DIY Intake...Dont laught Im cheap

[uavspec]

So I had a day off work been looking at intakes the last two weeks and decided to make one myself I have lots of experience about 6 yrs as a mechanic 2 as a fabricator and welder plus some formal education. But Im in the army now so I dont have access to a shop or anything. Did this in about 5 min at autozone and about 25$ for filter sure Im not the first...and wont be the last. Def noticed a huge difference in power that was with my car full of junk in the hatch. Gonna try to find somewhere to make a heatshield or cover but like I said limited by time and resources.

[acgator]

IMO you're kind of defeating the purpose of an intake if you have it set up ti suck in hot air from the back of the engine bay. Just my 2¢.

[djwhiplash2001]

No intake will give you a "huge" power gain, slight, mostly just a sound difference. And yes, that's definitely pulling in air from the hottest part of your engine bay.

[uavspec]

Well I plan on building a tube going in front of the battery, and the stock one sits basically above the exhaust. I just cant bring myself to spend 250 or more on an intake when u can spend some time and make something decent that will serve the same purpose

[djwhiplash2001]

I agree. I know a couple guys have made them out of a bit of metal pipe with tubes acting as the bungs. Leon did one and might have even made a thread. He'll chime in I'm sure. Creativity is always applauded.

[Wabbit]

After seeing this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCi2y...&feature=g-u-u

It made me feel like a tool for buying a 250 dollar tube that does little to nothing. >.> But it makes a great noise and throttle response is a bit better.

[le0n]

you have one of the parts you need to make it.

dj, i just posted my stuff in the ultimate intake thread: http://volkswagenownersclub.com/vw/s...l=1#post342481

^^ it's scattered before and after that post. i guess i could break it into it's own diy, i may have enough pictures in there to do so...

[uavspec]

sweet exactly what I wanted except my maf will still be there. Did you have to get fittings for those vaccum hoses?

[le0n]

they were only 8 bucks for the set at the parts house. some universal set from Spectre that comes with an assortment of grommets. used pieces of heater hose to mate the connections...