I know.. I'm doing that Gecko. I regret selling my stock airbox to you. Not to you part, but the fact that I sold it. I didn't really sell it cause I needed cash, but it was bulky and sitting around doing nothing and I don't have a lot of room at home.

Now I am trying to find a stock intake to buy locally.

Thief said he's going to check out his kit to make sure he has all the parts. Maybe he could sell to me.

I know how to take the MS CAI OFF, but now I'm not so sure as to how to the stock airbox back on. It looks more complicated

 

Putting the stock box back in should be pretty simple, you just want to make sure you reconnect the vacuum lines that they hid underneath it. I think they are the ones that go to the VFAD (but i could be wrong on that one).

Good luck!

 

I was in the same situation you are in. hopefully you can find a stock box for a reasonable price. If you need help on the install let me know. I will be more than happy to help. Its a bit of a puzzle but not too bad. JUst make sure that you reconnect the hoses on the top of the CAI in the same order onto the stock accordian tube. and be sure to connect the tubing back to where you put the cap on the male port on the bottom of the throttle body. If you connect the hose correctly there, you can follow it around and place it in the proper position ...it should actually fall pretty naturally to where its supposed to go. Anyways, pm me if you need help.

 

I'm going to check out what Eddie has on Sunday, I'm not exactly sure how to see what parts I need, I'm constantly referring back and forth from technical manuals/documents to see what bolts/clips/plugs/elbows whatever small parts I need to get the stock intake back in.

Do you recall, when I gave you the pieces, did I have everything to give to you? Or was I missing ****?

 

???

 

no you had everything there.....the only thing i had to replace were the 90 degree plastic elbow joints that connect the hoses and the accordian tube. they were 3 dollars.

 

accordian tube? that part that holds the MAF? What was wrong with that?

 

nothing....the plastic connectors for the overflow oil tube, etc were broken.

 

Gecko, there is a U-shaped solid metal bracket thing about 6 - 7" big.. where does that go? underneath the intake box?

 

andrew...tell you what....I am going to be in toronto this saturday ( 28th ) coming up to test drive the car I am going to be picking up in a month. I will talk to my wife and see if we can stop by and I can help you install everything.....I am sure she will be fine with it. Let me know if that works for you.

 

Sure I'm cool with that.I hope the part arrives soon. It's coming from Ottawa on Tuesday via Greyhound, so I should have it before Saturday. I only have a party to attend Saturday night, so anytime before that I am okay.

I have already studied the front bumper removal and the whole stock intake system, so I can definitely be of use. I know for sure you can do this thing blindfolded... I have a socket wrench set now so tools are good. I don't have jack stands or jack though (except for the trunk one).

I really appreciate your help in this!

 

i dont have any of these "problems" with my dewalled, de-vfab'ed, k&n drop in filter stock intake..... but then again.... its florida here

 

It's risky business running MS CAI toronto winters if it's daily driven, 365 day/year car.

 

Perhaps you should switch to a ghetto cone filter / short ram intake for the winter months. The engine bay never get hot enough to be an issue, and it will take care of all your MS CAI problems.

 

Andrew, I will post bacl tonight about saturday. Our appointment is for 1pm in Markham.....so I can be at your place no later then 3...not sure how long it takes to get from markham to where you live?? is there a place you want to meet, I know you live in an apartment and space is limited.

 

It takes about 20 - 30 minutes to get from where I live to Markham. That also depends on where in Markham you're going to. I'm south of Markham, so if you go to the far north of Markham, might take 40 minutes.

Safest is probably to do this in the underground garage where I live, at least we'll be sheltered from the elements that way.

 

let me know if you need an additional set of hands to help.. I'd be more then happy to drop by and give you a hand.. will bring the tool box as well...

 

Thanks Chris, and it's also useful to have a "REFERENCE STOCK INTAKE" to look at... There's this U-shaped metal piece about 8 inchs in size that I still dont' know where it goes...

I'm picking up the intake today from greyhound delivery service after work. I will give it a good scrub down and clean all the components.

 

^ They're pretty clean, just slightly dusty Only about 20,000KM on that intake.

Would be funny if that pipe had nothing to do with the intake and was just somehow in the box I think it probably goes somewhere behind the intake box though.

 

I love these posts...rotards with rx8 helping each other rather than bashing each other

 

I have redlined several times in the past few days... I feel like jesus at his last meal... it's the last time I will hear this intake again
I have 3 more days left of MS CAI redlining....

 

ahhh.. I might actually install the ram air duct in the next day or so since the weather is so nice...

 

do it all at once in my underground parking

 

haha... you're allowed to bring in other peoples car's without security bitching you out?!

 

Footman,

What $ are you looking to get for your MS CAI?

Good luck with the install, hope it goes well!