Our guest blogger today is Mike Summers from Wisconsin. Mike recently installed a Spectre ProFab kit on his ’69 Javelin. Mike said he chose the Spectre kit because of the high quality parts and easy customization. ” I’m very happy with the quality of the parts.” writes Mike, “Quality ‘universal’ type products are great for cars like my AMC Javelin which have little aftermarket support. ”

We really identify with Mike, because like us, he keeps improving his car, and has big plans for the coming year. “I bought the car from the original owner in 2007 and I finished restoring it last year, spring of 2009.” he tells us. “It continues to evolve, I’m planning to participate in some of the muscle car shootout events like the Midwest Muscle Car challenge next spring.”

Here’s Mike’s step by step install in his own words and pictures:

“Just wanted to share my simple install of a Spectre performance air intake. I had been looking at a few variations of cold air kits for a while and chose the Spectre option mainly because it was a nice quality aluminum piece and went with the old Trans Am vibe that I’m going for.

The price wasn’t exactly low but your get what you pay for and it was no more expensive than some of the other options. I was going to fab my own but it would have been more of a ‘box’ looking thing and I frankly don’t have the time.

In my car I had moved the battery to the trunk which created a perfect spot to mount the intake.
The parts I ordered utilized a 4″ hole and tube.

Here’s the hose, simple stuff, and the price for these two parts was very low, so you could use these to connect to a factory air cleaner assembly for a great low-cost solution.

I marked the location for the 4″ hole.

I then rented a roto-zip rotary cutting tool, but a 4″ hole saw would do the trick too.
Here I test fit the inlet connection.

Here is a view through the grill, for my car this location turned out to be a nice area for some direct air flow.

Now that the hard part is done (which is actually pretty easy), I put it all together using the stock air filter assembly. I love this option, looks great this way, almost like a factory option.

Then a couple days later the shiny part came to my front door
In my case I had to remove the ‘stove pipe’ and I relocated the heater hose, simple stuff.

This pro-fab kit is shipped with one inlet and has another loose inlet for placement later, I will likely add the second tube when I install the ‘big’ engine when that gets done.

The finish is bare aluminum which was a little rough, I just hit it with a scotch brite pad, then some mothers polish to get the final finish I was going for. Here is the final result

I finished it all off with some stainless hose clamps and some stainless button head cap screws for the inlet.”

Thanks for sharing your build Mike!