Install a Short Ram Intake in a 2000-2001 Impreza RS 2.5

[BlueRidge_GC8]

Hey everyone, It's Mike gonna write up a quick install of a SRI in a N/A Impreza for anybody who isn't 100% for reading the included installation guide and wants pictures in color, not black and white lol

First begin by unbolting the 10mm bolt holding in the snorkel

Remove after unbolting and slowly pulling it from the silencer box

Unbolt this 12mm bolt, then reinstall just the bolt so its holding the ABS Module

The box also has a bushing forced into the fender just pops out

Also last bolt for the silencer box is a 10mm

The silencer box just pops out slowly just like the snorkel piece

Then just pull it out carefully not ripping on any vacuum lines, etc

Snorkel and Silencer parts of the Stock Intake

Lots of Space now...

OK now time to remove the Air Filter Intake box

Unbolt this 10mm on right side of the box

Then this 10mm at the front left of the box

Loosen the clamp on the Throttle Body

Remove the left side vacuum line on the air box

Take off the PCV hose to air box

Remove the Vacuum hose on right side of air box as well

Pull up slowly on assembly off Throttle body and just comes right out

Whole stock assembly out, good amount of excess weight

Now's time to remove the extra two brackets wont be used again just make sure you save the 12mm bolt from the left smaller bracket, reuse it later...

Heres the 12mm Bolt stated above

Pre-assemble your intake by putting the intake filter on with the bigger clamp included in the kit, two smaller clamps on coupler for Throttle Body can use a flat head to tighten them or in my case i used a 8mm socket with a 3/8's ratchet

Careful when installing not to scratch your intake on the fire wall and push coupler on the Throttle Body

Tighten up the 8mm clamp on Throttle body so no vacuum leaks

Connect the left side of the box vacuum line to the port on the middle of the intake pipe towards the filter

here is the extension piece to connect the supplied 1/2 hose to the hose in car

Connecting stock Vacuum right side of air box line to new hose supplied in kit, cut the hose when these pieces are connected to get proper length to right side of intake pipe near throttle body

here is where you reuse the 12mm bolt stated above to connect intake pipe to the intake manifold in the car, pretty simple use a 12mm wrench

Take out the old s curve PCV hose

This is after you cut the right side to fit

Use the rest of the supplied hose to connect the PCV to the left side of the intake box

Now your Intake is done and set up and shouldn't move or bounce in motor compartment, will only move with motor since that's where its connected

Add AEM sticker if wanted lol

Always add the supplied AEM SMOG stickers so your not harassed and Inspection stations or Emission Stations....

 

[BoxerRumbleSTi]

Mike, that is awesome. A++ Writeup. Glad to see you got your intake too

Next write up will be the exhaust next week. Ill be there to help and snap pictures

 

[BlueRidge_GC8]

Good cause taken pictures, texting to my email, putting on facebook, then posting to Photobucket then writing the write up is a PITA in 2 hours lol hope this helps some people out its pretty universal set up so it could help ppl even with hondas lol its just something i thought would help show ppl what is needed to go through and help them do it themselves thanks for any responses and the the ability to post this write up

 

[BoxerRumbleSTi]

Well, the exhaust, Ill bring a camera with memory card. That way It will make it faster to do this.

 

[frankensubie]

:tard:YAY ! a GC...nice writeup