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POP-style intake brackets (2.0L)

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Old December-18th-2002 | 10:03 PM
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POP-style intake brackets (2.0L)

For anyone who has gotten a POP-style intake (basically just a cone filter on the MAF), what have you done in the way of a bracket to hold it up? Surely you didn't just let it hang there - might be dangerous. At first i set it on top of the lower airbox and then today I found some long zip-ties and tied it to the lifting support thing just to the left of it (took out the lower air box; the engine looks so much cleaner and uncluttered with all that stock intake crap in there). Right now it is kind of close to the fan, but the fan has a shroud over it so it shouldn't hurt anything (possibly even blow air into it ). On a Maxima I had I did the same POP-style intake, but I found a nice piece of metal and made a real brakets for it, so I know it can be done. It looks like crap right now...

I'll take some pictures of it this weekend.

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Old December-18th-2002 | 10:22 PM
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Actually I just let mine hang on there with no bracket. I didnt want to have a bracket holding it down and not letting it move as freely when the engine was revving. Just tightened it down with a nice hose clamp. Never had any problems with it.

Old December-19th-2002 | 01:55 AM
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I used a bungy to hold it down on mine, but then i spent a wopping 40 bucks and get a intake off of ebay. the ebay intakes really are great.
Old December-20th-2002 | 01:00 AM
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Charger, the pis of your engine bay is kind of different that mine. On the P5, the air filter would hang down a foot or soo and hit a metal piece, causeing a rattle and possibly damaging either the filer and/or the metal piece.

I'll take some pictures this weekend...
Old December-21st-2002 | 04:42 PM
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Got bored today and decided to mess around with the intake. And whadya know? Out sprung an awesome bracket that looks and functions almost OEM! Took about an hour and a half of bending, cutting, twisting a long piece of metal to be a perfect fit. The result even surprised me! It sets the filter right in the middle of that area of the engine bay at the perfect height just below the battery -- this deserves a stoggie!!! It also looks so much better from all angles with no zip-ties or sagging in sight I took 3 or 4 pictures (with 1 or 2 before pics), but will have to wait a couple days to have them developed. This was most definitely worth the effort! Total cost: $0 (not including the tools and the filter).
Old December-26th-2002 | 03:27 PM
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i finally got my ractive heat shield.. i jus put a hole on the end.. and secured it on one of the brackets that the stock one was on..


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