I think I went a cheap and efficient route.

I bought a 3in. to 3in. PVC coupling. So you actually fit 3 in. pipe inside of it. COst at home depot. $0.98 (didn't have to find someone to cut it, jsut picked it up off the shelf)

The actual hole in the stock rubber pieces look like they are 3.25-3.5 in. wide.

Only flaw, is in teh middle their is a tiny lip to stop 3in. PVC you slide their from sliding too far. I had a sanding bit for my drill already, jsut grinded it out. Took like 5 minutes. I had some model paint(BLue) and some brake caliper paint(form my old car, RED) left over. So I painted it blue. I think one day at work I will grab some flat black paint we have laying around at work and spray it with that to give it a stock look.

I put it in place of the stock box, and added 3 clamps, once for the entrance of the bellow, to the exit of the bellow and one to connect the rubber piece to the TB. The piece fits nice and snuggly into the rubber part.

Well so other then grinding down the, no cutting really needed.

here is a pic of the finished result.

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http://images.cardomain.com/member_i...05_81_full.jpg

I noticed a difference immediately over stock. But I installed a lid with all the fins shaved down, few mods her and there(I smoothed out the corners of the entrance of the lid to where it meets witht eh smooth bellows), and put in a K&N, Motor sounds alot cooler, now. Its alot louder, the motor(the exhaust isn't much louder) But before you coudl barely hear the car under WOT.

I paid...
-$20 for a used lid to modify(keeping mine to go back to stock)
-$25 for a used K&N with less then 3,000 miles on it(got shipped to me in the original plastic bag and box, looked great)
-$0.98 for PVC coupling
-~$2 for 4in or 3in hose clamps don't know the official size just eyeballed it
-$0 on spray paint I had some laying around, but its not expensive anyways if you have to buy it or just leave it if you enjoy white pvc. :banana:

It sounds cool, I think it looks good, was pretty cheap, and gave a good notice in performance.

So ~$47.98 I can go back to stock in a few minutes if I want, and noticeable gains...(and I found out scott was willing to sell his filter so might have saved a few bucks )

I will do the free ram air mod just want to pick up another lower part of the air box I don't wanna hack up my stocker.

I think I did ok... figure this is the average cost...

$50 K&N
$110 Lid
$25 smooth bellows

 

You should come to the track tonight to test it out.

 

NOpe waste of my time... Last three times I ahve been to the track, my clutch slips at launch and 1-2 shift...

BUT WORKS FINE IN THE STREET! I am half wondeirng if the stocker cannot handle the jolt at launch and 1-2 shift? All the "test if clutch is bad tests" say its ok. Heck I chirp the 275s, on the street, so I am not sure if its going out. Has like 32,000 miles on it and is a factory installed replacement.

Besides I still have my power steering issue... It doesn't leak but still don't want to ruin anyones fun if I do leak just to go spend $15 I don't have, and get mad when my car doesn't do anything special but slip the clutch.

 

Time for a Spec Stage 8264.


lol

 

I was thinking about a Spec stage 10,000 Especially if I install my slp takeoff LSD and get mAd tRaCTioN y0!


BUt serioulsy my driving habits, I really jolt the drivetrain pretty hard, and I am running about 1.2-1.5 seconds faster then averae stock v6s.

I mena I did jolt the drivetrain enough in my old car to kill a few trannies, break a torque arm, and other drivetrain stuff a 3.4L didn't have the power to break.

 

Sounds like our driving habits are pretty similar. Clutch #3 is going in this weeekend.

 

Hehe it sucks...

I will have been putting more clutches into this car then tires if I have to put another one in.