Most heat resistant CAI tubing?, or is it not a problem with CAIs? Options

[JoeyIsFunny]

I plan on making a CAI and was curious as to wether or not what material tubing you used made a difference. I have a friend who used pvc pipe on his H22 prelude and it works just fine for him.. So my question is, basic steel tubes from home depot (or wherever) or pvc pipe? Are there any other materials people use that im missing here?

[playr158]

PVC retarded and just really really bad idea

go to jcwhitney and order pipe from there

and if you really wanna worry about heat
then buy heat wrap and wrap the tubing.

home depot isn't intake tubing
thats galvanized steel
that weights a ton and defenitly isn't good to work with

[JoeyIsFunny]

Lemme rephrase my question. Without wanting to spend more than 25 bucks on tubing, where can I go to get what I need, and what type of metal do those of you who have made their own prefer?

[playr158]

i gave you the answer

JCWHITNEY

i've made my own a few times over i've made enough parts for this car
trust me thats the pipe you want go to the main page
www.6gc.net now click "how to" now click cold air intake that will give you the JCwhitney addy i think to the right piece

[urbandork]

i spent like 30 and i got all aluminum powdercoated banderal bent pipe with silicone couplers adn hose clamp and filter. JCW is a good place for manderal bent pipes but with an accord 90-93 cai system u can make one for GT. If u have an ST there are CAI system already out there on ebay which are rather cheap.

Search for GT CAI how to. or scrool down a bit and ull find a how to i wrote up with pix and every thing.

It look a lot better and in the end a lot cheaper then making it out of plumbing parts. And yes i know this because i actually plumbed for 3 years so im very fimilar with whats avalible out there.

If ur super cheap just get a dryer vent hose, duct tape, and a filter or a sock.

This post has been edited by urbandork: Apr 21, 2005 - 9:45 PM

[JoeyIsFunny]

i gave you the answer

JCWHITNEY

i've made my own a few times over i've made enough parts for this car
trust me thats the pipe you want  go to the main page
www.6gc.net now click "how to" now click cold air intake that will give you the JCwhitney addy i think to the right piece
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playr i apologize, I went to the JCW site and all i found were brand name cais for over 100 bucks. I had looked at the how to earlier, but overlooked the url link. So I didnt catch that. Sorry if I sounded rude!

Also thank you urban dork for your input.

[Redline_Racer]

I built my own and it ran me around $80. I bought my Mandrel bentPiping from JCWhitney. you can IM me if you would like some advice or to see more pics.

I still like Urbans set up, use your imagination. I am still working on my heat shield for mine.

-Brandon




This post has been edited by Redline_Racer: Apr 21, 2005 - 10:34 PM

[playr158]

technically thats not goin to help much redline your still sucking in a great deal of hot engine air

if you really want a cold air
you need a piece to extend your filter into the wheel well through the plastic about 1' farther to the right of the car then redline's last pic

[urbandork]

http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=21648

check it out its got some good pix. And i cant complain with the way it looks for 30 bucks.

From the TB to the bypass valve

Under the fuse box into the fender

Filter secluded in fender sucking all the cold air it wants


This post has been edited by urbandork: Apr 22, 2005 - 1:00 PM

[LewFX]

does anyone elses filter hit hte plastic piece thats near the tire?

[urbandork]

does anyone elses filter hit hte plastic piece thats near the tire?
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my first version did but when i did the second one i was able to angle the filter so that way it would only sit against it rather then push against it. I didnt compare the two filters from the two sets so my second set (powdercoated one) may have had a diffrent filter.

Technically u can add another peice and make it that ram air look, which wont give u n e presure but may look kinda cool.

This post has been edited by urbandork: Apr 22, 2005 - 9:45 PM

[Hanyo]

we should contact the ebay seller and see if we can arrange a group buy for the 93 accord intake.. that would be sweet

[javi714]

I like the way your intake came out urban looks sweet

[urbandork]

I like the way your intake came out urban  looks sweet
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thanks man. I was happy with the end result too and thats y i decided to throw up the How To hoping to share the wealth.

If n e one has n e questions feel free to ask.

N e one thinking of n e cai system id do it. Even if u have just cai ur car will sound a lot nicer. And with the 2.2l in the GT it wont sound as high pitched. I love the nice low sound that my n/a 5sfe puts out.

[Hanyo]

can you tell me the sellers name you bought the intake from?

[Mike]

gold is the best heat resistor
might add acouple hundred pounds to the car
but meh

[urbandork]

can you tell me the sellers name you bought the intake from?
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i got mine from procarparts.