I know it's been said over and over how the air intake does nothing for a turbochrged A4. And ive seen almost every air intake made for a 2004 A4 1.8T. But being that i dont have the money [sm=smiley19.gif] to get an intake kit, i was comtemplating the idea of making my own. And please dont laugh. From what i can tell, it's simply a matter of removing the stock airbox and installing piping to the intake with an air filter on the end. I know im simplifying it way too much and theres a lot more to it but im thinking i have the basic idea down......any input[sm=smiley25.gif][sm=smiley25.gif][sm=smiley25.gif][sm=smiley25.gif]

 

An intake will help you eninge because it replaces the factory hose which likes to collect heat. if you end up making your own get a polished pipe so it reflecs heat. dont forget about IAT and MAF

 

you'll probably want to create some sort of a heat shield around your filter cone, otherwise youll loose power.

 

Just some follow up questions......for the MAF and the IAT, i understand the idea behind the MAF but i can tuely say that i dont know squat about this IAT.....fill me in....and also, installing these on the new intake pipe...whats the deal with thtat...is it something i can simply drill a hole and place in....or am i going to have to not be lazy and do some work. Also, the filter itslef.....can i use a K&N intake from something like one of thee new Typhoon Intake systems? Sorry for all the questions....tryin to learn as much as possible before diving in.

 

you got a hundred bucks? if so go out and buy the HKS intake system for the 1.8T its cheap and effective.

 

Im likin the intake from HKS but the thing is, if i do decide to make my own....what is the piping that im using.....and where am i getting it....id get the short ram air from HKS but m hearing that the Cold Air Intake is better and no one but www.evoms.com has one. So building my own is looking the best. Should i use parts from pre-maid systems.....like the K&N i was talking bout....or can i go somewhere to get the parts.

 

As you can see in my signature thats the EVOMS intake. the HKS works fine ask SlimChriz he has one.

 

I have the evoms intake as well, its pretty nice. The hks intake if i recall doesn't use any type of heat shielding, which is a bummer.

 

that would make for a problem. im sure this could be easily fixed.

 

I have a pipercross viper induction system that I had installed on my volvo ( upgraded to an audi recently), would that work on the 1.8t engine? I'm assuming all I would need to do is take the air box out and replace it with the pipercross (using a different samco hose). thanks ~joey