hey what is that material that the majority of the short arm intakes and ram intakes are made of...aluminum? I was hoping somone could let me know what material and what grade of material it is.. i have a friend that i might have fabricate me one for my first gen '88 teg. I cant seem to find any reasonable intakes for it.

thanks for the input

 

Can your friend mandrel bend piping? That's whats going to need to be done to get best air flow. I know they are aluminum though I'm just not sure what the specifics are.

 

my friend mandrel? yes he does custom piping and he will most likely make a bend, but it will prBABLY CONTAIN AT LEAST ONE RUBBER ELBOW JOINT OR SOMETHING SIMILAR. i'LL WORK ON THE SPECIFICS THIS WEEKEND AND TRY TO COME UP WITH SOME HOW-TO LINKS I FOUND ONE ALREADY ON A GEN1TEG SITE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

 

OH STUPID ME.. YOU MEANT THE TECHNIQUE... I DONT KNOW THE PROPER TERMINOLOGY. NOT SURE I'LL SEE WHAT CAN AND CANT BE DONE. i NEED NEW CAT BACK SYSTEM ANY WAYS SO I'D LIKE AN INTAKE TO BALANCE IT OUT.

 

For a ram air intake you shouldn't need to make any bends. I guess it could help air flow if you did though.

 

Get the cheap ones on Ebay and then swap the filter. Thats what I did on my G1. Well Thats what I was planning to do. I had the OBX piping and a HKS SMF filter and extra element. but since the G1 body rott was worse than I thought, so I stopped working on it. Was hoping that I can do that with the G3 integra.

 

Do u think a mechanic like i got a buddy who works for a gas station and he fixes everything do u think he could make the bend to make the intake work
thanks

 

That's what I'm doing. I get the intake soon, then I'm gonna put a K&N filter on, and I'm thinking of putting in an AEM bypass valve too, just to be safe.

 

what do i need to buy for a mechanic to do that i would need a filter which i already have a bypass valve what is that and what would i do for the pipe and connections to engine and what not