** I did it, cold side air intake on the NA ** new pics **

deez · Postby **deez** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:28 pm

What about relocating the water bottle and all that jazz? And the metal water hose as well?

SuperMazdaKart · Postby **SuperMazdaKart** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:34 pm

metal water hose??

are you thinking of the one that joins the lower radiator hoses?

Boags · Postby **Boags** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:02 pm

deez wrote:What about relocating the water bottle and all that jazz? And the metal water hose as well?

You're right! 2 x Tech screws also! :mrgreen:

Sean · Postby **Sean** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:34 pm

Slammer had a fairly short coldside intake made for his NA6 (AFM removed).

From memory Tuffy exhausts or a similar name made it up for a reasonable price.

Where you hiding Slambo? :shock:

Astroboysoup · Postby **Astroboysoup** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:24 am

yeh i remeber he had a pic of it on his car domain site.. i found his car domain site but no pic of it anymore

some of his images are missing..

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/188714/1

Bevan · Postby **Bevan** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:23 pm

Looks good Astro! Make sure you put some shielding around it so you don't suck water up going through puddles or even heavy rain. Might not be so good being that low right behind an opening.

Astroboysoup · Postby **Astroboysoup** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:27 pm

yep thats sorted

didn't have a picture of the piping under the car.

the air filter is a shielded one and points up in the cavity.

as long as i don't drive in flooded gutters i'll be fine.

Fatty · Postby **Fatty** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:27 pm

good work!

haha i can't beleive how quickly you got that done! you really are a man of action. that would have taken me about 2 months of research and umming and ahhing about all the little details.

i've had this turbo sitting on my shelf for 6 months now . i wish i had your get up and go!

Astroboysoup · Postby **Astroboysoup** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:57 pm

turbo is a bit harder and alot more expensive..

this mod cost me $500 all up.. $100 per HP gain.. yay hehehe

i have my turbo for a good 6 months before i passed it on to a much more enthused turboist.

can't wait to drive home.

Fatty · Postby **Fatty** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:33 pm

so now you just need to tune your vpc thingo to get max power out of yr setup. is that even possible? can you tune that thing to lean it out a bit? as it sounds like yr a bit rich now from what you've said?

if not it might be possible to add a DFA to lean it out to get better response and more power. that's be another $150 or so.

Astroboysoup · Postby **Astroboysoup** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:40 pm

yeh perhaps... that might help me even more.

i have to get on a dyno to see air/fuel

my a/f meter isn't the best..

but i have tuned it better now.. idle was the main problem...

ive been turning the knobs the wrong way.. instead of leaning out the mixture i've been adding more... alot more.. hence the puddles of fuel.. but i figured it out this morning on the way to the garage. i got it about 8% leaner than what it was and its like driving it with the stock afm back on. I also moved the temp sensor on to the throttle body. tapped a nice screw hole just behind the throttle body to get a better and more accurate air temp.

im sure if i have the DFA it will get even better..

i also bumped the timing up to 16 degrees advanced.

Fatty · Postby **Fatty** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:42 pm

Astroboysoup wrote:i also bumped the timing up to 16 degrees advanced.

that was my next question

sounds like a nice set up. congrats.

SuperMazdaKart · Postby **SuperMazdaKart** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 5:25 pm

theres a $25 dyno day this weekend, but probably too late for you now since places are limited to 30 cars & all taken now

Bevan · Postby **Bevan** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:50 pm

kev.yan wrote:Has anyone done a cai on the cold side of the engine bay and kept the standard maf by relocating and re-wiring it to the cold side.

Kev

I did on my NB. I just cut the wires half way, put some new wire between the cuts and connected with spade connectors. Easy as that!

GP · Postby GP » Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:16 pm

Sounds strange to me that one side of the engine is called the cold side. Is there really any difference? It gets bloody hot in my entire engine bay. Shoudn't we be using the ambient or Outside air rather than sucking hot air from under the bonnet?