Success!!!

[USDM_OneVia]

One problem down.... one to go!

Took out the flimsy rubber intake piece today, looked inside, and there was NO coil in it. So, a buddy of mine had an AEM CAI from a Civic EX that he no longer is using so he gave it to me. 3 easy cuts with a dremel later, I had a custom hard pipe intake!

Super easy to make, and it works great. No more cutting out when I give it full throttle. The first time I took it to 6000 rpms, I was all smiles!

I took pics with my digicam on the process, so a "How-To" will be up shortly. I recommend this as an easy cosmetic upgrade over the stock rubber piece.

The only beef I have with it now, it due to some acoustic's in the pipe, it makes a warbling sound like a dying turkey between shifts. Kinda annoying, but I think a BOV will drown it out or help it a bit. Keep ya posted!

Joe

[NeedCAforS13]

awesome joe! post some pics...i want to do something like this too, but maybe put the intake further down in the bumper?

Sean

[boost_boy]

Quote »The only beef I have with it now, it due to some acoustic's in the pipe, it makes a warbling sound like a dying turkey between shifts. Kinda annoying, but I think a BOV will drown it out or help it a bit.[/quote] that noise you hear is called "wastegate" flutter which is the result of no bov. I actually used to like the noise it made; kinda like a 'pprrewww' type noise.

[USDM_OneVia]

It's no longer the chattering it makes from before, more like a dying baby cow being clubbed to death with a whiffle ball bat.

Joe

[Trigger]

hahaha

[CA18_Dreams]

Joe... get a BOV as soon as you can... i remember when i had my 323 my turbo made that niose... it not good... it's when instead of the air going out the BOV its goin backwards through the turbo... not good... in my case it was caused by a frozen BOV... fix it before you have to fix your turbo

[USDM_OneVia]

I know it is compressor surge, but I plan on replacing the turbo with a T28 this winter, so a BOV is not a high priority now.

My digicam apparently had low batteries in it and all my pictures came out like crap. I will retake them tomorrow and work on the write up then.

Joe

[slw240sx]

JOE ,. i want no i need your nPR core,. ill call you thurs to set somehting up i have a plan! lol

[themadscientist]

more like a dying baby cow being clubbed to death with a whiffle ball bat.

Joe

Quite a vivid and disturbing scene you paint, true poetry:pface

[USDM_OneVia]

Quite a vivid and disturbing scene you paint, true poetry:pface

I think it is the whiffle ball bat image that is most disturbing...

Joe

Jon,

Call me bro.... it is 9/10's of the way sold though. If the money doesn't come by the end of the week, I will let ya know.

Joe

[slw240sx]

joe . did you sell it for up towards 200 ?? if so has he seen it yet?????? cause i can give you this one , its huge and has NISMO across it . i just need somthing that will mount on a time budget

[USDM_OneVia]

Sold it for what I've got in it, 150. And I bought a GReddy VSPL today too, so I really don't have a need for another intercooler.

I thought you were coming down today? I went junkyarding and found some incredible finds today S13 with HICAS and LSD 2 S14's with MINT seats..... and some other stuff I've hidden away.

Joe

[slw240sx]

joe lost your # my phone had a bad run in with a wall and ceases to exist any more, i got stuck goin to work and workiong on some crap drum brakes on a ford, blah, sunday man we need to hook up and get stuff done, if that FMIC isnt gone let me know i need it bad ill trade you this one you can sell for just as much if not more ps Email me your number again

[float_6969]

Congrats and I never wanna picture something like that ever again. Dying baby cows, how wrong is that?