Custom 5" Intake

BackwoodsFiero · Mar 10, 2015

Figured I'd share my custom intake. 5" inlet AFE ProGuard7 filter, 5" 30* aluminum pipe cut to size, Empire Diesel Performance MAF flange, 4"->5" Samco boot, 4" aluminum coupler, 3"->4" Treadstone 90* silicone boot. Custom CCV. Still cost ~$300 for everything but it's the filter I wanted and I just like building stuff vs. buying. Should outperform all the aftermarket intake kits, except the No Limit kit, which I pretty much based this on :thumbsup:

Lysons · Mar 10, 2015

Damn! Looks good!

08SUPERKING · Mar 11, 2015

Your intake looks good but you could of used a 5" to 4" 90* elbow then placed a 4" to 3"
insert to make up to your turbo.... this would give you more volume so when your turbos
are at full power your have air to feed...

look for intakehoses.com

BackwoodsFiero · Mar 11, 2015

08SUPERKING said:
Your intake looks good but you could of used a 5" to 4" 90* elbow then placed a 4" to 3"
insert to make up to your turbo.... this would give you more volume so when your turbos
are at full power your have air to feed...

look for intakehoses.com

Hmmm...I'm kind of disappointed I didn't think of that!! Would have been cleaner and cheaper too. Excellent idea though and now that I think about it, judging by the size of the elbow in the No Limit kit, is that what they do??

ncollins64 · Mar 11, 2015

I like it. Looks good man.

tbsimmons · Mar 12, 2015

Damn and I thought the No Limit being all 4" looked big.

08SUPERKING · Mar 12, 2015

Well look at it this way, you have room for improvement and testing grounds...

BackwoodsFiero · Mar 12, 2015

tbsimmons said:
Damn and I thought the No Limit being all 4" looked big.

Their filter uses a 5" inlet and the aluminum pipe is 5" at the MAF and filter minder so they're pretty much identical minus the fact that I think they use a 5" to 4" 90* like 08SUPERKING suggested.

I'll admit, when I pulled the 5" pipe out of the box, my initial thought was "holy hell this is excessive" hahaha

bigrpowr · Mar 12, 2015

looks good !

tbsimmons · Mar 12, 2015

I just went out and looked at mine and your right.

Sent from the bat phone near a drilling rig.

bigrpowr · Mar 12, 2015

BackwoodsFiero said:
Their filter uses a 5" inlet and the aluminum pipe is 5" at the MAF and filter minder so they're pretty much identical minus the fact that I think they use a 5" to 4" 90* like 08SUPERKING suggested.

I'll admit, when I pulled the 5" pipe out of the box, my initial thought was "holy hell this is excessive" hahaha

and mine is not a 90* , its more than that to sit right with a 14" long filter.

08SUPERKING · Mar 12, 2015

Yes your is custom made for your intakes and the best one on the market for air flow...

obs7.3 · Oct 15, 2015

08SUPERKING said:
Your intake looks good but you could of used a 5" to 4" 90* elbow then placed a 4" to 3"
insert to make up to your turbo.... this would give you more volume so when your turbos
are at full power your have air to feed...

look for intakehoses.com

I know this is an older thread but just wanted to add in here that I tried this suggestion and unfortunately it doesn't work. The sensors in the intake manifold get in your way and if you bring the elbow out to clear that then you're running into the intake elbow. 3-4" elbow seems like its the best route.