I have a mountain cruise coming up this weekend up here in NH and used some ingenuity to create my own Popcharger-style intake.

What You Need:

- 3" MAF Intake Filter adapter (I found one at Autozone, you can get them at most part stores) This doesnt have to be specifically for the Z.. you are going to drill new holes so it fits perfect.

- 3" Cone Filter of your choice
- Sensor-safe Silicone Gasket Sealant

- 4 Bolts and Nuts (small enough to fit MAF holes)

Heres what to do:

1) Take off the Airbox and MAF Sensor, use Tape or something to Plug up your Intake Pipe on the car

2) Unscrew the MAF sensor from the Airbox, set the box aside.

3) Take the MAF adapter you purchased and line it up with the MAF adapter... mark the MAF screw holes onto the adapter.

4) Drill The holes out and clean the adapter.

5) Apply a 1/4" Bead of Gasket Sealant along the entire rim and around the screw holes where the MAF meets the adapter... this is to prevent any possible unfiltered Air leakage (better safe than sorry).

6) Attach the MAF adapter to the MAF and Push together to form airtight gasket, then tighten Bolts

7) Wipe off any excess Sealant, Dries to the touch in an Hour and fully cures in 24 hours.

8) Tighten the filter to the MAF adapter with the provided 3" clamp, then Re-Install into the car the same way you removed it.

Should look like this when finished.



Enjoy!!

This is a great DIY Popcharger-style Ram air Intake at a fraction on the cost.. the filter cost me $50-, the Adapter was $5-, and the Sealant and Bolts were $5-.

Any questions PM me! Im working on a Heat shield, ill post it up when finished.

 

looks good but your gonna have a lot of heat soak.. and you can pick up a used pop charger for 70$ these days..

 

+1. I like it but dont like how it looks

 

Looks like u wrapped the tube in fiberglass cast material. I like the blue arrow, to help the air know where to go!

 

Heat Shield (fiberglass cast material)

 

Got a question. Essentially the fiberglass material is exhaust/header wrap, which is used to retain heat in order to increase exhaust velocity (leads to cooler temps under the hood when headers are wrapped because the heat is retained). Despite the velocity of the incoming air, would this not retain heat just like the exhaust? I would think some form of reflective wrap to block at least radiant heat would be more appropriate. I have seen a few other Zs and Gs with the exhaust wrap on the intake and was always curious about the reasoning. Thanks in advance for any insight.

 

I give you "A" for effort...

 

hahaha, so I was right? how funny.

http://www.wardsweb.org/cars/miata/i...insulate04.jpg

I'd use something more on the lines of that...aluminum bubble wrap...but that's just me.

 

What he said at least its not ghettoed

 

good job

 

arent you worried that the bolts might loosen up? if it does, do you have any brackets holding up the intake?

i have a similar style intake setup, with an aluminium tube with K&N filter. however, i noticed that it became somewhat loose after awhile. i had to add a bracket to keep the entire setup stiff.

 

Used gasket sealer, that should hold well so even if the bolts do loosen theres no air leak and i can just tighten them back up

 

Going to Fab up something like this this weekend... not as large though
http://www.nloc.net/vbforum/gen-2-li...ir-intake.html

Ill post up progress once im done

 

Reflective wrap on intake:

 

Looks nice