making a cold air intake...

**smufguy** · 03-27-2003, 07:12 PM

exactly, turfnnsurf had a shop make a 3inch custom welded intake that maurice (Chronoco) also got it from him. That wedge diaphram thingie is the bypass valve like mentioned above. I wont recommend it if ur filter is pretty close to ur frame. cause i heard someone say that u gotta be careful if u wanna make a bypass valve or any sort.

moving ur battery to the rear is not a pain at all, all u need to do is get a kit like Summit battery kit or something, run the 2gauge wire down the passenger side and thru the firewall or what not and clamp it tight with the given eye hole connector and join it where the stock cable is.

**Justin86** · 03-27-2003, 07:31 PM

Thanks for the help. I can't wait to build one for my soon to be Lx-(i). I plan on having it done in about 3 days. I just started tearing apart the 87 Lx-i parts car I got. I can't wait to seen it completly finished!

**Chrome_thangs** · 03-28-2003, 08:04 AM

When i ordered my AEM bypass valve it came w/ instructions saying that the bypass will put a small dent in the power gains of a CAI. It recomends you take it off when racing.
Has anyone here noticed that?

**smufguy** · 03-29-2003, 07:23 AM

of course the bypass valve is gonna make ur CAI a little inefficient cause the air flow is not smooth in the pipe, u get a small amount of turbulance once u hit the gap aand also the bypass valve is like a foamy spring. in the sense ur lower intake half is firm around the frame and the one near the intake manifold is allowed to move, so if u look close, ur bypass valve is expanding and contracting whenever the engine revs. but it can be neglected if u know what ur doing. Thats why MOST of the CAI (off the shelf) dont come with a bypass valve.

Yo Chrome Thangs, i am liking that pic of urs under ur user name hehehehe thats some funny stuff

**Justin86** · 03-29-2003, 08:50 AM

So guys should I really get a bypass valve for my CAI. I should have my EFI conversion done my Sunday and I want to put on that CAI A.S.A.P. Right now I have my parts car all torn appart and I just need to start cleaning up all the parts and do some painting, then I can start work on the actual conversion!