# i need an intake made. any suggestions? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [March 4, 2008, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-an-intake-made-any-suggestions/44413 "2008-03-04T09:48:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-an-intake-made-any-suggestions/44413/1 "2008-03-04T09:48:00Z")
it needs to be about 1’ long, no bends, just a straight piece. 2.5" on one end, and 3" on the other end if thats possible (would like it to fit the stock intake elbow and a k&n i have laying around…) … also somewhere along it i need a bung welded to fit a 3/8" intake air temp sensor. i would like it to be made out of aluminum or other lightweight metal, i dont know much about this stuff so any help is appreciated. thanks! oh ps i tried mufflerman and they cant do it. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 9:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-an-intake-made-any-suggestions/44413/2 "2008-03-04T09:49:41Z")
I heard about this one fucktard who made an intake out of PVC. I guess it worked fine as long as you don’t care what it looks like. :mamoru: ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-an-intake-made-any-suggestions/44413/3 "2008-03-04T09:50:17Z")
pvc and spray paint silver…BAM Aluminum ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-an-intake-made-any-suggestions/44413/4 "2008-03-04T09:50:38Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > I heard about this one fucktard who made an intake out of PVC. I guess it worked fine as long as you don’t care what it looks like. > > :mamoru: lol. i’d like to see someone try to weld a bung onto pvc ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 9:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-an-intake-made-any-suggestions/44413/5 "2008-03-04T09:51:13Z")
why make it out of aluminum? chances are that the weight savings vs. steel will just be offset by trash on the passenger floor. This would be REALLY easy to make out of mild steel… ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 9:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-an-intake-made-any-suggestions/44413/6 "2008-03-04T09:51:40Z")
> [@Jam](#): > > lol. i’d like to see someone try to weld a bung onto pvc jb weld is your friend 🙂 My IAT sensor is jb welded into my intake. ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-an-intake-made-any-suggestions/44413/7 "2008-03-04T09:52:12Z")
> [@newman](#): > > why make it out of aluminum? chances are that the weight savings vs. steel will just be offset by trash on the passenger floor. This would be REALLY easy to make out of mild steel… ok, mild steel than. like i said before, i dont know much about thiese things. and lol on the trash comment 😉 ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-an-intake-made-any-suggestions/44413/8 "2008-03-04T09:52:55Z")
is it 3/8 NPT? ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-an-intake-made-any-suggestions/44413/9 "2008-03-04T09:55:11Z")
yes it is ^ ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 10:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-an-intake-made-any-suggestions/44413/10 "2008-03-04T10:01:44Z")
The cheapest and easiest way would be to take a piece of 3" 16ga tubing then this: ![http://vibrantperformance.com/catalog/images/2772_WEBL.jpg](http://vibrantperformance.com/catalog/images/2772_WEBL.jpg) [http://vibrantperformance.com/catalog/product\_info.php?cPath=1022\_1036\_1073\_1141\_1170&products\_id=724&osCsid=1a243dc8c1d67e9fe39a2c2e014da671](http://vibrantperformance.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=1022_1036_1073_1141_1170&products_id=724&osCsid=1a243dc8c1d67e9fe39a2c2e014da671) (since it’s not a boosted application, you could probably get away with a 5 dollar one from pep boys/ebay) then a short piece of 2.5 16ga tube. if you really want to have a conical METAL stepdown, then it gets slightly more difficult. (though not terribly…) easy if you buy this: ![http://vibrantperformance.com/catalog/images/2630_WEBL.jpg](http://vibrantperformance.com/catalog/images/2630_WEBL.jpg) [http://vibrantperformance.com/catalog/product\_info.php?cPath=1022\_1035\_1211&products\_id=1078&osCsid=1a243dc8c1d67e9fe39a2c2e014da671](http://vibrantperformance.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=1022_1035_1211&products_id=1078&osCsid=1a243dc8c1d67e9fe39a2c2e014da671) ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-an-intake-made-any-suggestions/44413/11 "2008-03-04T10:08:36Z")
get me the stuff and i’ll weld it. i can probably get the bung from the scrap bin at work. ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-an-intake-made-any-suggestions/44413/12 "2008-03-04T10:15:37Z")
\<3 newman im gonna go to metal supermarket first and see what they have before i get anything off the interwebz ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-an-intake-made-any-suggestions/44413/13 "2008-03-04T10:18:58Z")
> [@Jam](#): > > \<3 newman > > im gonna go to metal supermarket first and see what they have before i get anything off the interwebz make sure that the intake elbow on the BMW is actually 2.5 before you go. don barton might have a bunch of scrap. are you converting to speed density? ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 10:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-an-intake-made-any-suggestions/44413/14 "2008-03-04T10:20:12Z")
why not just use the step-down coupler directly on the throttle body with some 3" mild steel tubing? ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-an-intake-made-any-suggestions/44413/15 "2008-03-04T10:24:41Z")
you trying to go MAF ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-an-intake-made-any-suggestions/44413/16 "2008-03-04T10:25:33Z")
> [@newman](#): > > make sure that the intake elbow on the BMW is actually 2.5 before you go. > > don barton might have a bunch of scrap. > > are you converting to speed density? megasquirt. the wirings ~90% done, just need to finish some things up and it is, i measured it. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-an-intake-made-any-suggestions/44413/17 "2008-03-04T10:26:15Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > why not just use the step-down coupler directly on the throttle body with some 3" mild steel tubing? because on BMW he has a ~2.5" female rubber boot he needs to fit in to. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-an-intake-made-any-suggestions/44413/18 "2008-03-04T10:27:20Z")
> [@Jam](#): > > megasquirt. the wirings ~90% done, just need to finish some things up 1 or 2? ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-an-intake-made-any-suggestions/44413/19 "2008-03-04T10:27:52Z")
> [@newman](#): > > because on BMW he has a ~2.5" female rubber boot he needs to fit in to. gotcha ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-an-intake-made-any-suggestions/44413/20 "2008-03-04T10:34:20Z")
> [@Nikuk](#): > > 1 or 2? its a v3.0 board, im no good at this shit so i paid someone to do it for me… [http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=87356](http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=87356) kind of neat. the sodering work is super clean. extremely impressed with this guys work he sets it up and tunes it on his e30 before he ships it out. so, essentally i should be able to do the same. but i purchased a wideband, will need to fab some shit (tps, iats) and i need an afpr as well. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-an-intake-made-any-suggestions/44413.md?page=2)