$6.72 intake silencer & MAF hose

[wagonracer]

Here's a couple cheap mods for you. Using the same aircraft ducting that I used for my fog light brake ducts
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/ceet.php 3" ID
I also made an elbow for the snorkus delete ( I had to, for room for the brake duct on the passenger side ) perfect fit into the stock airbox, then siliconed the piece of the snorkus (sawed off) that comes through the fender into the engine bay. Took about a foot at $6.72 compared to $45.00 for the GPMoto elbow.
With another foot, I made a MAF hose. Again, a perfect fit on the stock airbox. It was slightly large on the Samco turbo inlet hose ( metal ring ) so I filled the gap with a 1" strip of heat shielding tape, as I didn't want to crush the duct hose. When bent to fit (two angles), the duct doesn't accordian inside. It stays nice and smooth for good airflow. Huge improvement over the stock piece and I saved almost $70.00 (silicone MAF hose) These kind of things help me afford more track time Here's a picture of the hose from when I did the brake ducts, versatile stuff !! Oh, I just checked, the hose went up to $7.30 per foot, bummer....

[wagonracer]

Wow ! Three days, not a reply. I guess you don't like high-tech aircraft, ghetto fabulous, do-it-yourself and spend very little kind of mods around here. Or is it because you all did this years ago and it's stale now ? Tough crowd on these forums sometimes...

[WReXd]

Wow, that's pretty creative, although it doesn't quite provide the "bling" factor that silicone does.

[thatoneguy]

How tight can you make the bends with this stuff? How much did it help when you vented your brakes with this?

[wagonracer]

The bend through the fender for the silencer delete is very tight, pretty much a 180 and the hose works perfect, no collapsing at all. I'll post a pic of the MAF hose later. It has two different bends, of course. The brake ducts are a straight shot through. I ran at the track yesterday, and my rotor temps were between 400 and 550 F. Unfortunately I never took the temps before the ducts were installed, so nothing to compare to. I'm sure it's got to be a huge improvement, since a 3" duct is getting a lot of air in there. So much that I think it's blowing brake dust out. My wheels were not as covered as they used to be after lapping.

[thatoneguy]

Sweet. Thanks for the tip.

[wagonracer]

Here's the MAF hose. As accordioned as it has to be, the material on the inside of the hose stays pretty smooth. Not as smooth as a silicone hose, but close. Certainly less turbulence that the stock hose causes. No it's not bling-ariffic, but I don't know of any bling that will make my car faster, and that's what's important to me. Better get this stuff before it goes up to $7.50 a foot guys

[Dsav101]

LOL, very nicely done. Glad to see something a bit different than the average buy it and run it. Not that that doesn't work, but it is cool to see something a bit different sometimes