cold air for 92

[jz098]

You know what i hate? opening up my hood and seeing my kurtz kustoms air filter, MAS, and bbk throttle body being connected by that ugly looking and im guessing power robbing intake hose. I think 95 and up Xs have cold air intake pipes but i have never seen one for a 91-94. My mission is to either find one to buy or make my own. I guess the problem would be that the facorty fan shroud makes the intake form into an oval shape to clear it. so it would be hard to make a smooth bend if i made my own. The question is are there any companies who offer soemthing and what type of hose(or other, aluminum, etc??) would be the best thing to use?? Thanks to anyone with any help on the matter.

 

[SanDiegoExplr]

I know you already have a KKM Air filter in, but check out the K&N FIPK Kit. Its a cold air induction system that adds great performance and sound to your car. It also looks nice. Runs for about $200. Check it out.

 

[jz098]

Thanks, but are you sure they make that for a 92 explorer?? i thought they only offered regular air filters. i may be wrong though so mill check it out. thanks.

Has anyonbe ever tried to make there own? although i would much rather buy one.

 

[jz098]

I just checked at the k&n site but all they had was the regular filter. thnaks anywyas though.

 

[Limited Ex]

I managed to make this with some hot water PVC pipe and a couple of layers of cool tape and some rubber joints. This pic was before the cool tape was added though. Have yet to have a problem with it! Plan to re-do it when I get my new TB and MAS. Hope this sparks any ideas!
Here is the pic

 

[mahieber]

Please email a copy of that picture to me at mahieber@yahoo.com. It didn't show up. I am designing an intake for my KKM and performance MAF Sensor. Still looking for ides on how exactly to do it.

I am not sure if I am going to route it down towards the stock opening in the radiator support, or reroute it over to the passenger side and cut a hole above the charcoal canister.

I have much more room to work with now that I put the 3" body lift on, and I want to put the second battery kind of where the old airbox was.

I bought two Optima batteries, so my options are pretty wide on how to mount them. I am going to pull the stock battery and rip out the stock battery tray next weekend. I figure if I tuck the two optima batteries up tight (even if I have to lay them on their side) I might have enough room to run the intake in thatt direction.

The only advantage to that is not having to cut into my MAF sensor wires to lengthen them and the crankcase ventilation hose....anyway I would like to see the pix for any ideas.
Thanks,

 

[Lazydrag]

Is there any way i could get a copy of that pic of the cold air intake thanks!!!

Lazydrag@bellsouth.net

 

[TSTONE]

did anyone get a copy of that pic - i'd like to see it also

 

[jz098]

if anyone gets a copy of that picture could they pleeeesase post it i really wanna check it out, sounds cool.

plus im thinking of running soemthign like that from behind the grill directly to the bottom half of the stock air box, so it will sort of be like a poor mans ram air system. im hoping it will help force some more air into the kkm

 

[Limited Ex]

I posted the link in the previous message instead. I could not get the picture to load for some reason and figured it would be easier to put a hyperlink then to fiddle with it.....

 

[jz098]

i tried the link but i still couldnt get it. do you think you could send me them email?? if you can its jz098@aol.com. thanks.

 

[Limited Ex]

Sure, its on its way!

 

[jz098]

thnaks for the picture. it looks great...nice mod! so what kind of tape did you say you used?? the silverish color looks good

 

[mahieber]

What size pipe is that, 2 1/2" or 3". I have been looking for 3" and the only thing I can find close is 2 3/4 ID electrical conduit. The radius bends they have for that stuff takes like 2 feet to make a 90. It looks like that rubber hose by your TB is crimped a bit. I want to try and have as close to 2 3/4-3" all the way to the TB, and I want the flow to be smooth like you did, not ridges like dryer vent pipe, or the stock piece.

 

[Limited Ex]

I used this stuff called Cool Tape, I read about on a thread in this forum. You can go to Martel Brothers and on the left hand side of the page go to Design Engineering and look around in there. It repels the heat your engine produces and keeps whatever is wrapped in it from heating up. Figured I would try this to keep the air as cool as possible!

 

[Limited Ex]

Mahieber,
I used 2" PVC, for the fact that that was the only size that I could find the rubber joints in. The bend before the TB is a 22 1/2 deg. bend, and it worked good! When I get my new TB and MAS, I am going to try a different way of joing them to the pipe.

 

[Limited Ex]

Oh and I almost forgot, if you wanted to fit 3" pipe in there, you would have to move or trim the radiator shroud, because it gets in the way being so close to the TB. I am wondering if there would not be a way to get a slightly angled piece of pipe coming off the TB to lift up the tube to clear the shroud?? Just more things to think about....

 

[Lazydrag]

jz can you send me the pic to Lazydrag@bellsouth.net

thanks guys!!

 

[TSTONE]

please send me a copy of the pic
tstone1967@yahoo.com

 

[mahieber]

I have a little bit more room to work with because of the 3"body lift. I found these 3" dryer vent elbows the have multiple joints in them and you can make them into a bunch of screwy shapes ranging from a straight tube to a 90 degree bend and even a small offset inline. I will take a picture of them tonight and show you what I mean. I think I am going to use that at the TB and at the MAF. I found some really stout rubber hose at a boat shop that is 3", and it barely bends. What I really need to decide is whether I want it on the passenger side or the drivers side. I can't leave the KKM filter where it is, because that is where I want to put the second battery. Leaving it on the passenger side will be a tight fit, but then I won't have to cut any wires. I am leaning to putting it on the driver's side, since I know I can get a good ram air effet by cutting into the radiator support above the charcoal canister. Splicing the MAF wires will be easy, figuring out how to run the hose from the oil filler neck into the intake will be a little more challenging.