Ok, below are pictures of all the pieces of the air silencer
puzzle, remove these and you're good to go!
When you remove this piece,(which is at the back side of the
top of the engine and is held on by a crimp hose clamp) you'll
have to find a cap of some sort to "plug" the hole with(home depot has it, and it
measures 1 1/2 inches and fits over the hole and tightends
down with a hose clamp) OR you can use some of the material from the "elephant ear" silencer to mold a plug.
Next down the line towards the front of the car is the
"elephant ear"(small triangle piece)which needs to be
grinded off and than you'll have to seal the hole with some JB
Weld and a small plastic piece, or melt the plastic on there.
Just be sure you clean out the tube when you're done, plastic
isn't good for the belly!
Unfortionally I don't have a pic of the "elephant ear, but if
you look at the pic below of the finished copy I hope you can
figure out what the heck I'm refering to....if not....maybe
ask your wife, lol.
Lastly......
Here is the picture of the air silencer in the passenger
fender well, notice the trumpet facing towards the
left....thats where the air is drawn through and thats located
under the passenger headlight.
Here is what my intake setup looks like right now(I KNOW my
filter is dirty, heck my whole engine compartment is filthy,
but the engy cover hides it well, hahah).
I got rid of both upper silencers on the intake tube, I then
removed the one in the fender well. At this point when I had
the airbox out, I noticed the gaping hole behind the headlight
where it would be perfect for fresh cold air to be drawn. So,
I decided to figure out how to run a K&N filter and waalaa,
here you go. I removed the MAF from the stock air box and
then proceeded to remove the MAF Sensor from the alluminum
housing. I than took my die grinder(sawsall/vice would work,
MAKE SURE YOU REMOVE THE SENSOR FIRST) and removed the huge
flat flange that holds the MAF housing to the stock air box.
I smoothed out any imperfections that would cause the K&N to
not fit properly and it was a perfect fit, just slide it on
and tighten the clamp. After that I just installed a little
bit of sheet metal to keep the hot air out and keep the K&N
drawing air from the front and the bottom of the car. Works
great and sounds killer!
BEFORE
AFTER
Here you can see the gaping hole down into the fender well
where the air compressor is and the air silencer used to be.
Here is a pic of the gaping hole in the radiator core support
just behind the passenger headlight.....plenty of air!
And finally, here is the sheet metal which creates an "ice
box" for the K&N filter.
puzzle, remove these and you're good to go!
When you remove this piece,(which is at the back side of the
top of the engine and is held on by a crimp hose clamp) you'll
have to find a cap of some sort to "plug" the hole with(home depot has it, and it
measures 1 1/2 inches and fits over the hole and tightends
down with a hose clamp) OR you can use some of the material from the "elephant ear" silencer to mold a plug.
Next down the line towards the front of the car is the
"elephant ear"(small triangle piece)which needs to be
grinded off and than you'll have to seal the hole with some JB
Weld and a small plastic piece, or melt the plastic on there.
Just be sure you clean out the tube when you're done, plastic
isn't good for the belly!
Unfortionally I don't have a pic of the "elephant ear, but if
you look at the pic below of the finished copy I hope you can
figure out what the heck I'm refering to....if not....maybe
ask your wife, lol.
Lastly......
Here is the picture of the air silencer in the passenger
fender well, notice the trumpet facing towards the
left....thats where the air is drawn through and thats located
under the passenger headlight.
Here is what my intake setup looks like right now(I KNOW my
filter is dirty, heck my whole engine compartment is filthy,
but the engy cover hides it well, hahah).
I got rid of both upper silencers on the intake tube, I then
removed the one in the fender well. At this point when I had
the airbox out, I noticed the gaping hole behind the headlight
where it would be perfect for fresh cold air to be drawn. So,
I decided to figure out how to run a K&N filter and waalaa,
here you go. I removed the MAF from the stock air box and
then proceeded to remove the MAF Sensor from the alluminum
housing. I than took my die grinder(sawsall/vice would work,
MAKE SURE YOU REMOVE THE SENSOR FIRST) and removed the huge
flat flange that holds the MAF housing to the stock air box.
I smoothed out any imperfections that would cause the K&N to
not fit properly and it was a perfect fit, just slide it on
and tighten the clamp. After that I just installed a little
bit of sheet metal to keep the hot air out and keep the K&N
drawing air from the front and the bottom of the car. Works
great and sounds killer!
BEFORE
AFTER
Here you can see the gaping hole down into the fender well
where the air compressor is and the air silencer used to be.
Here is a pic of the gaping hole in the radiator core support
just behind the passenger headlight.....plenty of air!
And finally, here is the sheet metal which creates an "ice
box" for the K&N filter.
