DIY Performance Intake (Like Code 3's)
 

Hey Folks!
Follow along and you too can make your very own Performance Intake.

MATERIALS: (seen precut in photo two below)
Medium to fine metal mesh (medium flows better)
Air filter material (I used a home heater HEPA filter)

TOOLS:
Bit to remove intake back plate
Hack saw (Band saw easier)
File (to clean up your lousy hack saw cut)
Metal snips
Scissors
Sharpie

Gather materials, remove intake assembly and the back intake plate.
https://www.crossfireforum.org/galle...m/HPIM0784.JPG
Using a hack saw cut the mounting "ring" away from the rest of the back plate. You will end up with just the outer mounting plate as shown on the right in photo below. Use the file to even and smooth things out from your rough saw cut.
https://www.crossfireforum.org/galle...m/HPIM0791.JPG

Draw an outline of the outer part of the mounting plate onto the mesh.
Cut the mesh to match the mounting plate.
Cut the filter material large enough so you can double the material over for twice the filtering effect.
Stack the materials in this order- mesh- doubled filter-mounting plate.
Here is what you should have.
https://www.crossfireforum.org/galle...m/HPIM0792.JPG

Using the original screws install your new performance intake onto the intake assembly.
Remount the air intake assembly on the car.
Take a drive and revel in your greatness and the sweeeeet supercharger whine!!!
Enjoy!

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Installed picture

https://www.crossfireforum.org/galle.../hpim07951.jpg

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Nice job, I was wondering when someone was going to figure out how simple it would be to make one of those lol. Did you use gutter guard from Lowes, that is what your mesh looks like.

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You got the "simple" and the "Lowes" part right.
The mesh is actually left over stucco mesh from a stucco job.

Now the secret is out and I can't mass produce these. DANG IT!

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Awesome write up!

With the exception of pulleys and tunes. A lot of the parts available for these cars can be DIY.

How's the power increase?

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You could have sold millions!


Good job on the mod/write up! :)

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Just for those that are thinking about asking. This mod is only for the SRT air intake. The SL55 intake dose not have the removable plate on the back.

Good work an writeup Tighed1.


MikeR

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Hmm...very interesting...I might just try this!!!

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Thanks for the writeup! I think I'll try this.

Just one question. Would it not seal better to sandwich the mesh on top of the filter material, so as to have the filter in direct contact with the Y-pipe? May this create a more effective seal to keep out dust and debris? Or would that suck the filter into the lobes of our supercharger...

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Might seal better but then you have nothing to keep the filter material from getting sucked into your supercharger $$$$$$$. That's the purpose of the mesh.

The mesh that I used actually has some thickness to it so I took a hammer and pounded it flat so that it would seal better. I also toyed with idea of doubling the mesh so that I could totally encase the filter material. But that meant more restriction and more thickness to the filter assembly.

I saw some 1/4 inch metal netting (Garden area) at Lowes that looks like it would work great for this application. Check it out.

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Butt dyno sez more power. Hard to tell with the car being so fast already.
But just the noise from the supercharger feels like at least an extra 100 HP!

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HAHA come on guys no love me me I did this like 5 months ago..... looks very clean. I didnt want to wreck my orginal set up so I made my own instead of cutting it like you did. I took two sets of the grille mesh and put a dirt bike filter foam inbetween that. ITS FUNNY GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE. I ended up selling it, but dyno was great when it was cold, felt like a loss when heat soak set in. Anyway here are my pics...

https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...ad.php?t=25775
https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...5&d=1214484660

https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...9&d=1214484660
https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...8&d=1214484660
https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...0&d=1214484660

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Dang. I should have known when I did my search before posting to look for "code three" instead of code 3.
Should of searched for "THE Rice UNDO" instead of something with Intake or performance in the thread.

Silly me! ;)

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lol yeah what were you thinking lol lol

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Whats is the blue stuff in the pic? Some sort of glue?

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Looks like marker

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Special air lubricant. Allows the air to slip right through the filter.

Or it could be my blue marker, can't remember. ;)

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Is that the high performance air lubricant? I was only able to find it in red. Can you pm me where you bought it?! :D

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I never get tired of your comments....always "jackin" with someone. :p

Keep it up!

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I thought it might me be permatex. All my sharpies are black. I need to get out more.:cool: