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Custom intake for an NSX

by Kyle Tomita on Fri, Jul 23rd, 2010 | Client Vehicles, Fabrication

The Acura NSX is a great car.  It is often referred to as a supercar.  A client of ours acquired one earlier this year.  It is a black 2004 NSX. 

Acura NSX after a detail

Our client did not care for the appearance of the stock air box so he told us to fix it.  We removed the air box and replaced it with a K&N cone filter.  Having the filter hanging off a aluminum tube cause issues with movement.  The air filter would hanging at the end and hit other nearby components. 

To solve this issue, Alex Laventure, our in-house fabricator, began working on an intake mount.  He took some measurements and began fabricating. 

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Here is the intake being fabricated.

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Alex is welding the pieces together.  He still needs to grind the welds down, smooth it out, and then polish it. 

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Here is the intake mount. 

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The bottom of the mount was painted black.

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The mount installed in the NSX.

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With the K & N filter installed.

The install looks clean and is functional.  These are some of the small finishing touches we apply to cars to give them a clean, unique look.