I have a 2002 v6, looking to put a cold air intake on looking for recommendations and how much horsepower increase you got.
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2002 v6 cold air intake
pilotb19
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K&N is very overpriced. I bought the Cook Blue filter instead. As far as the housing, take the lid off you filter, along with the ribbed rubber neck and a few dimensions you wrote down, into Home Depot or Lowes and head to the plumbing department. A length of 3" PVC and a couple of black rubber pipe connectors with clamps and you are good to go. When back home take a grinder to the underside of the lid and remove the fins. Remove the air silencer, and using the hardware you bought, connect the lid to the throttle body. Because your car has a straight throttle body, this is a fairly easy fab. All for about $15 at Depot.
In my 98 V6 the air lid output is not straight with the intake manifold and it use a flexible tube to attach it. I understand that in 99-02 firebirds it was corrected, you can take a look at your car and see if its straight. The difference in the V8 and V6 air lid is that the output on the V6 is a little to the right. You can use a V8 air lid, but the output of the air lid will not be straight with the manifold intake, so you will need a flexible tube or a curve tube to adapt it to the manifold. Take a look to a photo of my V6 intake (unfortunately Right now I don't have a photo from the top), http://www.firebirdnation.com/forums/index.php?app=gallery&module=images§ion=viewimage&img=9435 .
Ivan
Tuning can be expensive but there are options. You can take your car to a Dyno tune (you can go to one near and ask how much it cost), or send your ECM to one of several companies on the web so they tune it for your options (this could be the more economic), or buy a program like HPTuner and tune it yourself (this also requires you to learn how to tune).
Ivan
Ivan
In case anyone was still looking, I found a whisper lid that looks like it is made for the v6 even though it says for the ls1, but it's offset like the v6.
http://www.rksport.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=356
http://www.rksport.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=356
Mass Airflow Sensor
It is critical because it measures the air input and tells the ECU how much fuel to deliver for proper combustion.
Sorry but I don't remember said (or write) that a MAF curve out of calibration will make the engine light come on. Whatever you change in the intake will affect the MAF calibration and will improve performance once its calibrated.
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You can drive it just fine with stock settings with a Whisper Lid. I drove mine for about 3 years before doing any other tuning. It improves flow and you'll get smoother air delivery.
Do not, I repeat, DO NOT remove the maf screen. It is needed to keep the airflow smooth over the MAF sensor. You don't want erratic readings while at WOT
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Do not, I repeat, DO NOT remove the maf screen. It is needed to keep the airflow smooth over the MAF sensor. You don't want erratic readings while at WOT
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I was going to say...I honestly don't know of anybody who did a ECM tune for a simple CAI.You can drive it just fine with stock settings with a Whisper Lid. I drove mine for about 3 years before doing any other tuning. It improves flow and you'll get smoother air delivery.
Do not, I repeat, DO NOT remove the maf screen. It is needed to keep the airflow smooth over the MAF sensor. You don't want erratic readings while at WOT![Image]()
I agree with the MAF screen. Nice bird color...You can drive it just fine with stock settings with a Whisper Lid. I drove mine for about 3 years before doing any other tuning. It improves flow and you'll get smoother air delivery.
Do not, I repeat, DO NOT remove the maf screen. It is needed to keep the airflow smooth over the MAF sensor. You don't want erratic readings while at WOT![Image]()
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