Fontana

After looking at my tired intake tubes and finding a nice mouse nest inside the drivers side tube, I decided to mock up my own setup. I picked up all that I needed from Home Depot for $30 and started yesterday. I already primed and painted the tubes. I used semi-gloss paint, but once on the car, I will decide whether to stay with it or go satin. I figured the heat of the motor will dull the gloss a bit anyway. I may rivet some screens on the entry points of the plastic Ram Air to try and keep the mice from getting in when the car sits. Trial and error.

Fontana

The last pic is unrelated. and I can't get rid of it without losing the rest of the pics. I took a pic of that can while at Home Depot for one of the members here who asked (in another thread) if there was a flexible rubber spray in a can. I am a contractor and can tell you that this stuff does work well, self levels when applied correctly and dries very quickly.If anyone remembers what thread it was from or the member who asked, please send them here or forward this...

MainePorsche

If she is going to hibernate for winter like mine, buy a bag of steel wool. Tightly obstruct the exhaust and the fronts of the intake tubes. Never had a mouse with this.

F18Rep

Fontana...So since I have to do this too and have mice problems... do the PVC adapters go between the tube and the air cleaner housing? And what size are the adapters? I know this has been done before but hopefully you will follow-up with completion pics. Thanks, Bruce

Fontana

Funny you should say that because when I was messing with the car a few days ago, my son and I smelled something rotten around the car (maybe my next door neighbor who I can't stand), but I was thinking maybe I cooked a mouse when I was letting the car idle which might have gotten in the muffler/exhaust somehow...

Fontana

Yes, but I may not even use them. What I may do is run the factory tubes inside my new tubes as they fit right inside with no problems. The new tubes will clean up the look. That would allow me to utilize the original adapter ends and give me a snug fit. The new tubes are 4". I am home today with the kids and will go out to the garage in a bit to let you know what size the adapters are...

Fontana

Will do. There is nothing more frustrating than looking for an answer, reading through 12 pages of a post and find that the person never completes it and leaves everyone hanging...

MainePorsche

Don't forget Guys, if she hibernates you have to keep them out.

17prospective buyer

My car is hibernating as in being worked on every weekend i can go home. I just put a couple mothballs into a plastic container and set it in the hatch, nothing eaten yet.

Good little DIY project. I'm always into DIY things like for eg. "shoehorning" another rad to fit in the 928 and look good to avoid the obscene cost of a stock one with plastic end tanks.

I did see that Mishimoto has some racey looking 4" diameter flexible tubing that is supposed to be used as ductwork to cool alternators/brakes.

http://www.mishimoto.com/heat-resist...ucting-d4.html

It's pretty pricey though, i think DIY is the best way, as the tubing you bought also has the same ridge pattern of the stock intake tubes, and that's important for airflow characteristics and the way it gets to the motor.

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GlenL

I looked at that but went with 3" brake ducting instead. High temp and will slip over the ends. More expensive than drier duct but no painting.

Jeg's brake ducting

One section is enough for two cars. (Four tubes)

Imo000

What year is your car? Guessing from the brake caliper int he first pic it's an S4. The intake hose for that engine is still avaialble and very chep.

Fontana

1987 S4. Where? Have a link?

linderpat

Glen - your ducts are non-metalic, and Fontana's appear to be aluminum. I have read that it is not a good idea to use a metal material for these diy intake tube jobs beacause of heat issues and performance - you get the best performance with cooler air passing thru the tubes and into the engine, whereas the metallic tubes heat up the air coming thru and degrade performance. Do others wnat to chime in? Maybe it's neglible. Also, when I look at DR's set up and Roger's set up there does seem to be more metal parts in the chain going into the intake.

LT Texan

no kidding.

I started down the path of DIY. Then I came to my senses and called 928Intl and bought used ones.