Ok, I took some time to throw it all together yesterday afternoon. Here is what I've got.
This is the overall picture. I used some 3 inch pvc pipe, two rubber 90 degree bends with hose clamps and a cheep reusable air filter from pep boys. I'll replace the filter in the future with a K&N.
I used a 6 inch and 4 inch hose clamp to attach the filter end to the support rod that runs across the engine bay. That way the filter end of the intake isn't just flopping around aimlessly under the hood.
This image is without the crancase ventilation hose hooked up yet. I just slid the 90 degree rubber bend over the exsisting rubber boot that the original air box was connected to on top of the throttle body. The other way it could be done is to carefully slice the wide end of the elbow right where it tapers to the smaller diameter and then connect the smaller section that's left to the throttle body. I hope this makes some sort of sense. I'm not good at explaining this stuff, just doing it.
In the end it has a crisper throttle response on the bottom end from a dead stop. It pulls a bit better all the way up to about 3500 rpm. It does seem to be getting a bit to much air for the size of the throttle body though. We'll see how it performs after I get a 4.0l throttle body on it within the next few months. It was worth the work and it sounds pretty cool. However, I do think that the next time I build one of these I will make it from 2.75 i.d. exhaust tubing. 3 inch works fine but for the 2.5l engine with stock size throttle body and stock exhaust it's does seem like I'd get better response from a bit smaller size tubing. I could be wrong though. It's a learning process.
