After buying my Talon and reading the complaints about dirty air filters, I looked at where the air was coming from. I decided to cut a hole in my brand new body work to help the problem. Then I found threads by CID and Lil Steve. That took a lot of guess work for measurements and placement out of my project. I will post some of my pictures and add my comments for clarification. I probably would have taken the complete intake off that starts in the wheel well and ends at the entrance into the dirty air box. And I would have used flex tubing or rubber hose, if I could find one with bends close to my needs.Or maybe 3" hose couplings and 3" pvc angles. Fortunately CID told me the pieces I wanted to remove were part of the tuned intake system. I used the recommended parts that CID used.
The curved Teryex pipe isn't a perfect fit. It really needs two curves to exit the body right. And the rubber hose that clamps it on to the intake is at an angle. It will hold. But for a person that is slightly or more OCD, you may talk to yourself a bit. I used the picture from CID's thread for cutting the hole through my new body panel. I started with a 2 3/8" hole saw. Then I used a large round coarse file (rasp) to shape. My hole is not round. I went as close to some edges as I was comfortable with. Being slightly out of round at that small area won't matter. And it is a perfect tight fit. I doubt water will be able to fit through. I put a UNI filter on it. Right now it has a Walmart plastic bag over it. No rain here in Phoenix for 4 months. But yesterday and today we have buckets falling. I think I may use some 6" DWV or PVC to cover it. Or possibly use some aluminum roll material to make a cover. I am very happy to have a pre filter that is easily accessible for inspection and cleaning. The main filter won't need checking so often now.
I used tin snips and a rasp to cut the tube down to 3". I used a hack saw and snips to remove enough of the plastic reinforcements below the new rework to allow the 3" rubber hose to fit down far enough for ample contact.
Here you can see why a double curved piece would be better. The rubber coupler has 1" inserted on this side. And 2" in on the other side.
The curved Teryex pipe isn't a perfect fit. It really needs two curves to exit the body right. And the rubber hose that clamps it on to the intake is at an angle. It will hold. But for a person that is slightly or more OCD, you may talk to yourself a bit. I used the picture from CID's thread for cutting the hole through my new body panel. I started with a 2 3/8" hole saw. Then I used a large round coarse file (rasp) to shape. My hole is not round. I went as close to some edges as I was comfortable with. Being slightly out of round at that small area won't matter. And it is a perfect tight fit. I doubt water will be able to fit through. I put a UNI filter on it. Right now it has a Walmart plastic bag over it. No rain here in Phoenix for 4 months. But yesterday and today we have buckets falling. I think I may use some 6" DWV or PVC to cover it. Or possibly use some aluminum roll material to make a cover. I am very happy to have a pre filter that is easily accessible for inspection and cleaning. The main filter won't need checking so often now.
I used tin snips and a rasp to cut the tube down to 3". I used a hack saw and snips to remove enough of the plastic reinforcements below the new rework to allow the 3" rubber hose to fit down far enough for ample contact.
Here you can see why a double curved piece would be better. The rubber coupler has 1" inserted on this side. And 2" in on the other side.
