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Hey guys!
after alot of possitive feedback from this intake kit thingo i decided to perchase it from ebay, 350 including shipping. AEM intake its called. apparently gives 10+kw at the wheels so i jizzed at this but was not quite convinced. but i decided it to do it! y not hey? anyway... if u have read any of my posts you probs already know whats gonna happen. me and joel fail for years trying to make it work. well.... you couldnt be more right! anyway here are a few pics and details of what happened



first we took out the air box and then all this "stuff" joel is kindly pointing at


here is it out. just had to take clamps and hoses off


then we had to remove all the piping own to the snail, was pretty simple untill the last little bend bit. this bit took ages trying to yank, ect and a hacksaw blade wasnt working so good... we have a term " you gotta brake sh*t to fix sh*t", so we just got the biggest knife we had and did it in like 10 seconds...


use a knife... so much easier then anything else!!!! ( if ur thinking y didnt we just take the clamp off and pull the hose, the clamp was off, the hose was bloody welded on over time!! and in a really awkward spot )



and this is my cute snail!!


was fairly easy from there, just put the factory air sensor box thingo back inbetween the piping that was supplyed.


something here that may actully help someone out there, there was a something in the way of the heat shield thing so we had to cut it, just used an angle grinder,


went in nicely, here is a pic, as u can see it was now nightime and 20 million hours after we started.


ive had a few ppl sorta imply im dodge and dont mount things bla bla bla... so this was for you guys

if it were up to me i would have only used 1 zip tie but i used 2 just for u guys!

ok now stuff got annoying... car wouldnt rev past like 3k revs, then car wouldnt idle propaly dipping between 1k and 200 rpm, took if for a spin which we thourght was smart... engin light came on, wouldnt rev past 2k revs.... lucky we didnt get far down the road! so after hours of trying to work it out we saw that one of the contacters on the air flow metre was bent! ( is fine in pic because this was after we fixed it but u can see 3 pins, the middle one was bent right up and not contacting.


runs great now, sounds boss, spooling sounds sweeeet and sooo loud DDDD also didnt think and it seemed to give me more boost, was running 10, then after on the testdrive when it worked, went to 15 be accedent, didnt even see it till the last minute. ( sorry babey). it was crazy as i have never felt that much power in a car haha. thats now what i aspire to :p ( i turned my boost back down to like 10 so it doesnt run suppperrrr lean. hope this was ammusing at the least haha, big thanks to joel, couldnt have done it without ur help! and Simon for the endless messages of help ect! tell me what u guys think!
thanks,


James

Good job, should get an ECU and a new exhaust and then see how it goes!

Dann

NitroDann wrote:Good job, should get an ECU and a new exhaust and then see how it goes!
Dann

Then bigger injectors, then modded turbo, then bigger turbo with assorted manifolds, then built engine, then....then....
where does it end???

That's a good spot for the boost valve, I've put mine in the same spot too, to keep it away from heat:



I painted the charge pipe tube matte black so it blends in better.

Did your AEM come with that red filter or did you change it?

I hacked off the turbo coupling with a Stanley knife too - it was literally fused to the turbo. Luckily you don't need to re-use it.

This is definitely the biggest "Bang for Buck" mod you will do on an SE, it should keep you happy for a while until the mod-bug/power-craze hits you again. It's a slippery slope and I keep telling myself "it's a hobby so it's OK"!

You should also take a picture of all the stuff you removed too - I was amazed at the huge pile of crap I pulled out of the engine bay. By comparison, the AEM intake takes up almost no room at all and really cleans up the engine bay.

yea it came with a red k&n filter i think its called,
yea im way to scared to bump up boost even though it will let me i think? wanna get that wideband installed to moniter everything, almost spun out when i hit boost first time haha, was not expecting that increase xD probs didnt help it was wet ect...
its a hobby so its ok, haha such a good way to put it :p
thx for the support all!!!



James

Think i'll have to do this mod next.

What restrictions are removed, would you get the same result replacing the stock airbox with a pod and heat shielding it?

Okibi wrote:Think i'll have to do this mod next.

What restrictions are removed, would you get the same result replacing the stock airbox with a pod and heat shielding it?

i think thats all it is? turbo, pipe, pod. if u used the stock piping and just added a pod it would be hard to reattach the 3 of bits of pipe coming off, ( one comes back from BOV, no clue about the other 2)
not very good at explaining haha



James

The 3 barbs on the AEM CAI pipe are for BOV air return, Oil Catch-can vapour return and EBC return (the small middle barb).

Since you have a MBC, you can get rid of your factory EBC and tidy up your engine bay a bit more:

1. Go to SuperCheap/Autobarn/Repco and get a rubber plug and clamp to plug off that small barb.

2. Unplug the factory EBC socket (top front centre of engine).

3. Insert a 47ohm resistor in the EBC socket to prevent a CEL being generated (these are cheap from Jaycar) and ensure that it wont fall out (I originally used a rubber bung that fitted over top of the socket). Tuck this socket out of sight.

4. Remove the OEM EBC, it's no longer needed and clutters up your engine bay. It's best to remove it completely once the hoses have been removed since the only thing holding it is the metal bracket which has been known to snap - you don't want the OEM EBC falling through your belts.