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MINORMidget
09-14-2009, 04:09 PM
So about 9 months ago i got my first legacy from my grandfather. I drove it for a while and i didnt know much about cars andmods, but then my buddy told me i should put an intake opn it ot make it look good. I went along and he helped me out put it on. It was a plastic one and was pretty cheep.
This is the first intake.

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/09/Editedoldintake21-1.jpg

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/09/Editedoldintake1-1.jpg

As time went by i decided i wanted to try this thing called a hydrogen booster which is suppoesd to increase your gas milage. I made a cell from scratch, but the sealdidnt work so it leaked and i am still working on it. But i tried to mount it in my car and decided i need to move my intake. So i went out bought all ned parts and went over to my budies for some help and we put a new one on.

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/09/Sidewall-1.jpg

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/09/Sideviewofintake-1.jpg

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/09/NewintakeDone-1.jpg

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/09/Newintakehoseview-1.jpg

As you can see the intake was put on but i drove it for about 30 miles and my engine check light came on and i did not know why. so i looked at the intake and took it to schucks to check the coads and came up with the problem that the vacume hose was leeking. Turns out i put the vacume hose on the wrong side of the MAF and put the MAF in backwards too. The pictures show it better but it was a stupid mistake.




I hope noone makes this stupid mistake and if anyone has a problem like this they can know hwtas wrong and what to do. I am still working on getting the hydrogen booster in but it will take some time to mount it. Let me know if anyone has one and how they mounted it.

Huffer
09-14-2009, 04:24 PM
Props for effort but I can't believe you cut a hole in your frame just to run a CAI...

MINORMidget
09-14-2009, 04:37 PM
i made sure that i wasnt cutting anything major and i was way infront of the crumple zone. The part that was cut was just mainly part of the whole that the original intake was in. just as if i made it bigger. what whould be bad bout that though?

patrack92314
09-14-2009, 07:56 PM
nothing is wrong with cutting that hole bigger it won't effect u maybe make that part of ur front end a little bit weaker in an impact on that side. and that isn't ur frame. ur frame is on the bottom of ur car and ours is a unibody so we don't really have a frame. good job on the cai