Mac cold air intake

[calylove]

Where can I buy this setup for my 1991 EX? I think I like this one best because it includes the new intake tube as well.

 

[bmxking5]

I don't think Mac makes one for the 91-94 Explorers.

 

[thewishkah]

I believe in order to make any after market intakes(that are not home made) work, you would have to move ethier your battery,OR your coolant/washer fluid resivor, and then you would have to extend your MAS wires to reach.

 

[bmxking5]

I've got a KKM and didn't have to modify anything for it to work.

 

[Rhett]

Where can I buy this setup for my 1991 EX? I think I like this one best because it includes the new intake tube as well.

(A Mac is not a cold air intake, it's an open element intake and tube.) Also BMX is right, the MAC won't fit our 1st gens unless you relocate the battery.

If a MAC fit a 1st gen without much effort, I would have done it by now.

You have 2 options:
1) relocate your battery, or
2) make your own intake tube (out of PVC, etc.) and use a KKM filter.

 

[Jason94sport]

option 3
Buy the KKM kit
option 4
Buy the filter & MAS adapter off of Ebay seprately.

 

[Spdrcer34]

I have the iFab intake tube on my X....looks JUST LIKE the MAC intake, but it's made for the 1st Gen, AND you don't have to move your battery.


http://www.ifab.net/products/93intake/91Ex/index.html

Ryan

 

[buckshotmudder]

Ive got the ifab.net intake also and I would recommend it

 

[calylove]

How do the Ifab kits compare to the KKM. I would like to run the KKM but I was looking to replace the old intake tube, both for performance and looks.(mine is in bad shape)

 

[Rhett]

If your tube is falling apart, the one you need is probably the iFab. The KKM doesn't come with an intake tube.

I personally don't like the chrome under the hood look but if you need a tube, and don't want to make one yourself, the iFab is for you.

Theoretically the iFab tube, being smooth, would speed air flow into the intake manifold, but this is debateable. Also debatable is the heat soak properties of the iFab tube and the potential negative effects this could have on horsepower. The other theory is that the stock intake tube is ribbed for reasons OTHER than strength, that reason being to slow and mix the air. That was all discussed here years ago, I'm sure if you did a search it would all come up again for you.

 

[Spdrcer34]

Looks = iFab, hands down.
Performance = iFab, KKM & homemade
Cost = KKM & homemade

I chose the iFab due to it's LOOKS. Some say the heat absorbed through the chrome piping will hamper performance. Others don't believe there's a difference. The smooth interior & open element filter has their obvious advantages as well.

The iFab is ALSO the most expensive of all the options for the 1st gen. But I felt it was worth the extra $$.

Ryan

 

[Creager]

I also have the iFab tube, it was $120 bucks when i bought it. So the expense wassnt horrible considering the MAC and the K&N tube for the second gens are almost $200 or more.

But i just wanted to say that im pretty sure the iFab tube is not metal, simply plastic with chrome paint on it. So im pretty sure heat transfer from engine comparment temps are pretty simular to the factory tubing. The factory tubing is actually thinner, so the iFab would conduct less heat, right? I Also like how it uses the silicone couplers which are cheap/easy to replace. I plan on buying new red ones, hehe.

The KKM is kinda expensive for something you can have made (at S&B) for a quarter of the cost... The adapter goes on ebay for like 5 bucks.

 

[calylove]

So I think what I want to do is buy the IFAB tube. Then I'm going to buy the KKM setup and voila, kill two rocks with one bird. One more question though, what is so special about the KKM. Isn't just the adapter and the filter. I could buy a filter, any filter and an adapter and it would work right. Is there something to the KKM that I am missing?

 

[Creager]

No, its just the filter and adapter. Yes you can use any 3" filter with the correct adapter. I would just call S&B ($25) for a filter, its the same place KKM gets their's. Correct measurments are 3" I.D, 6" filter, with 45 degree bend, if i remember correctly. The adapter i see on ebay all the time for like 5 bucks.

 

[calylove]

So I saw the adapters at Pep boys for $7 and I have a buddy that can hook me up with a KNN filter. Use the stock intake tube until I find something and I save some $$$ and get the same thing?

 

[Creager]

As long as your stock intake tube is in one piece i say keep it. Mine was cracking at the 'bend' areas, where the plastic makes a bellow's shape.

 

[skoobydoobiedew]

Or for about $20 you could use 3" abs drain pipe and make a maf-to-throttle body intake tube. : )

 

[calylove]

Skooby, could you give us a little more details on your setup. How did you connect it to the MAF. Did you paint it black? How long are the straight pieces.

 

[Spdrcer34]

Would you like us to pre-cut them too? Then we could ship them to you in a little box, complete with instructions!..you know....of ALL THE THINGS that get annoying on this site....that is one of the TOP ONES.

You can obviously SEE the parts required to get it to work..take about an hour out of your day, and do it.

Buy the stuff. Look at the pics. Use the radiator support as a guide to let you know how long the pieces need to be. It's really NOT that difficult.

Ryan

 

[calylove]

Well being that you have the IFAB, and have obviously not tried this yourself, you wouldn't know if it could be more difficult than it looks. My concern is connecting it to the MAF and the TB, and supporting the weight of the new intake. If he has done it and had success, maybe he could pass along some tips. I believe that is precisely what this site is for.