anybody that has the ebay CAI for 98+

[556mm]

ok guys i have all my stock shit off but i have run into a problem, the hood will not close heres pics of why oh and yes i searched through all 9 pages for an answer.








also what are these for? and where do i connect the air hose to? thanks for any help. sorry for the blurry pics

[s10jimmi]

The brackets are for custom bracing the intake, one guy pulled it off, i just threw it away. The tube goes to the thing behind the throttle body when your standing infront of yoru engine. This lets the valve cover breathe, getting rid of harmful fumes and keeping the oil clean. If you did your reading i shouldnt have to tell you this, but im on my second ebay intake because of this, make sure you take some wire, zip ties, anything and pull it away from yoru ac compressor, or when you turn it on, its gonna eat away at that aluminum tube. I clamped some wire in the hose clamp and ran it to a metal bracket under where the stock intake was to the left of the engine bay. Make sure wherever you tie it down to is metal, because i had it to that little sprout thing on my fan shrowed and now that little sprout is somewhere on i-40 when it broke off. hope this helps

[s10jimmi]

my cardomain has some pictures on the second page of my intake.

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/847792/2

[ACE2790]

Quote: Originally Posted by s10jimmi

The brackets are for custom bracing the intake, one guy pulled it off, i just threw it away. The tube goes to the thing behind the throttle body when your standing infront of yoru engine. This lets the valve cover breathe, getting rid of harmful fumes and keeping the oil clean. If you did your reading i shouldnt have to tell you this, but im on my second ebay intake because of this, make sure you take some wire, zip ties, anything and pull it away from yoru ac compressor, or when you turn it on, its gonna eat away at that aluminum tube. I clamped some wire in the hose clamp and ran it to a metal bracket under where the stock intake was to the left of the engine bay. Make sure wherever you tie it down to is metal, because i had it to that little sprout thing on my fan shrowed and now that little sprout is somewhere on i-40 when it broke off. hope this helps

Thats basically my CAI story, ver batem. So I just pulled it off, stuck my stock tubing on and put my cone filter at the end it of. Couldnt be happier, I dont have to worry about rubbing and its not like I lost HP anyway. Only way you will probably get a decent fit that looks good is by going name brand.

[s10jimmi]

if you brace it right it works fine, im using some thin picture wire, you cant see it and theres no rubbing. i wouldn't go back to stock tubing personally because i love the suction sound. i ran with the cone filter on stock tubing for a while.

[LoRollinLS]

any of you guys had the ebay intake with a throttle body spacer?, cuz i think i would run into rubbing problems with that intake havin my throttle body spacer if you guys are havin problems just runnin stock....i just wanna be sure before i buy one

[s10jimmi]

it wont fit with a throttle body spacer. ive heard they dont do anything anyway.

[LoRollinLS]

ya ive heard that too, it was on the truck when i bought it so i just left it on, would you recomend doin my own custom intake setup then ?

[s10jimmi]

im not 100% sure but i think someone was running a spacer with a K&N cold air as it goes over the compressor and not around it, but if your trying to save money, yeah i would buy some aluminum tubing and have it bent at your local shop to make your own.

[556mm]

ok s10jimmi after looking at your pics i have determined that they sent me the wrong length of tube that connects to the throttle body. yours is much longer than mine and is bent differently. thanks for the response.

[LoRollinLS]

cool.....thanks s10jimmi

[s10jimmi]

its not bent 90*? cuz i had a problem with that too at first, with a little force though, it fit into the coupler on the throttle body and still cleared the compressor, the coupler on the throttle body wasnt on much so i had to clamp it tight

[556mm]

nope its not bent 90 degrees. its more like 110 or 120.

[s10jimmi]

might want to shoot them an email with some pics of your intake. i know i had a hard time getting mine on but im pretty sure it was bent like 90 degrees. it looks like the vent spot for the vavle cover tube was in the wrong spot on there too. I had a hard time getting in contact with them so i hope you have better luck!

[556mm]

werd i just sent them an email with the same pics i posted in this thread. i hope i have some luck with this because i am not about to put the stock air box back on.

[s10jimmi]

dont know what to tell you man, if you have some time make a run to the hardware store and see if you can rig up something for the time being

[derekdjodrey]

Hey dumb a$$ "inprogress10" you need to flip your pipe over in the pic you have the vent down toward the vavle cover you need to connect the other side to the valve cover witch will make the vent point up then it will be a 90 bend and will fit fine.

[chevyDime98]

hahaha ^^^ werd

[monkeymouse]

Eh well hes not the only dumb ass then, mine is currently upside down I guess. The vent points down to the valve cover. Oh well idc, I don't have ac so its not hitting anything and is plenty secure. Also I used the supplied metal brackets, It moves a little bit but seems more then secure. I believe the flex is just from the silicon couplers.

[tg900]

I was going to suggest maybe you have a throttle body spacer in there, I ran into that problem once and it took me so long to figure it out

[sdime98]

Quote: Originally Posted by derekdjodrey

Hey dumb a$$ "inprogress10" you need to flip your pipe over in the pic you have the vent down toward the vavle cover you need to connect the other side to the valve cover witch will make the vent point up then it will be a 90 bend and will fit fine.

hey dumbass, you just bumped a 2 year old thread...for no apparent reason


j/k...maybe it will help others down the line...

[rockyroad217]

Quote: Originally Posted by sdime98

hey dumbass, you just bumped a 2 year old thread...for no apparent reason


j/k...maybe it will help others down the line...

i agree..except for the jk part..

[jc71corvette]

more pics~!!!