Custom intake setups

[Reason]

Here's a few "hybrid" intake set ups on BE's

badbasser98's old BE
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/11/intake1-2.jpg

HFSDevils BE
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/10/intake-1.jpg

rougeben's old set up
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/

And some BD's

slip's 95
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/

Wisconsin Marks idea, which is pretty much what I will do for rain season, but with a twist :twisted:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/

Forgot whos this was on here
http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/7349/dsc038250uj.jpg

99gtlimited's sets up
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2008/07/IMG_3729-1.jpg

Anothernords pre-supercharger days
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2008/09/IMAGE_008-1.jpg

TT22's
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/03/110_BMC_LegacyIII_1-1.jpghttps://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/03/110_BMC_vsebina_1-1.jpg

Sorry to post up this in your thread Grafton, I can split the thread off on it's own.

[Soul Shinobi]

Excellent, I'm very pleased to see this compilation.

[Reason]

I'll add to the first post if you PM me a pic and so we keep it all together in one post. This can give an idea to new and current members on how to do their intake setups.

[tuntsfaah]

I just bought my first Soob, a 1997 Legacy 2.5 GT. And I have been having fuel efficiency problems. I have been going through a tank of gas with 80% being Highway driving and receiving ~200 mi. I have a J-bend CAI ready to install and planning on purchasing NGK V-Power spark plugs replacements.

What's the difference between CAI and SRI? Any pics would be appreciated?
And will I get performance gain with my project objectives?

[d1giPhux]

Great post! This should be stickied somewhere or something.. its a nice visual reference! :smt023

[99gtlimited]

nice work! glad to see my DIY made it

[d1giPhux]

quick question.. where do people get the 3" or longer pipe connector rubber piece? All the auto places seem to sell really cheap crappy 2.5" or less ones. Thanks.

[02_Legacy]

Do you guys think it would be worth it to do something like the custom set up for the BE's. but delete the stock airbox and use an inline air filter, like a PRM or BMC CDA?

[Reason]

The COBB intake has an inline filter.

[anothernord]

Awesome sticky.

[Nick_701]

d1giPhux: if you have not found the coupler yet try lowes or home dept, in the piping section by the PVC pipes etc. There is a 3in to 3in rubber connector i have used before. It is a rubber connector with a piece of metal around it, but the rubber slides right out. Only about 4 bucks i think, good luck

looks like this...
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/03/018578002616wid200hei200-1.jpg

[Matty2Hotty]

Okay i will post my custom setup... Different of course from everyone else.

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/03/57e5815b-1.jpg

[green97gt]

that 180 degreee turn looks like it could use some reinforcement.

[02_Legacy]

ya it seems like it would be better if you used rigid piping, and then it wouldn't be ribbed eather.

[Matty2Hotty]

Yeah but thats where the ribbed pipe comes into play making more power... Its proven to make the turbance in the air flow which is making more power then a straight smooth pipe. I cant find the link but it was proven and dyno tested before.

[99gtlimited]

^^ you're a little off with that, but you're going down the right path

Ideally, you would use a pipe with dimples or small ripples in it. The ribs on your pipe (matty) piping are much larger than ideal. The purpose of ribs or dimples is to reduce the build up of a low velocity boundary layer of air, which creates drag on the air passing by it. You would do better with a larger pipe with a grainy (truck bedliner-like) surface on the inside. The tube you are using will create a bunch of low velocity pockets along a small effective airway (equal to roughly the ID at the smallest cross section).

[TGX4776]

^^^ Pish.... like you would know :roll:

I want to give this setup a shot with rigid piping. Might as well make use of that hood scoop.

Would it be worth it to dimple it or is it marginal?

[TGX4776]

^^^^ That was of course ment as a joke. I am also curious as to what box that is. any body know? Any idea on the performance?

[Daveothebraveo85]

Wondering if anyone has any advice as to if/what kind of performance cold-air intake systems I can use on my 2007 Subaru Legacy SE 2.5i. Everything I see is for Impreza's and GTs. What gives? Anything I can use besides a replacement air filter? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[nwsubie]

^^^^ That was of course ment as a joke. I am also curious as to what box that is. any body know? Any idea on the performance?

It's a custom made intake, he had a bunch made, but I think they are all gone! Send him a PM...

[TGX4776]

I did but no reply....... I figure when i get my Custom exhaust done around the end of may beginning of June I'll have the guy fabricate a stainless pipe for it. If I havent heard form him then I'll probably go for a Weapon R intake

[gregorylee716]

Wondering if anyone has any advice as to if/what kind of performance cold-air intake systems I can use on my 2007 Subaru Legacy SE 2.5i. Everything I see is for Impreza's and GTs. What gives? Anything I can use besides a replacement air filter? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I have a brand new in box subaru performance tuning cold air intake for an 05-06 legacy gt or 05-06 outback xt. I dunno if it would work on yours but it's available, I bought it on a impulse buy and I probably would only be able to use the cone filter out of it now that I got it out of the box and started to look at my maf sensor and junk. I got mine for like $150 on good ol' ebay. The destructions say it ain't California legal though.

[B's Legacy Wagon]

I did but no reply....... I figure when i get my Custom exhaust done around the end of may beginning of June I'll have the guy fabricate a stainless pipe for it. If I havent heard form him then I'll probably go for a Weapon R intake

I would like to say he sold the last one. was hoping to get one of those myself.
He might not reply anytime soon as i think he sold his Legacy and got into the WRX crowd.
For me i will totaly miss his posts/threads and his beutiful car. But cant wait to see if the new owner joins us?

[TGX4776]

he still had it for sale, He contacted me not long after that post. it's $200 though and would require too much fabrication on my part to be worth it.

[Matty2Hotty]

Yes, i will chime in since i said i would come in and out of the legacy site still... I actually have 2 intakes, 1 from the shop that was their mock up one since they arent making them anymore i picked up 2 weeks ago and have 1 that the seller never picked up from me so i refunded his paypal money. There was only 10 made total. So if Anyone wants them let me know, 1 is complete kit and the other is just the intake box/lid... So piping will be needed. $150 and $100 just to get rid of them.

[stu-nami]

so do you have one like the top mount setup with the filter exposed???? or can i take one off an sti and bolt it up to fit.....
i just bought the turbo baja hood and was thinkin on makin a different intake for it

[99gtlimited]

The STI uses a top mount intercooler, not air intake..

[TotalLifeForever]

Just got my custom intake set up completed. And its so much better lol. It sounds amazing and there is definitely a power increase. What we did is just rip out the stock air filter and just put on the custom piping and new intake.

PIX
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/07/kdk_1257-1.jpg

[02_Legacy]

^^ that is going to suck in a ton of hot air...

[rougeben83]

yo dawg i herd u liek air filters so we put an air filter on your air filter so you can filter air while you air filter!

[Yamazaki]

yo dawg i herd u liek air filters so we put an air filter on your air filter so you can filter air while you air filter!
At first I didn't get it.... then I looked again

:lol: :lol: :lol:

That is easily the funniest thing I have seen in a long time!

[stu-nami]

Wooow...I thought my friends and I were weird for droppin XZIBIT references.....rofl lmfao, that just made my day

[TotalLifeForever]

I'm planning on constructing a heat shield for it soon. So that should halp it

[95USsubaru]

im late to the joke but for ^^^ what he's trying to say id why would you put a cone filter on if that box you have already has a filter in it?

[TotalLifeForever]

Well we took the air filter out of the box so that the cone is the only one present now

[B's Legacy Wagon]

Hey Matty great to see you still hanging around ill talk with my wife i would love to pick up the intake from you. even if it sits in my garage a bit till i get the hood. i may even be able to drive up there. she has been wanting to do a road trip latly just to get out and about.

[TheSiege]

What's up with all the BD's? They all just go into the box, are you guys using the box as an air filter and just replacing the tubing or is there a high flow, conical filter on the end of that pipe somewhere?

[stu-nami]

http://boise.craigslist.org/pts/1877902128.html

Does anyone think I can modify this wrx intercooler into a top mount AIR INTAKE for the new baja hood I'm putting on???????

[jey]

Does anyone think I can modify this wrx intercooler into a top mount AIR INTAKE for the new baja hood I'm putting on???????

You might be able to but why? If you're NA and you add an intercooler it's not going to do much for cooling the intake air and the inlet for the intercooler is underneath it. Plus where are you going to put the MAF?

unless youre MAP

[95USsubaru]

or the FACE. when the FACE sensor goes your F***** make sure you check that out.

[stu-nami]

I think you two are over analyzing what I said..of course there is no need to have it perform as an "intercooler"...I was just thinking since my hood is on it would be nice to put the functionality of the scoop to use...and if somehow I could use a different filter in that by punching out all the metal in the middle it could kinda work..someone on here has something like what I'm thinkin, haven't been able to find it again

[stu-nami]

God I'm an idiot....I want mine to be like matty2hottys...

top mount air intake... if you can track him down.. on NWIC on nasioc..

i think he still has one

[TotalLifeForever]

Hey guys, im just wondering if this would fit my car, because if im not mistaken dont the N/A 00-04 legacies have an EJ22 engine as well? so I'm thinking this would be able to work right? Could be wrong though lol
http://www.rallitek.com/Injen-Cold-Air- ... rbo/p-4580 (http://www.rallitek.com/Injen-Cold-Air-Intake-2000-2004-Non-Turbo/p-4580)


Or perhaps this one?
http://www.rallitek.com/Injen-Cold-Air- ... 999/p-4548 (http://www.rallitek.com/Injen-Cold-Air-Intake-Impreza-1993-1999/p-4548)

[02_Legacy]

Hey guys, im just wondering if this would fit my car, because if im not mistaken dont the N/A 00-04 legacies have an EJ22 engine as well? so I'm thinking this would be able to work right? Could be wrong though lol
http://www.rallitek.com/Injen-Cold-Air- ... rbo/p-4580 (http://www.rallitek.com/Injen-Cold-Air-Intake-2000-2004-Non-Turbo/p-4580)


Or perhaps this one?
http://www.rallitek.com/Injen-Cold-Air- ... 999/p-4548 (http://www.rallitek.com/Injen-Cold-Air-Intake-Impreza-1993-1999/p-4548)
What car do you have?
First off 00-04 legacys have EJ25, also they have a MAP, while earlier legacys have a MAF. so that one would probably not work for you.
I'm not sure about the second one as far as MAP/MAF but where the intake goes into the fender will probably not line up if you put it on a different model than it is intended for, though this probably can be fixed by making your own hole.

[TotalLifeForever]

I have a 1999 legacy L. And oh i see, you're right. I just sorta wanna get like a legit air intake system that gets rid of the stock airbox and has places where you can connect the vacuum lines, instead my ghetto system lol

[SubaruKidLegacy]

http://www.toronto-subaru-club.com/forums/members/subarukidlegacy-albums-my-subaru-legacy-bd-picture77-dscf6093.jpg
soo bootlegged but it made a noticable difference :)

[TotalLifeForever]

So that impreza kit prooobably would not just bolt right in correct?

[Lanojoe]

http://www.cosmoracing.com/productinfo.asp?cid=150&pid=1330 CAI

http://www.cosmoracing.com/productinfo.asp?cid=226&pid=1844 SRI

A guy in Montreal ( Near me ) sell and ship Cold air intake or Short Ram Intake for many cars... subaru's in !

[TotalLifeForever]

GENTLEMEN..... I give you, setup v2.0!!!!

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/09/kdk_0281-1.jpg
:twisted:

It sounds so much better, like omg lol. And it does feel a bit more responsive and feels like its got some more umph. But all in all, HUGE improvement.

[TotalLifeForever]

Ive been researching this whole snorkus delete thing and im kinda worried. Like when i took out all my stock intake crap did i delete the snorkus? cause everyone is saying its located inside of the passenger fender area, but i havent taken anything out of there. I just know snorkus delete can lead to the car running very rich. And i'd like to avoid that

[jey]

What year Legacy? The older ones have a snorkus but I think they moved all the silencer plumbing into the engine bay for later models.

Deleting your snorkus will have almost no effect on the air/fuel mixture.

[95USsubaru]

95 legacy L wit the snorkus removed and i was getting an avg. of 28 mpg.... sooooo im gonna agree with jey haha

[TotalLifeForever]

She's a 99. So you guys reckon i'm pretty safe lol?

['Buru in the Burgh]

Mine:

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs056.ash2/36157_1569244944482_1036216820_31619903_7185373_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs366.snc4/44894_1569245064485_1036216820_31619904_5170446_n.jpg

[Drakien]

I bought an OBX CAI off Ebay for $35 shipped. *Just the pipe. No filter, rubber adapters, etc. *Seller also has a kit with everything except MAF adapter.
This kit (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390253628348&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_2095wt_1166)

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/10/392828933-1.jpg

Installed-

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/10/392828942-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/10/392828940-1.jpg

[ronin777]

Newbie question. Recently got a 96 2.2 Subie Outback and thinking of adding an intake. What do you guys recommend? And what is a snorkus? (pardon the ignorant newbie) I saw an intake kit (can't remember where) where it looks like there is a low powered fan of some sort, making it sorta like a forced induction type of intake. Any feedback on those?

Thanks.

[jey]

Newbie question. Recently got a 96 2.2 Subie Outback and thinking of adding an intake. What do you guys recommend? And what is a snorkus? (pardon the ignorant newbie) I saw an intake kit (can't remember where) where it looks like there is a low powered fan of some sort, making it sorta like a forced induction type of intake. Any feedback on those?

Thanks.

Newbie advice: Use the search function:

viewtopic.php?f=39&t=11765&hilit=snorkus (https://sl-i.net/FORUM/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=11765&hilit=snorkus)

And the answer to your second question:

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1214 (https://sl-i.net/FORUM/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1214)

We have a lot of information here - welcome to SLi!

[prodriver1]

one of 3 different settups I did with just a nissan adapter plate redrilled for subaru and a $40 filter. the best was the MAF-adapter plate directly on the intake manifold, I had to cut holes in the MAF housing for the return lines and stuff but it worked and it was LOUD!! sounded soooo good and the filter was rite behind the hood scoop so I guess it was ram air or at least the air was cold.

[subydrift]

prodriver1, I used to have a very similar setup on my old Outback. One way you can really clean it up is to find a Spectre 90 degree intake elbow from a Pepboys or Autozone and put that in place of the stock pipe you have. I used this elbow and my filter fit in there perfect and I tapped all my lines into the elbow with some pipe to hose adapters. It will just shoot 90 degrees right off the throttle body and still sit under the hood scoop. I'll try and find some pics of my past custom intake setups!

[Reason]

Holy Hacksaw Jim Duggan batman!

[02_Legacy]

Holy Hacksaw Jim Duggan batman!
this post really confuses me :smt017

[Reason]

For the slow kids- hack job

[02_Legacy]

Thank you, Reason, for the interperation. But isn't it easier to type "Holy hack job" instead of "Holy Hacksaw Jim Duggan batman!" and then have to explain it for the "slow kids"

[Reason]

Wheres the fun in that? I worked a 12 hour day today and need some form of entertainment. Theres nothing wrong with being slow either :-P

[subydrift]

Heres my previous setup from my older 97 outback. I have another 97 now and am gonna keep the panel filter and torque box with a 3" pipe section.

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/01/CIMG1710-1.jpg

the filter sat right in the air path from the scoop. It sounded good but it would have performed better if i did all the hose lines properly. I used too small of tubing so it choked off the IAC. I ended up pulling it out.

[stu-nami]

Anyone heard of a SPECTRE SHORT RAM intake?....found one off a 05wrx

[subydrift]

Ya Spectre is the brand that the Autozones and Pepboys sell. They are your basic cheap intake, like the Ebay ones. You can even buy intake pipe sections and build your own intake. These are the 2 pieces I used in my intake in the above pic. They are plastic though, not aluminum.

[subiman2005]

Hey has anyone done a hybrid style intake on a map engine...I have a sri and my mpg dropped and lost a touch of low end torque...I know there was similar complaints with the maf engines....just wondering if anyone has done it with a map engine

[Matty2Hotty]

Hey has anyone done a hybrid style intake on a map engine...I have a sri and my mpg dropped and lost a touch of low end torque...I know there was similar complaints with the maf engines....just wondering if anyone has done it with a map engine

What the heck kind of freaking nobb question is that to ask? Don't know how to search? :smt014 LOL am just joking and giving you crap! I believe it could be a variable change your seeing in your driving that could cause the mpg change, intake shouldn't change a large enough amount to notice much unless you have other related operating problems that are unknown.

[subiman2005]

Hey has anyone done a hybrid style intake on a map engine...I have a sri and my mpg dropped and lost a touch of low end torque...I know there was similar complaints with the maf engines....just wondering if anyone has done it with a map engine

What the heck kind of freaking nobb question is that to ask? Don't know how to search? :smt014 LOL am just joking and giving you crap! I believe it could be a variable change your seeing in your driving that could cause the mpg change, intake shouldn't change a large enough amount to notice much unless you have other related operating problems that are unknown.

Dammit why you gota be mean to me man...lol...Yeah it only dropped 3 mpg on the highway but I haven't checked it yet with the new motor...I still have the top mount intake you gave me....never could get it to fit right....I think it has to do with that your car was a BE and mines a BD....with the stock intake brackets the intake was sitting way to high and I could barely get the hood shut lol....anyways I spose no one has been dumb enough to try a hybrid intake on a map engine I get it ill stop thinking about it haha

[RS MN]

Dammit why you gota be mean to me man...lol...Yeah it only dropped 3 mpg on the highway but I haven't checked it yet with the new motor...I still have the top mount intake you gave me....never could get it to fit right....I think it has to do with that your car was a BE and mines a BD....with the stock intake brackets the intake was sitting way to high and I could barely get the hood shut lol....anyways I spose no one has been dumb enough to try a hybrid intake on a map engine I get it ill stop thinking about it haha

i guess the "Ganzflow" style intake that alot of MAP configured 2.5RS owners do could be considered a hybrid intake.
heres some links:
http://www.rs25.com/forums/f61/t135015- ... -20-a.html (http://www.rs25.com/forums/f61/t135015-ganzflow-ebay-intakes-super-cheap-20-a.html)
http://www.rs25.com/forums/f5/t84450-30 ... ntake.html (http://www.rs25.com/forums/f5/t84450-30-dollar-ganzflow-style-ebay-intake.html)

[DarkPhoenix]

This was a TrueFlow CAI that I chopped down to make a SRI out of. The CAI didn't fit properly and the car ran like a bag of crap for around town stuff.

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n79/DarkPhoenixTSi/2011-02-01145012.jpg

Anyone got an unmolested snorkus they would be willing to part with? The genius who owned the car before me removed it.

[Reason]

Phenoix I have one for cheap. PM what you want to pay. I got it for a project but its something im not going to do anymore.

[B4LGT]

Heres mine, got the box from matty and I did the piping

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e114/Josh27vt/004.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e114/Josh27vt/003.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e114/Josh27vt/002-3.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e114/Josh27vt/001-1.jpg

[Matty2Hotty]

Sick! Glad you went attempted a different piping, looks like a intercooler kit parts. Did you get a K&N filter yet?

[B4LGT]

Sick! Glad you went attempted a different piping, looks like a intercooler kit parts. Did you get a K&N filter yet?


yeah on its way this was just for a blow up the street

massive pull between 3-5k now

im sure will only get better with K&N

[Matty2Hotty]

Yeah wot you can totally feel the difference in pulls, just never got the chance to do a dyno pull test between the 2.

[xoSubieLegacyxo]

So I bought a CAI a couple months ago to try and boost my mpg, but I wanted to know if keeping the stock airbox and the aftermarket tube will increase or decrease my mileage. Has anybody tried this and saw a difference between the two?

[ubar legacy]

Has anybody had problems after putting an intake on their car? My buddy said I shouldnt put an intake on my 95 legacy cause itll make it run like crap..?

[prodriver1]

Has anybody had problems after putting an intake on their car? My buddy said I shouldnt put an intake on my 95 legacy cause itll make it run like crap..?
its true:( mpg goes way down, it will start to studder at very low rpm on W-O-T, you will get a check engine light, you will loose torque. but the closer the intake to the throttle body the louder it is and boy does it sound good :smt023

[Reason]

Has anybody had problems after putting an intake on their car? My buddy said I shouldnt put an intake on my 95 legacy cause itll make it run like crap..?
its true:( mpg goes way down, it will start to studder at very low rpm on W-O-T, you will get a check engine light, you will loose torque. but the closer the intake to the throttle body the louder it is and boy does it sound good :smt023


This isn't entirely true, I never had a CEL from my intake or studder problems. You may want to check your install.

[superu]

And some BD's

slip's 95
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/

Wisconsin Marks idea, which is pretty much what I will do for rain season, but with a twist :twisted:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/

Forgot whos this was on here
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/

99gtlimited's sets up
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2008/07/IMG_3729-1.jpg


Where'd you guys find BD intakes?
I've been looking to clean up between the MAF and throttle body but can't find anything good, or anything at all.

Those look good!

PS, Slip, what's the diameter of your tower brace?

I tried this for a while, but lost ALL low end and sucked up gas way too fast! Then I researched MORE and found you're supposed to clean up between the MAF and throttle body like you guys, NOT before the MAF like I tried.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/02/DSC05045JPG-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/02/DSC05047JPG-1.jpg

It sounded cool under the hood, but losing ALL low end and watching the fuel needle drop sucked.

[prodriver1]

Has anybody had problems after putting an intake on their car? My buddy said I shouldnt put an intake on my 95 legacy cause itll make it run like crap..?
its true:( mpg goes way down, it will start to studder at very low rpm on W-O-T, you will get a check engine light, you will loose torque. but the closer the intake to the throttle body the louder it is and boy does it sound good :smt023


This isn't entirely true, I never had a CEL from my intake or studder problems. You may want to check your install.
this is on non turbo. I have never dealt with a turbo car with intake issues only benefits. and it seems to be a subaru only problem. I have had plenty of other cars with CAI's ghetto rigged or from a factory, subarus are the only ones that don't like being f'ed with.

[Reason]

Never had problems with the SRI on my old 97 GT or CAI on my current 98L.

[superu]

Has anybody had problems after putting an intake on their car? My buddy said I shouldnt put an intake on my 95 legacy cause itll make it run like crap..?
its true:( mpg goes way down, it will start to studder at very low rpm on W-O-T, you will get a check engine light, you will loose torque. but the closer the intake to the throttle body the louder it is and boy does it sound good :smt023


This isn't entirely true, I never had a CEL from my intake or studder problems. You may want to check your install.
this is on non turbo. I have never dealt with a turbo car with intake issues only benefits. and it seems to be a subaru only problem. I have had plenty of other cars with CAI's ghetto rigged or from a factory, subarus are the only ones that don't like being f'ed with.

Copy that prodriver!
Subarus are WELL engineered with respect to air flow, among other things :smt002 .
Here's a link I found and saved a while ago... It is a good read.
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=477393&highlight=snorkus+intake+cold+air

BUT this one is a bit better for NA CAI info... (borrowed from another thread here...)
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1471819

[xoSubieLegacyxo]

And some BD's

slip's 95
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/

Where can I find an engine cover like the one Slip has??

[ubar legacy]

Lol I threw a cel a couple random times with just the silencer thing in the fender removed..

[subydrift]

I finally got around to installing my hybrid intake last night. It turned out great and runs great! There was a major torque increase in the low end and the top end gained a little bit of pull also. But the low end power now is great for driving around town. It is fairly quiet but has a more aggressive raw engine noise instead of the usual SRI growl. Here is the thread I put together on Legacygt.com...

http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.p ... 56784.html (http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/hybrid-intake-install-156784.html)

[superu]

Holy Hacksaw Jim Duggan batman!

I just want to say,
I see your hacksaw jim duggan and raise you a Kerry, no a Kevin Von Erich.

:smt026

[xoSubieLegacyxo]

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/

just changed my CAI into a "hybrid" setup. I noticed a big improvement of torque in the higher revs. Hope to see an increase in mpgs too!!!

[Jk1]

I have a bh. Gonna do a setup similar to the one hfs has. "ram air" style. Where can I get the pipping for that? Running from the tb to the front ram air thing. Any ideas on what material to use for it?

[ESSYMOND]

If im not getting a CEL then I hooked up everything correctly right?

[ElbryanWolf]

Hi guys, I've looked trough the hybrid set-ups and I haven't totally found my answers yet. Since my '06 BL is a bit newer than some of the shown models, I don't know what does and doesn't apply to mine. Here are some pics of my current stock set-up. I've put in red the 2 components I wanted to know what to do with. There seems to be an oxygen sensor as well as tubing leaving the box right before my manifold. What to you guys typically do with these? Also, I'd like to install a cone type filter with a heat shield inside the motor section not in the wing since we have a lot of water/snow around here and some of my buddies had some issues with those. Any suggestions on type and set-up I should look at?

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/05/IMG_5359T-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/05/IMG_5358T-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/04/IMG_5360-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/04/IMG_5357-1.jpg

Thanks

-Wolf-

[LegaWaga]

I am working on piecing together a kit together for my 2000 from leftover 2.5" IC piping. Am I going to see the drops in fuel mileage and such as I am reading here for some? And, am I commuting a Subaru crime if I dont run those (i think 3?) rubber breather lines into the system?

I would love the sound and look, but I would hate to make this run like poo.

[csweston]

You have to run the vacuum hoses.

[LegaWaga]

You have to run the vacuum hoses.

What are they for exactly if I may ask?

[ajfsgrl08]

^^ that is going to suck in a ton of hot air...


My intake setup is almost the same as the one you are comenting about. I eliminated the stock airbox altogether, hooked the PCV hoses and MAP sensor into the metal piping. Sounds much better, has more power than the stock useless setup.

Using ROMRaider on a 60*F day the idle intake temp was about 95-105* but the temp once moving more than 2mph was 60*F no matter the speed or the throttle load, even with the cooling fans both running. :smt023

[ajfsgrl08]

You have to run the vacuum hoses.

What are they for exactly if I may ask?

The hoses that were in red are PCV hoses. Or Posative Crancase Ventilation. They need to be hooked into the new intake setup for the engine to run properly. In the first post in this thread, the intake with the blue hoses, the blue hoses are the PCV hoses.

[ElbryanWolf]

Ok so by continuing to read, I should use one of the following:
SRI:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/05/legacy050725sri-1.jpg

CAI:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/05/legacy0507cai-1.jpg

Then combine it with a SRI from K&N:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/05/KNINTAKEpng-1.jpg

For the pipe to have the right lenght as well as being able to use the shield from K&N. Since my set up is N/A, I need to find a way to bring the pipe from the intake to the cone filter as well as being able to install the shield around it.

Or could I use the CAI set-up from Cosmo and directly attache the K&N cone filter at the end since it already has the opening for the MAF sensor.

Any other suggestions?

-Wolf-

[02_Legacy]

^^What are you worried about?
If you just want a better filter than yes you can get a K&N and put it on the end of either of thoes intakes. They have almost any size you can imagine.

[ubar legacy]

My ebay intake pipe came with nipples for vaccuum lines, but it didn't come with one for that large vaccuum line that goes near the maf. What did you guys do about that?

[MRLancaster]

My car sounds like an NSX.....wasnt expecting that sound when I hit on the gas. Anyone elses sound like that? Sexy sound though. Pretty much what it sounds like inside the car. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUB5nfeO ... re=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUB5nfeOo0I&feature=related)
Cant wait to get the STI exhaust....the high pitch engine sound, with the uel headers and exhaust is going to sound amazing!

[superu]

My car sounds like an NSX.....wasnt expecting that sound when I hit on the gas. Anyone elses sound like that? Sexy sound though. Pretty much what it sounds like inside the car. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUB5nfeO ... re=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUB5nfeOo0I&feature=related)
Cant wait to get the STI exhaust....the high pitch engine sound, with the uel headers and exhaust is going to sound amazing!

Sadly, (IMHO) it's too bad that's the sound you've got now. Subies sound best when deep.
With a boxer, that rumble is the sexiness, not the 'ricey' whine....

Sorry if it's an unwelcome opinion, but it's just that, an opinion. I'm sure with STi, and a touch biger pipe, it'll be uper sweet!

BTW, what size pipe are you running? Methinks for an EJ25, 21/4" is best, deff not more than 2.5" (which is also a stretch) with naturally aspirated!

I do like the treatments you've done, all things considered. :smt023

[MRLancaster]

No worries....its not the ricey wine as much as it is just higher pitch. It doesnt have the bumble bee sound, if it did, I would have that taken off in a heart beat. I have a 2.5-3'' mid pipe (its just how the shop made the midpipe for me back in 09, figured I already have it fitted for the wagon, might as well use it) then going to the 2.5'' STI muffler.

[MRLancaster]

I think once the exhaust is on things will be evened out, if not Im going to figit around with the intake and get it as deep note as I can.

[superu]

No worries....its not the ricey wine as much as it is just higher pitch. It doesnt have the bumble bee sound, if it did, I would have that taken off in a heart beat. I have a 2.5-3'' mid pipe (its just how the shop made the midpipe for me back in 09, figured I already have it fitted for the wagon, might as well use it) then going to the 2.5'' STI muffler.


Ooh wait, midpipe... i forget your setup... You're running a turbo right?
If so, then yeah, 3" is great! anything downstream of the final exhaust (downstream of the turbo's intake spool) is good to go 3" on a turbo.

Nice!

:smt028

[MRLancaster]

N/a :(

[superu]

N/a :(


no frownies. . . . NA ALL THE WAY!!! :smt023 :smt020 :cool: :wink:

[Baddog]

N/A Makes for plenty of fun with the right suspension. Sure it isn't the fastest thing in a Subaru but you can still barrel through corners and go on dirt roads and have plenty of low end power to bring the back end out.

[MRLancaster]

Yep! I know they can be fun :)

[Jk1]

heres my intake with heat shield

intake is from ebay...had to modify it slightly to fit the sensors and vacuum hoses. spray painted it with flat black high heat
heat shield is made from aluminum sheet metal. also spray painted with high heat.
I fabricated it so that my front duct would be somewhat functional and supply air to the intake. don't know if this actually helps but i like to think so!

sounds deep at higher rpms :eek:

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/07/photo1-1.jpg

[90lsturbo]

anyone have a pic of one done on a bh?

[Jk1]

done what?

that previous picture is a BH

[gman9820]

Wondering if anyone has any advice as to if/what kind of performance cold-air intake systems I can use on my 2007 Subaru Legacy SE 2.5i. Everything I see is for Impreza's and GTs. What gives? Anything I can use besides a replacement air filter? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I have a brand new in box subaru performance tuning cold air intake for an 05-06 legacy gt or 05-06 outback xt. I dunno if it would work on yours but it's available, I bought it on a impulse buy and I probably would only be able to use the cone filter out of it now that I got it out of the box and started to look at my maf sensor and junk. I got mine for like $150 on good ol' ebay. The destructions say it ain't California legal though.

Cosmo Racing should have a setup for ya, I got mine from them and it works nicely with the NA engine

[MRLancaster]

New setup, going to wrap the pipe, and then make a heat shield. Got tired of the highpitch short ram intake sound.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/08/downsized_0830111702-1.jpg

[Flyboy888]

heres my intake with heat shield

intake is from ebay...had to modify it slightly to fit the sensors and vacuum hoses. spray painted it with flat black high heat
heat shield is made from aluminum sheet metal. also spray painted with high heat.
I fabricated it so that my front duct would be somewhat functional and supply air to the intake. don't know if this actually helps but i like to think so!

sounds deep at higher rpms :eek:

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/07/photo1-1.jpg



THIS^^ is a very nice setup, looks to me like it works well too :)

[geckoboy86]

95. EJ22. SRI hybrid setup with a snokus delete.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/01/IMG_1554JPG-2.jpg

[Jk1]

Thanks! I got the idea from looking at bunch of different intake setups from members on this forum.

MRLancaster: nice setup too. Where did you get that front strut bar. Did you feel a big diff after putting it on?

[superu]

95. EJ22. SRI hybrid setup with a snokus delete.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/01/IMG_1554JPG-1.jpg

^ ^ ^ ^ ^

this is the way to go, even w/o the snorkus delete.
i put mine back on (after 6 years off) and have not noticed any difference.
In fact it might be better with it on :smt102
(although a 4.11 gearing change sure helps turn the 27's a lot better too, at the same time as the snorkus reinstall ;)

[4REEL]

Bad pic, but here is mine. 3" w/ custom heat shield.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/03/3e12772b-1.jpg

[subyj]

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/07/intake2-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/07/intake-1.jpg
did anyone else notice a huge increase in noise?

[HokieSubie]

Bad pic, but here is mine. 3" w/ custom heat shield.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/03/3e12772b-1.jpg

Really random and not so much about the intake, but the blue thing (looks like a shield/cover) above the pulleys and belts near the front, where did you get that?

[HokieSubie]

Ah and sorry for posting again but I'm looking at doing a custom intake set up and need a good ebay pipe to run from the filter/MAF to the torque box like some people have in pictures. I found this guy on ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CXRacing-2008-S ... 538wt_1166 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/CXRacing-2008-Subaru-Legacy-2-5T-3-Air-Intake-Pipe-Filter-w-Blue-Hose-/380390831989?hash=item58910f7775&item=380390831989&pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr#ht_4538wt_1166)

Is this a good choice for one or are their cheaper/better options? Complete n00b mode right now sorry (gotta start somewhere I suppose)

[chrish8r]

My intake went through 3(more like 2) transformations.

Started out plain SRI with a homemade heatshield:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/08/123010enginebay-1.jpg

Then I went hybrid but had some pretty bad coupler connections:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/08/williatysetup1-1.jpg

Then I went a bought a plumbing coupler and it works perfectly:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/07/201207241311531-1.jpg

[Flyboy888]

very nice, wish the 3rd gen had that kind of box

[NickTej22]

Started out like this, it was great cuz I had all the holes i needed even for the iacv, buy it was too short and confused the maf, so i added a 60° bend

Beforehttps://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/08/ae8dd0653adfb76d-1.jpg

Afterhttps://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/08/ae8dd0713b504a69-1.jpg

The nice thing admit that wad it put it in front of the snorkus holes.

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[subyj]

Ah and sorry for posting again but I'm looking at doing a custom intake set up and need a good ebay pipe to run from the filter/MAF to the torque box like some people have in pictures. I found this guy on ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CXRacing-2008-S ... 538wt_1166 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/CXRacing-2008-Subaru-Legacy-2-5T-3-Air-Intake-Pipe-Filter-w-Blue-Hose-/380390831989?hash=item58910f7775&item=380390831989&pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr#ht_4538wt_1166)

Is this a good choice for one or are their cheaper/better options? Complete n00b mode right now sorry (gotta start somewhere I suppose)

i personally would just get a k&n and some autozone pipe. i just like building things my self, the boxes are not hard to build eather

[b_swan]

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/09/thread018-1.jpg

[Flyboy888]

how much that carbon fiber intake pipe set ya back?

[b_swan]

only 60 bucks! not sure how many are out there because ive never seen another one but it was a good find

[Flyboy888]

wow, nice find! you make me wanna just wrap mine now lol, it got ruined my some engine degreaser anyway :(

[Boxer Wagon]

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/

I must try to make this!

[prodriver1]

on my first outback i put the maf section onto the throttle body and put a cone filter on it to make a straight through intake, no bends, it was very loud :smt023 , i also cut the hood scoop backing of so it was a sort of ram air intake, when it rained i had a deflector i put over it.

[superu]

on my first outback i put the maf section onto the throttle body and put a cone filter on it to make a straight through intake, no bends, it was very loud :smt023 , i also cut the hood scoop backing of so it was a sort of ram air intake, when it rained i had a deflector i put over it.

how'd you deal with EGR and the other ports coming into the plumbing b/t MAF and TB??

[superu]

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/

I must try to make this!

Copy that!!

this is the way to go!

[superu]

My intake went through 3(more like 2) transformations.

Started out plain SRI with a homemade heatshield:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/08/123010enginebay-1.jpg

Then I went hybrid but had some pretty bad coupler connections:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/08/williatysetup1-1.jpg

Then I went a bought a plumbing coupler and it works perfectly:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/07/201207241311531-1.jpg

^^ Yeah, that's it (option C)!! Specs/details?

[chrish8r]

^^ Yeah, that's it (option C)!! Specs/details?

Well I really overpaid for the piping(I blindly bought from Cosmo Racing, $100 for everything; crappy filter, vacuum lines, couplers, clamps and a sticker!!) Ive seen the cheaper options on Ebay where it is just the piping for around $30. I just used a plumbers coupler(3 or 4 inch, cant remember) to connect the pipe to the airbox.

[prodriver1]

on my first outback i put the maf section onto the throttle body and put a cone filter on it to make a straight through intake, no bends, it was very loud :smt023 , i also cut the hood scoop backing of so it was a sort of ram air intake, when it rained i had a deflector i put over it.

how'd you deal with EGR and the other ports coming into the plumbing b/t MAF and TB??
i drilled holes in the plastic MAF section and used bathroom culk to glue the lines into it, i later made a catch can out of a soda bottle to vent the heads and the egr on that car was disconnected, it ran very well without egr rubbish being put in the intake,

[omgshitsjrdn]

Hey can someone link me to some where I can purchase a snorkus, my friend threw mine out.

[04Legacy]

I'll throw my new intake setup up for all to see as well as stock and old setups.

Stock:

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/377917_316727408348053_1335804845_n.jpg

SRI:

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/408513_316727511681376_1640829788_n.jpg

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/

New CAI:

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/

Finished product
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/

[teeceRS]

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/

I was considering something similar to this recently. As well as seeing if I can the stock BG piping from the torque box to the fender for a cold air approach. How come very few people run their intakes into the fender?

For instance; This is what I had set up on my Impreza EJ251, the pipe snaked through the fender, and the filter sat in the front bumper, which was very efficient and beneficial.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2014/01/file_zpsc48b29c5-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2014/01/CAIFilterinbumper-1.jpg

[Flyboy888]

My current setup

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2014/03/aterazeq-1.jpg

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[ctbrighton]

I'm not sure I like how the ebay pipe in hybrid form changed the torque curve. Only takes 5 minutes to change between them so might go back and forth to make sure.