RActive Intake Installed
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- 2003 Subaru WRX Wagon, 2000 Miata
you might wanna take off the bracket that connects to the engine block and your MAF. your MAF is plastic and isn't meant to take shock or vibrations. i know a few members in our club have broken their MAF casing (resulting in having to buy a new MAF for $$$) as a result of bolting it the same way as you.
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how much do 2 90* bends sell for now adays...I may go into that business!!
I have some rubbing issues around that bend and it's scratching the tubes real bad. Is there any thing around this instead of wrapping some rubbers on that area to prevent scratches? And as to MAF being broken off since it's connected along with the engine block (as per Ractive says), I might just connect it on that spare bolt near the battery if that really helps a lot.
I know but i got it cheap with no other options at: CarXpressions.com they had to drop ship it to be from RActive, so it took two weeks, but well worth it for the cheap price. I'm going to look around town for some yellow hose and couplers(bracelets) or whatever they are called.Togan said:
yellow looks good on midnight blue..and no i wont trade my bracelets to yours Good install. I have mine bolted to the spare battery bolt as ards suggested. One thing to watch out for though is the rubbing on the brake reservoir. It will rub so i suggest coming up with another bracket. That worked for me. In the meantime, you could wrap that part of the intake tube with a piece of bicycle tire and some clamps. Believe me, it will try and rub through the pipe so be careful. Always keep tabs on it and you should be ok. Good luck.
Yea, I plan on moving both brackets. Both will go away. Making two new brackets. One attached to the filter dropping straight down out of the way and attaching to where the stock airbox used to attach to. Then the other from the MAF too the unused one next the battery, so its no long attached to the one on the block.SomaMP3 said:
So soma, did you attach another one to a clamp to pull it towards the front of the car and away from the Brake reservoir? Or any pics would certainly be better.
And yes it is rubbing a bit. I can feel it on the tubing already.
But just after doing this, I've got the tuner bug. I don't want to stop messing with it. Next up, replace my stock bushings w/ the new better ones i've had for months now. Then paint my brake calipers.
sorry, but i can't take pics cause i took the intake off for the winter. I actually fabricated my own bracket cause the one that ractive gives you is crap. You may also want to consider moving your coolant reservoir. Cause you'll find that the filter will rub up against it as well. Its a pretty poor setup but its cheap so you have to work with it.As soon as i throw the intake back on, i'll take some shots and post them. It might be a couple of weeks though....sorry but its still cold up north(canada)
well I used to have ebay intake, very similar to ractive ones. I had to cut about 2in of pipes to prevent it hitting it from brake solenoid.ards said:
I have some rubbing issues around that bend and it's scratching the tubes real bad. Is there any thing around this instead of wrapping some rubbers on that area to prevent scratches? And as to MAF being broken off since it's connected along with the engine block (as per Ractive says), I might just connect it on that spare bolt near the battery if that really helps a lot.
