Here's how i did it: (forgive the nasty dirty filthy engine/bay, ive neglected my mx-3 cause of my RX-7
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A slight manipulation of the AC line forward toward the front of the car without compromizing it. As large as humanly possible oval re-chargable air filter (preferably K&N) or even a round one that can be squeezed past the line. Placing filter in fender well without aluminum intake tube first followed by attaching tube after. Final stage (yet to be done) is to psuedo seal fender well cavity with material of choice. See ebay CAI's specifically for MX3's depicting 2 plastic type plates dedicated to seal around aluminum tube and prevent engine bay hot air from entering fender well. Winter time option (for year round users) is to remove those 2 plates and seal the rectangular and circular holes in the front postion of the fender well cavity. CAI - (COLD Air Intake), by placing filter in engine bay behind rad, it will get a constant feed of warm air that has passed through the rad, or from headers and thereby being an HAI (Hot Air Intake) - not good, hence the issues that LF1 mentioned.xerostatus wrote:Anyways, the qestion is how in god's name are you supposed to jam the filter behind the fender, especially with the A/C line smack dab in the middle? I saw the pics on the other thread up'd by gro harlem and jschrauwen, and if im not mistaken ya'll still have the A/C there. and yeah, im sure the pipe would fit, but im lost as to how and where imma be able to get the filter in that location.
i kno exactly what you're talking about, and i've come to the conclusion that people MUST be using a smaller filter than the one you or i received, because there is no easy way to get it in if it just don't fit, even with pushing that AC line... you will NOT be able to get it in from the engine bay no matter what, as you probably know jsut through visual inspection.xerostatus wrote:Another question... so i did the whole search thing, and ive read most cai threads i can find all the way back to 2002, so if you still wanna yell at me, er i guess that wouldnt be so bad =P
Anyways, the qestion is how in god's name are you supposed to jam the filter behind the fender, especially with the A/C line smack dab in the middle? I saw the pics on the other thread up'd by gro harlem and jschrauwen, and if im not mistaken ya'll still have the A/C there. and yeah, im sure the pipe would fit, but im lost as to how and where imma be able to get the filter in that location.