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This first picture depicts the intake I bought, which is made for a 95-99 Mitsubishi Eclipse, as it came to me in the box.
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Now we have put the basic intake structure together. You have to clamp the cone filter to one end of the intake tube, and the silicon gasket to the other end. To work the clamps, you need a flathead screwdriver. If you turn the screw head to the right, the clamp will close up. Turn it to the left and it will widen.
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Now, it's time to remove the stock intake system. First, unhook the top of the airbox from the bottom by pushing down on the four metal tabs you see near each corner. Open the airbox and pull out the filter. Then, follow the tube that is connected to the top of the airbox up until you get the to the throttle body, near the back of the engine compartment. Squeeze this clamp, as shown, with either a pair of pliers or your fingers (if you are strong man bull ox like The Rob) and pull the tubing to the driver's side to take it off the throttle body. You can the remove the tubing and the airbox top. Make sure you pull the black vacuum tube off of the engine before removing the intake tubing. Just pull it off...really.
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Now you have to remove the air box itself. To do this, you must use a 10mm socket wrench (and possibly extenders for the wrench) to take out three bolts. Their locations are shown in the picture, though one of them you'll have to imagine as this picture was taken after the fact. You'll see it. You're not an idiot...maybe. Rememeber to turn to the left to loosen. Once you have the bolts out, pull the airbox up and to the passenger side a little bit. However, make sure that you don't pull it all the way out. You will see a black cable attached to the box. This leads to the IAT (incoming air temperature) sensor. You need to unscrew it from the airbox using a 10mm wrench before taking the airbox all the way out. It helps if you unplug it from the cable first. To unplug it, just pull gently and it will detach. Make sure you reconnect it.
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The next step is to connect the intake to the throttle body. You can do this a number of ways, but this is how we did it. I took the silicon gasket off of the intake tubing and clamped the smaller end to the throttle body. Then, we inserted the piping into the larger end and clamped it down. Should look something like this.
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Finally, attach the new vacuum tube to the intake piping and the crankcase breather, as shown. Now it's all physically together. It is time to deal with the computer. One thing I should add is that it might be a good idea to drill a hole in the intake tube and stick the IAT in there. However, I just let it hang down near the driver's side headlight. It doesn't matter very much, either way.
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You must remove the negative terminal from the battery for 30 minutes to reset the PCM, one of the car's computers that manages the air to fuel ratio, which is affected by the new intake you just put on. My battery looked like this when it was fully hooked up. Yours may be different. If you don't know what you're doing, get some help. No need to electrocute your dumb ass. To remove the negative terminal on my battery, I used an 8mm wrench and turned the bolt on the BLACK terminal to the left until it came out. I just set it aside so it would be in contact with the battery. After 30 minutes, come back and screw the terminal back into the battery and start the car. Don't be too scared if it dies the first time you try to start it. Mine did. Scared the shit out of me. Tried it again a minute later and it started up fine. If you hear a "chirping" sound after starting the car, don't be alarmed. This effect is normal, and should probably go away as the computer adapts to the new intake. That's what happened with mine, anyway. Everyone has a different opinion on how to reteach the computer, but here's what I did: First, I let it idle until it reached its normal operating temperature. Then, I drove it around for 5 minutes or so with a moderate throttle. Finally, I went out on some back roads and practiced some 0-60 times. I think that should get the computer started learning how to feed my engine properly.
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This is the final product with the intake fully installed. Yayer.
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