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The
 air intake setup I'm using consists, from the manifold outwards, of a 
3" to 2.5" reducer, a 45-degree, 3" diameter elbow, the MAF, some 3" 
acordion intake tube, and a knock-off HKS "mushroom" air filter. The 
components were inexpensive, the fit is clean and I get cold air in with
 little change of water entering the system.  | |
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This
 bracket holds the MAF in place. Since it slips directly into the hard 
elbow, there was no way to clamp the MAF to the tubing. Even though the 
MAF is hard mounted to the body, there seems to be enough flex in the 
rubber sleeve at the throttle body that engine movement does not cause a
 problem.  | |
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I crafted an idle bypass from a random 18mm elbow of hose and a nipple kit by the same people who made the other intake tubing. | |
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I
 used the acordian tubing to reach the air filter because the narrow 
spaces between the 3" rings fit in the 2-3/4" gap between the radiator 
and the side panel. If I hadn't set the goal to avoid modifying the 
vehicle, I would have clearanced the side panel and used hard tubing of 
some sort through here. The filter just barely fits under the hood here.
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An overview of the completed engine bay.  | 
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Intake
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