okay i understood none of that. I havent touched my engine yet... so should i get a cai? what kind

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Found this write up.
http://www.bonnevillepro.com/forums/vie ... 68ff5c5627

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Yea that is nice to have and all, but if you are short on cash and dont have the tools to do it, then the Dorman will get you the same UIM life and there is absolutely no modification needed to make it work.



I am sure most people on here will tell you to go with a FWI, I would agree if you want to upgrade, reusable filters will save money. Actaually, the car is already equipped with something like a FWI, it is just not as exciting to look at.

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2000 Pontiac Grand Prix GT

But i live in Michigan where the winter is terrible. I cant tellyou how many times i've heard a fwi intake wont be affected by weather or that it will.

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I am not going to say that it will not, but the weather will not play that much of a role unless the filter gets submerged. With the stock air intake system, air is pulled through a channel that begins in the fender, the only problem is that it is sealed for the most part so if water covers the entrance to that channel, then you will probably suck in water. With a custom FWI, you have the cone filter and it is not trapped in a box. Because of this, it takes air from the engine bay, as well as the fender it is in. The good thing about this is that if the channel gets covered, then you can still pull from above the filter, you will only have a problem when the filter is covered by water or snow.

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2000 Pontiac Grand Prix GT

maybe i should get a summer fwi intake and a winter short ram. lol

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well how deep does the snow/water get, cuz if it gets deep, but not too deep, then u can do a short FWI, haha

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2000 Pontiac Grand Prix GT

i dont drive through too many puddles but my wheel wells do occasionally clunk up with ice and snow if i let it freeze

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That will be fine, just go with a custom intake that is longer than a short ram, but shorter than a traditional FWI. The only different you will notice is that you can hear the engine sucking in air.

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2000 Pontiac Grand Prix GT

I wish i could but i cant alter the car at all til its paid off.
I got about 1400 to go on it.
But once its paid off the first thing im gonna do is a Cai.

You can change your intake system, especially the intake manifold, it looks like the stock one. You would only be able to tell it has been changed if you look closely at the two. As for the CAI, I am pretty sure that it would not void any type of warranty. It might be seen as an improvement because the filter is reusable, which will save money in the long run.

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2000 Pontiac Grand Prix GT

Its not that Im buying the car from my Uncle from payments and unfortunately thats his rules.
The car must remain stock other than appearance mods til its paid off.

then keep the coolant level full all of the time

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2000 Pontiac Grand Prix GT

I had my tb off and I did not see those two coolant passages that were posted in the two pics before So either my car's been changed or they changed the intake for the 01-03

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Modded Like a Mother Fu**er and still gets 20+ mpg and runs 14's

you will need the TB adaptor. the L26 is drive by wire just like the L32. a L32 TB will bolt to a L26 UIM though



they did becuase mine had a GM replacemen crate engine and it also did not have the coolant ports. it was put in the car in 2005

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Well that is good then, I think by 2001 they might have seen how much of a problem it was.

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I have a 2000 GT (100,000 miles) that I thought I may be having a head gasket issue with, until I saw this thread. Other than the smell of antifreeze in the exhaust, I have no other typical head gasket symptoms. I just did a LIM gasket, coolant elbow, and plenum gasket replacement. Looking closely today after running it for a few minutes today I notice a small amount of coolant dripping/running down the tranny just under the exhaust tubing by the throttle body. Can't seen to see where its coming from though...?? Wondering if its getting into the exhaust and then leaking from the exhaust tubing? I've got to pull the plenum and throttle body back off and look at it closer for problems in the areas shown earlier in this thread.

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Was this plenum issue a problem with the 2000 and newer?

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I don't know exactly, I am guessing it was a problem with all of the plastic plenums. I would say go to autozone or advance auto and pressure test your system and look for leaks. If you want to put a band-aid on the problem, there are stopleaks that you can use for anything from a punctured hose to a blown head gasket. I am not sure how well they work, but I have seen them at autozone. The only problem is that if the plenum is the fault, then you will probably need a lot of that stuff.

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2000 Pontiac Grand Prix GT

I did the same thing! Unfortunately it didn't give me great results. The exhaust does sound much better and I can tell the air flow has improved- thats about it.

It was a nice project since that was my first time opening up my engine some-what.









Don't have any other pictures- my cellphone was acting weird and didn't want to work. I ended up getting another one. I had to grind down the side until it would fit. In the end I sort of hammer it in for a nice tight fit- spent like 2 hours on it

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Hi

Its not a direct swap.

Because the PVC system is considerably different, the L26 UIM must be plumbed with a new passage for this vital system to work. Not hard..but very vital.

Also, since the L36 TB shape is butterfly shaped and the L26 throat is round, the logical tb is a L67. This involves tuning.

So, when I do the L36 LIM and UIM, I use the APN UIM with the steel bushing and reduced diameter egr chimney. It works and is cheap.

http://www.ineedparts.com/index.php?tar ... t_id=17806