Slater Posted March 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 No, I need like 3.25'' to like 3.5 or something like that. Oh, and when I order install the coupler, I will attache it to the peice that the OEM snorkel attached too. That way it won't need to be too long.←Is the OEM snorkel 2 pieces? I thought it was 1 piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesoam Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 ? The CDA?← CDA looks great in an e-bay IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slater Posted March 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 CDA looks great in an e-bay IMO←Wait until you see my $6 version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdizzle Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 Wait until you see my $6 version.←Will it be ghettotastic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdizzle Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 Is the OEM snorkel 2 pieces? I thought it was 1 piece.←.Mine is three pieces. The pipe it's self is 2 peices. It has a removable lip that it attaches to up by the radiator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweety Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 Basically I've found a way to duplicate the CDA setup in a DIY version for under $50 including filter but I need more info on the install before I can finalize the install and share the details.- Slater←No way you can duplicate a CDA. Have you ever bothered to look inside? The filter inside isn't just an ordinairy cone filter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slater Posted March 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 No way you can duplicate a CDA. Have you ever bothered to look inside? The filter inside isn't just an ordinairy cone filter.←I should have clarified. When I say I am making a CDA like setup I am using an Apexi cone filter in an insulated plastic cylindrical box that is going to be installed in the same place and in the same way as the CDA.Besides - what if I had found a way to duplcate it? You think the patent nazis would come and arrest me if I ran it on my car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesoam Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 slater, i agree its very easy to replicate w/ some home depot parts and a cone filter, plus you can color match it and throw a volvo emblum on it for the "stock look" But nevertheless it still is a beautiful peice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slater Posted March 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2005 slater, i agree its very easy to replicate w/ some home depot parts and a cone filter, plus you can color match it and throw a volvo emblum on it for the "stock look" But nevertheless it still is a beautiful peice←Yeah, no doubt about it - CF looks nice. But in this case the "weight savings" angle of CF is stuff as you are saving maybe 0.25lbs. They could have just as easily made it out of plastic which has better insulating and heat transfer properties and cut the cost considerably. But then you lose the bling factor...- Slater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98BRICK Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 Yeah, no doubt about it - CF looks nice. But in this case the "weight savings" angle of CF is stuff as you are saving maybe 0.25lbs. They could have just as easily made it out of plastic which has better insulating and heat transfer properties and cut the cost considerably. But then you lose the bling factor...- Slater←Im not a CF fan....but plastic has better insulating and heat transfer properties???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slater Posted March 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 Im not a CF fan....but plastic has better insulating and heat transfer properties????←In that thickness and weave, yes. That style CF weave is for "looks".- Slater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98BRICK Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 In that thickness and weave, yes. That style CF weave is for "looks".- Slater←Ohhhhh.....ive often thot abut building my own, aswell...but it matches up so nicely wit the MAF sensor housing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdizzle Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 In that thickness and weave, yes. That style CF weave is for "looks".- Slater←Do you even know how thick it is? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slater Posted March 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 Do you even know how thick it is? The pre-pregnated mats of CF like that are usually about between 1/32" and 1/16". The finished sheet of CF I have in front of me (been resined, finished product) measures 0.0475" on my micrometer. My carbon fiber hood is 0.054".It's possible that they used 2 layers of CF but I seriously doubt it since no one sees the inside of the intake. Usually the backing material is fiberglass and the top layer is woven CF weave.Hey, I'm not saying it's not a nice intake - I would rock one in a second. But they could have left out the bling and the price would have been much cheaper. My intake won't have any bling.- Slater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdizzle Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 The pre-pregnated mats of CF like that are usually about between 1/32" and 1/16". The finished sheet of CF I have in front of me (been resined, finished product) measures 0.0475" on my micrometer. My carbon fiber hood is 0.054".It's possible that they used 2 layers of CF but I seriously doubt it since no one sees the inside of the intake. Usually the backing material is fiberglass and the top layer is woven CF weave.Hey, I'm not saying it's not a nice intake - I would rock one in a second. But they could have left out the bling and the price would have been much cheaper. My intake won't have any bling.- Slater←Get a bedazzled kit and bling that bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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