Well, i was bored yesterday so I decided to mess around with my stock intake. Reading on some intake articles, I read that stock intakes on 240s have a split pipe in order to quiet the sound of the intake since it is a very large 4-banger engine. Well, I wanted to hear something from my engine, so I took off that mangled Y-pipe. Here's a pic. You can see one of the holes the split pipe was coming from.
No Split Pipe

I started him up and well, I could hear something. However, I wanted the intake to breathe a little more easily, so I took the whole bottom end of the stock air box and cut all of the bottom save for the filter holder and the clips. Now there is a lot more room for air to enter without that restrictive hole and Y-pipe. Here are two pics.
Side View
Close Up

Cutting the box was a pain. All I had was one blade and a lighter. I used the lighter to soften the plastic of the air box. I drew where I would cut and followed the outline. It took forever. I even got a nice 3 inch cut across my leg because the blade slipped when I was sliding it out and it hit my leg. Ouch, I'd rather not post pics of the cut, unless you all ask, lol. Anyways, in the end I used some wire cutters and cut through that damn plastic.

Performance-wise, it feels a lot better. It also sounds a lot better. It sounds a whole lot deeper than before. You can also hear the engine sucking in the air. It's nice knowing that big 2.4L 4-banger is breathing a whole lot better through a bigger hole than through two small mangled pipes, lol. I know it ain't much of a performance mod, but hey, I like it. Lol.

 

I must say, very MacGyver like man.

 

Hahaha, you know it. Bust out the blade instead of the dremmel saw, lol.

 

hey, i just did that last night too! i used a hacksaw though.

 

good job, another satisfied do it yourselfer! so when u gonna post the pic up of your war wound? see nothings free ask your leg and it'll tell ya.

 

a mechanic told me once that that setup breathes better than the conically shaped k&n settups.
make it look clean & keep tha cheap mod bd

 

well not really cuz ur main restriction now is the filter but u could always get a K/N replacement filter

 

Funny thing Arctic was we both did the same mod the same day LOL!

BTW - you coulda borrowed my Dremel - 15 minutes tops

 

12aine and Artic....you guys are long lost Nismo brothers (one s13 the other w/ a s14) with mental telepathy. LoL just kidding man...but I just wanted to say thanks for all your posts. I have learned a lot about my car. and also a thanks to HyjynX. keep up the good work guys.

 

"Jynx" with a "Y" before he gets mad ROFL

I cut my intake box a little different than Arctic... when I get my hands on a digicam I'll show you guys what I mean

 

Fine, you wanna see my cut, ok. Here it is. You can see a small speck after my knee bend also cause it hit there too, lol.

 

*laughs* yeah. i put in a K&N filter replacement so long ago i forgot to talk about that!

 

I will, later, but no money so no new filter, lol.

 

use pantyhose or a sock like old school days ROFL

 

And you called me ghetto for thiking of using cardboard for mounting bigger speakers on the doors? LOL