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Show your non-turbo intake pipe!

Finnish240

Finnish240

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Okay guys, my intake pipe is gone, few holes here and there, and it's so old that I need to fabricate a new one. So, engine is B200f/LH2.4 and there is two vacuum pipes(?) before throttle.

The red circle is that problem peace and blue shows u where the REAL issue is:-P
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Why not just spend the $30 or so for a new intake tube? Would be a lot simpler and cheaper than adapting other parts, IMO.

-J
 
It'll need to be flexible to some degree whatever you choose to do Aluminum tubing, and turbo style silicone connectors is about the only option. Look in my build thread, and see what I chose to do with the stock airbox/inlets . I modded/used all Volvo parts except two ABS 90* elbows and a piece of motorcycle inner tube for insulation

It's just a very small HP improvement, and easily negated by involving added weight.

Link is in my sig.
 
my friend is into all the jdm ****, so he gave this to me and i put it on my car for all of one day just for fun haha
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Whatever you decide to run, it should draw the much cooler than underhood air, from behind the behind the grille area. Hotter the air/less HP. Cooler the air engine gets, the better.
 
And heavens to Betsy you can gains gobs of power with a CAI!
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IIRC, for every 10 degrees you can cool incoming air you gain 1 HP. So you'd have to lose a lot of temp to gain a lot of HP. But hey, every little bit helps. Notice stock 240 Volvo's air intake is behind the grille? Just make sure the engine is getting the amount of air it needs.
 
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smokeyfan1000 said:
IIRC, for every 10 degrees you can cool incoming air you gain 1 HP. So you'd have to lose a lot of temp to gain a lot of HP. But hey, every little bit helps. Notice stock 240 Volvo's air intake is behind the grille? Just make sure the engine is getting the amount of air it needs.
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The question is it worth the effort for an extra 2hp? I just don't see it...
 
Wires look better than that, that was the initial install. Its about to be turbo anyways so all that stuff is coming out.
 
OH! Lot's of post's coming, it's great! I need aluminum curve pipe, cut it and go to some one who can weld it. I also need some silicone piping for deflection purposes
 
The question is it worth the effort for an extra 2hp? I just don't see it...
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With n/a you just have to get the HP anyway ya can. And while the CAI in & by itself, isn't going to add much HP, it will help improve performance when you do go to a better cam,shaft profile, and better free flowing exhaust system.

Remember,to see any decent HP improvements in n/a Volvo engines,the mods have to work in "harmony". And the mod needs to be light in weight as possible. I just kept the stock airbox,and modded it to where it could pull in more air from behind the grille, with , hopefully, a little ram air effect too.... maybe. The gain is minimal though, in & by itself. But my 1st set up at making the preheat pipe an additional CAI, did make engine pull better from 3800 rpm to 5500. I hven't gotten to try out my second set up pictured below yet though, although I expect it'll do as good , if not a tad better.

For the OP, I chose to keep the great filtering capabilities of the OEM airbox, but do away with the preheat pipe hooked to the ex. mani. & i removed the flapper from airbox & sealed up holes where it popped in, with RTV sealant. Then re routed the preheat pipe and used it for an additional air intake behind the grille. A picture is worth a 1000 words, so here's what I did & now have....

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Clearanced the grille a little to clear the 90* elbows

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Relocated horns while I was at it..

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Made an aluminum bracket to help steady it.

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The question is it worth the effort for an extra 2hp? I just don't see it...
Click to expand...

With n/a you just have to get the HP anyway ya can. And while the CAI in & by itself, isn't going to add much HP, it will help improve performance when you do go to a better cam,shaft profile, and better free flowing exhaust system.

Remember,to see any decent HP improvements in n/a Volvo engines,the mods have to work in "harmony". And the mod needs to be light in weight as possible. I just kept the stock airbox,and modded it to where it could pull in more air from behind the grille, with , hopefully, a little ram air effect too.... maybe. The gain is minimal though, in & by itself. But my 1st set up at making the preheat pipe an additional CAI, did make engine pull better from 3800 rpm to 5500. I hven't gotten to try out my second set up pictured below yet though, although I expect it'll do as good , if not a tad better.

For the OP, I chose to keep the great filtering capabilities of the OEM airbox, but do away with the preheat pipe hooked to the ex. mani. & i removed the flapper from airbox & sealed up holes where it popped in, with RTV sealant. Then re routed the preheat pipe and used it for an additional air intake behind the grille. A picture is worth a 1000 words, so here's what I did & now have....

100_6376.jpg


100_6394.jpg


100_6438.jpg


100_6402.jpg


100_6443.jpg


Clearanced the grille a little to clear the 90* elbows

100_6479.jpg


Relocated horns while I was at it..

100_6494.jpg


Made an aluminum bracket to help steady it.

100_6469.jpg


100_6483-1.jpg


100_6482-1.jpg
 
I removed inatke muffler, and I did cut a piece of that aluminium pipe which is used in heating purposes. Piece of that pipe found it's place where this muffler was. Rest of the heating pipe goes under car, so that it can't take water inside it.

Pics aren't good but u might get the idea of it.

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fcpgroton said:
This is the best one so far. It is also how I did it on my 240 back when I still had it.
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You are right. This is almost what I've been looking for. That pipe before throttle looks odd to me :wtf:

Can I do piping from steel, and paint it on zinc-paint inside too?
 
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