I have all the supplies to customize intake,but after all I have read I am still unclear as to whether the FWI or the CAI frm under the car will be better?

What exactly do you have?

honestly i never could tell the diffrence between when i had both setups but i think i was pulling a little harder on the top end with the cai the FWI has a little more piping and since these motors arent high revving i'd go CAI and by the way there is no cutting involved just remove the and relocate the EVAP purge canister behind the headlight then you will have all the romm neccesary to route your intake

Unless your FWI is 3" tubing (as apposed to the 3.5" Intense tubing), I'd also suggest a CAI for your car. You aren't flowing as much as an L36, and that'* borderline (some would say too much) for the 3.5" tube size.

88SSE? You REALLY need to read this. Take your time and read it twice:

http://www.bonnevilleclub.com/forum/...ic.php?t=79096

OK, so CAI w/heat shield, and anti-heat soak insulation on intake tubing. Move evap and rt some tubing from under the car. Sound good?

Why would you need to move the evap for a CAI?

Here is mine the one at the bottom is is best way, muffler shop made it for me, less filter, but you ger idea, was $45.00 and it works rather well for me. Hope it helped
http://www.bonnevilleclub.com/forum/...302&highlight=

I am going to extend intake to drivers side corner of engine bay, where the air compressser used to be. Put plexiglass heat shield across the whole corner, insulate it, and run tubing frm under the car for colder air. I was thinking that the path of least obstruction and tubing bends would be the hole where the evap is. Does it matter that the tubing that is feeding the cold air to the area where the intake is has a bend or 2? :? :?

The longer that 'feed tube' for your CAI is, the less it will pull. The cold air coming from around your headlight is more than enough to supply your engine.

The only reason I ran that setup last year was because my shield wasn't totally sealed, and I flow about 3x the air you do.