out spotless. I got $2 degreaser from an auto parts store, sprayed it out, let it sit for 15 minutes, and power washed it. It's gorgeous now.

Post by **FrEaK** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

:O i need to try that

Post by **MAXIMUS Nismo** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

Nice pick up freak. No one who spends so much tme on these boards and with his "toys" has any time to tend a lawn. Shag carpet it is.

Yeah, I gotta try that degreaser also. Thx.

Post by **FrEaK** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:50 pm

Well i looked at my engine today and i realized that someone has tryed to paint the valve cover black... and now it is cracking, and is chipping off... so i tryed to sand it off... and only made it worse... how much are the chrome valve covers?

Factory AirBox 101

Factory AirBox 101

Hey Daunttless

pinstripes

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engine clean

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