More CAI fun., 3 inch pipe? normal or no. Options

[cHinaman727]

I took some pictures of my Ebay'ed CAI. I havent installed it yet and I probably won't until I buy a bypass valve. I believe I recieved a 3 inch pipe.
In the following picture, it looks maybe 2.75 but that is only on that side. When you turn the pipe, it is 3 inches.



This is a picture of the start of pipe that the filter connects to. Not the end for the filter, the other end. For some reason, I got a 3 Inch Pipe.
I think that's what it is. Is this going to mess up my intake?




This is a picture of the two pipes and filter I recieved. The red circled parts are the two pipes I talk about in my previous post.
As you can also see on the pipe without the two small things, there are two dents, probably not much of a concern.



A closeup of the two little pipes.



This is the 3 inch filter I recieved. It is big.



6 Inches long.


From this information, what can you tell me? Is it too big? I fear I spent 30 bucks on something that wont work for me.

I found a bypass valve for 44.95 near where I live. I need the 3 inch one right?



Thanks!

[azian_advanced]

this has already been covered in the other CAI thread.

basically you don't need either of the two breather tubes for the GT. however, you'll need to drill a hole to plug in the air temp sensor that's on the stock air box. be sure to keep the rubber grommet from the old box so that you can easily plug the air temp sensor without problems.

what i did was i sealed off the small breather pipe. then i grinded off the larger one and drilled a larger hole for the air temp sensor.

now for fitting it in, you'll need to enlarge the hole where the stock air duct goes through. for this you can use a dremel, grinder or whatever that works.

when you're done, be sure to reset your ECU. there's a how-to at the main 6G Celicas page that will help you do that.

[cHinaman727]

what i did was i sealed off the small breather pipe. then i grinded off the larger one and drilled a larger hole for the air temp sensor.

now for fitting it in, you'll need to enlarge the hole where the stock air duct goes through. for this you can use a dremel, grinder or whatever that works.

when you're done, be sure to reset your ECU. there's a how-to at the main 6G Celicas page that will help you do that.

So on yours is the sensor closer to the fuse box or the throttle body?

Also, what hole do I need to enlarge? You say the stock air duct. Are you talking about the hole under the fuse box or what. Thanks for your help!!!