spectre custom intakes

joserivas19 · 07-21-2007, 07:20 PM

how well do these spectre custom intakes work? do you guys recomend them?

i also found this site that has info on it:
http://www.powerflowracing.com/spectre-products.asp

NoSweat83 · 07-21-2007, 07:21 PM

Yes they work but, they are plastic so, no I dont recommend them. What motor do you have?

joserivas19 · 07-21-2007, 07:23 PM

i have a 3400

NoSweat83 · 07-21-2007, 07:26 PM

A lot of people that have that motor that I know just buy a intake off e-bay but, someone with some more 3.4 experience will chime in soon and be able to give you some other options if you are looking for something brand name.

joserivas19 · 07-21-2007, 07:28 PM

i have a small one i got off ebay, but i wanted to get something that'll go in the front fender and not so expensive. so thats why i was looking into this product.

NoSweat83 · 07-21-2007, 07:31 PM

When you say in front of the fender are you talking about going down through the fender well to get true cold air or some thing else?

[ion] C2 · 07-21-2007, 07:54 PM

the inside of them melt off, the chrome stuff. i picked up one of these real quick when i needed an elbow for redoing my intake, within a week the inside had a large area where the chrome had melted/disintegrated

MixtapeMessiah · 07-21-2007, 09:49 PM

they make cai's for the 3400. I forgot what website to go for it tho so sorry.

Redog · 07-21-2007, 11:07 PM

I have the Dr Speed one, but I don't know if they still make it.

One of the intakes for the Civic works as a cold air, but I don't know which one.

What you could do is just get the grommet and get one with the 2 holes for the vacuum line and IAT sensor and get a few short chrome pipes

joserivas19 · 07-21-2007, 11:23 PM

yeah, thats what i mean. i want it to go through the fender into the front of the car. behind the left foglight. thats what i mean.

MixtapeMessiah · 07-22-2007, 03:36 AM

dr speed makes a cai for the 3400 like redog said, just check it out. I know tons of people are selling their hoes, mines already sold, but I have the 2.4 so your best bet is to just ask someone for theirs or the website to a company that makes a cai for the 3400. Also in ur search look for grand ams with the same engine, if anything u can just make ur own, the TB for the 3400 is about a foot or two away from the fender so it shouldnt be that hard to do.

cherrington17 · 07-22-2007, 09:29 AM

you can still go onto ebay and get a CAI that'll go behind the fender, and save yourself alot more money that if you get the one from drspeed...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/GRAND...spagenameZWDVW
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/GRAND...spagenameZWDVW

all the same thing, for a much cheaper price..

NoSweat83 · 07-22-2007, 12:55 PM

Go with what cherry posted.

Satsuriku · 07-22-2007, 01:32 PM

exactly, or what jackel (jon) did was buy the CAI for the honda accord and just put a couple of gromets for the sensors in and it worked like a charm AND it was only $20.00

Bad99Olds · 07-24-2007, 03:25 PM

i got a sweet kit off ebay, then just added some more pipe to get the filter further up in the fender and towards cooler air. works amazing.

Kilroy · 07-24-2007, 03:29 PM

Has anyone in the northern climates, such as Canada (Not BC or Southern Ontario) or Nothern USA put a CAI on their Aleros? If so, what is it like in the winter? Is it hard running till it warms up? Would I be better off just putting a WAI on? I live in Manitoba, basically same place as Eh nigma. Any help will be appreciated.

alerored04 · 07-24-2007, 04:20 PM

I live in Grand Forks ND during the winters. I have never had an issue with my car in the cold. Dont worry about it, she'll be fine.

BadFrog · 07-24-2007, 06:10 PM

I had CAI in the winter in michigan(not the coldest but made frequent trips to northern ontario), my car ran a little cooler than usual, but it started just fine and snow/slush was never a problem.
I had the chrome intake CAI off ebay, I would reccomend it, very easy change to WAI if necessary.

tonyboi261 · 07-24-2007, 07:59 PM

you can build that same exact intake from autozone they have all those same parts plastic tubes and everything.....but it wont fit the 3.4

SIUlero · 07-24-2007, 08:48 PM

yeah, autozone carries the spectre line. But as far as not fitting the 3.4...I think what tonyboi was trying to say is you just have to measure everything and fit it yourself, they don't actually have a listing of which pieces you need to make it work. The only listings they have are for the more commonly modded cars.

However, it sounds like others on here know more about the actual quality of it than I do (i haven't tried it myself)...i'd listen to them and sidestep spectre for the intake stuff, it's too expensive for plastic.