well my car came with a short ram intake w/ AEM filter. nice looking and sounded fine but wasn't really my style.

so i read around this forum (and others) a lot to see what people had come up with. the icebox copy was definitely good info! however, wasn't finding thin walled PVC around here to make the cold air intake pipe.

i used 4" semi rigid ducting to bring air into the airbox. i have it routed like the icebox clone (going down by the turn signal then turned toward the corner marker). it was quite easy to route and install. it took a little effort to mate it up to the inlet on the airbox but was doable. here are a couple pics...



next issue was the air filter. seemed like highway robbery to me to pay $65-75 for a drop in high flow air filter for the stock box. i started looking and measuring to see what i could come up with. additionally, found some great calculation tools on K&N's website to determine exactly how much filter surface area is needed for my application.

after much searching i found a high flow air filter from a known manufacturer that would work for my project for $31.

below are pics on how i went about installing the filter. basically, i used the stock filter base to make a mating collar for my new filter and it worked perfectly!

stock airfilter in airbox:


inside view of stock filter (there is a lip in there for attaching the new filter; its hard to see but i verified it before starting the project):


peeling away the filter element to get at the base:


bottom section of filter after cutting:


remaining filter and mesh. it actually pulled out quite easy so if i were to do this again i'd try just pulling that off first without cutting:


here is the new filter clamped onto the flange left after all the filter element was removed:


finally, a few pics of it sitting in the air box. fits in nicely, its smaller in diameter and length than the stock filter (which i wanted to allow more air volume in the box around the filter):




in summary, i got a setup i am happy with for under $40 and about an hour of labor. the filter has flow capacity higher than my engine needs yet still gives more air space in the box, which was one of my goals. i also have a reusable filter for about $10 more than a plain old paper filter costs from the parts store.