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ghostrider 01-11-2004 01:37 PM

outta the blue!!!!
 
okay guys i'm about to hit you guys up with some Questions, I wonna make a homemade intake system, but at the same time I want it to look professional, so when I go to homedepot what am I looking for???, Also I'm planing on doin' homemade ground wires, what do I use for wires, and where do I get the connector ends from????

d16forlife 01-11-2004 02:02 PM

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Heres mine.
http://www.newbieforces.com/files/TMP36.JPG
Its just schedule 40 2.1/2" pvc.I heated it up to make it one piece.The way you do it is you cap both ends of the pipe to trap the hot air inside as you heat it up so that the pipe doesnt colapse when you bend it.

bambooseven 01-11-2004 03:01 PM

Re:outta the blue!!!!
 
how well do those plug wires work? I see you had them professionally installed ;)

d16forlife 01-11-2004 04:12 PM

Re:outta the blue!!!!
 
The issue with the plug wires has been brought up before.I had just put the valve cover on and the paint was fresh and thats why I took the pict....youve seen my engine now...its dirty as hell.

Dr.Boost 01-11-2004 05:32 PM

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lol, I had no idea thast intake was made out of PVC! :o Hahaha, it looks pretty good for what it is. What did that run you, about $1.98 plus the cost of the filter? ;)
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d16forlife 01-11-2004 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr.Boost
lol, I had no idea thast intake was made out of PVC! :o Hahaha, it looks pretty good for what it is. What did that run you, about $1.98 plus the cost of the filter? ;)

no.Just the price of the filter(25 bucks).The pipe I got from work 8).

ShoPow 01-11-2004 06:51 PM

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Out of curiosity what did you use to heat it up with? It looks pretty good for being homemade.

Chris

OnYx 01-11-2004 06:52 PM

Re:outta the blue!!!!
 
did you paint the housings on your headlights?

Dr.Boost 01-11-2004 07:07 PM

Re:outta the blue!!!!
 

Originally Posted by ShoPow
Out of curiosity what did you use to heat it up with? It looks pretty good for being homemade.

Chris

I'm sure he used a special heater used for heating up sticks of PVC pipe. They are very pricey, but you can use a torch and be careful with it. It just takes like 5x as long with a torch and it's not very consistant. :-\
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d16forlife 01-11-2004 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by onyx
did you paint the housings on your headlights?

Yes.that was back in my riceboy/show days.They are black now and not red.I was going to do a write up on how to do it.I also opend up my tail light and sprayed them with candy apple paint from the inside so they look verry shiney.

What do i use to heat it.A propane torch will do with the paint stripper adapter to disperse the flame over a wider area.Another trick is that you can fill it with sand(the really fine one)and then cap the ends.This will ensure you get some nice bends.

propane torches are weapon of choice :P

edited for onyx ;)
https://i18.ebayimg.com/02/i/01/1f/4f/0a_1.JPG
here you can see that I changed the housing from red to black.No,Im not using that intercooler thats the one I sold.


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