ok, i installed Screwdriver's airram intake manifold yesterday. ran into a few things that even with us searching, had really never been brought up. so im making this post to try to help out future airram installs. 1st, you are going to need to by some hoses because the airram has them all relocated to different areas. so the stock ones will not work.

you will need.
2 feet of 3/4 inch hose. we just got heater hose because its just a vaccum line, so the heater hose will be fine.

2 feet of high pressure fuel injection 5/16ths hose. this is for the fuel lines to the throttle body.

2 feet of 1/4 inch hose for the vacuum line off the fuel pressure regulator.

this all has sum extra left over, but u buy it by the foot, and thats how much was needed to cover it.

from reading other posts, many people say its a hard install. im going to dis-agree, it was very straight forward. if you have the tools. id say go for it.

you dont need to unhook your fuel rail at all, just unbolt it from the stock intake manifold, and leave all fuel lines attatched, made it alot easier also.

the one main issues i had was the thing on the rear of the intake manifold, im not exactly sure what it is, but it has a 3/4 hose from the rear of the mani, and then has another 3/4 hose going to the throttle body boot. on the airram, this hose isnt on the rear, but on the bottom of the manifold. this was the one problem i was searching to see what other people had done. after spending over an hour searching, i came up with my own thing, i got two feet of 3/4 hose, and basically let it U back to where the stock location is, and just rotated the thing on the rear of the mani, so that the nipple was facing downword instead of towards the front of the car. i tried it first with a foot of hose, but it kinked, so i used a foot and 1/2, and it worked fine with no kinking.

the airram mani is also physically shorter in design, so u will have to adjust your intake to match the new location, not hard to do, just mentioning it for search reasons.

heres the pics of the install.













i will say that after being on these sites since back in the day of the shark racing forums, it was nice to finally meet someone off the forums. and avive (hope i spelled that right) was an awesome guy that i hope to hang out with more in the future.


if anyone has any questions ill help the best i can.

 

Thanks for the write up, I am sure it will be useful to alot of us in the future. It is good to meet people off the forums, so far I have done it three times and everyone was cool except for redzman.... lol.

 

i just thought that i would answer any questions that i had a hard time with, maybe help out anyone searching for info in the future. i hope what i said made sense to most. fing02.gif

 

Nice write up mang. I never thought there was enough info on the Airram install so this really helpful!

I like the pic of the Airram and the stock IM side by side. You can just SEE how much better it works.

How are the gains?

 

on power gains, your gonna have to ask screwdriver, as this is his car. i just did the install on it for him. wink1.gif

 

1) is it just me, or does that guy look like leisure suit larry?
lol
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2) Please clean that engine... do hyundais a favor

3) nice write up

4) i agree with java,... meeting people off the boards is koo... except for blktibs and random.. those guys are queers. laugh.gif

 

i agree about the motor, i even offered to clean it for him tongue.gif

heres my tibby engine bay, yes, its a 2.0 with a factory 1.8 manifold. i think imthe only one to do that, if you saw me b****ing about the recall, and hyundai wanting me to pay for the cracked mani, thats why im using a 1.8 one instead.




and here with the PRD wires, and the 1.8 heat shield finally installed

 

I'll ask him when I get the chance.

How do you all go about cleaning your engine bay? Mine is dirty, but not as dirty as his. wink1.gif

 

i actually wash my engine every time i wash my car. ive allways done it, plus i even trim shine it. so its allways very clean. plus it helps ive owned it since it was a year old, it never had a chance to really get dirty.

 

Very nice.

Don't forget, you have to make a new cut or a new bracket if you have cruise.