cold air intake on a carb???

koolguy · May 16th, 2007, 09:48 PM

did anyone try or design a coldair intake or a preformance intake for the e16 engine that is in my 84 nissan sentra.... any ideas, suggestion, design will be appreciate....thanks

83NXguy · May 17th, 2007, 12:18 PM

I'm trying to rig something up with an aircleaner from a late 80's Honda that has a long plastic tube coming off of the snorkel.
I got the end of a similar setup from an old Mecury Grand Marquis that I'm trying to modify to fit the Honda tubing and then place it right underneath the front bumper. I'll post some pics later.

koolguy · May 22nd, 2007, 06:42 PM

i wish i can do the same setup, i have a carb on the very top of my engine and it a BIG problem to install a aftermarket intake on it since there hardly and room to run the tubing. i have a setup that im going to tryout later on to see if it work, it mainly a 90 degree bend off the carb (hopefully) and a flexible tubing that (hopefully) will run to an open area near the front of the car away from the engine and radiator...... (hopefully)

83NXguy · May 23rd, 2007, 10:45 AM

You could do the exact same set-up, I have an 83 Pulsar. Just start scrounging your local junkyard. That's how I found stuff to do mine.

astreamk1 · May 29th, 2007, 10:58 AM

take a look at my car domain page. my engine is TBI, but should be almost the same as your carb setup. height is definitely a concern. Mine just fits. I actually had to trim a little bit of hood bracing away, but she fits just fine. I am eventually planning to install a K&N Apollo setup with a low mounted cold air pickup.

koolguy · Jun 13th, 2007, 02:54 PM

K i finally install the intake on my car and it work for a while but the car cant idle to long. I notice that there a exhaust hose that was connected to the air cleaner, do i need to reconnect that to the new intake to keep the car idling smoothly again?

83NXguy · Jun 13th, 2007, 04:12 PM

Not this time of year no. That's the carb pre-heat hose. Helps the carb warm up a bit in cold conditions. Shouldn't affect how it runs in the least.

koolguy · Jun 13th, 2007, 05:44 PM

well do you think could had cause the rough idle my car was getting??? should i reset the computer next time i reinstall it? Also which hose is the vacuum line on the air cleaner??

83NXguy · Jun 13th, 2007, 06:56 PM

Unfortunately, my car is a Canadian model and doesn't have the computer controlled carb, so in that respect I can't offer any advice. I think I've got a vaccuum hose diagram at home I could scan and send to you.

koolguy · Jun 14th, 2007, 11:54 AM

that will be nice so i can figure out what is wrong with the setup, But i have a small video of it running, let me know if u want to see it , i have to email it to you.