Custom cold air intake box
#66
Not yet its currently 22°F right now =(. I wish I was over in Australia were you are, I am really itching to drive my car and put the rest of the chassis braces and sway bars on.
Hopefully by mid late march I will be able to drive my car I still have to wait for rain to wash all the salt off the roads as well.
Hopefully by mid late march I will be able to drive my car I still have to wait for rain to wash all the salt off the roads as well.
#68
I'm curious about that cold air intake. What is the theory behind it, in other words why is air from your intake colder than the stock air intake behind and above the grille? Is it that the radiator is transferring some heat to the air on its way from the intake to the air filter? Are you after more air flow?
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Peacebay (12-11-19)
#71
I'm curious about that cold air intake. What is the theory behind it, in other words why is air from your intake colder than the stock air intake behind and above the grille? Is it that the radiator is transferring some heat to the air on its way from the intake to the air filter? Are you after more air flow?
I also did this set up because I guessed that a cone filter has more surface area than the flat panel filter and it could suck up more air. I also plan to do forced induction of some kind down the road so that was another contributing factor.
The duct works great I have to blow the filter off every now and then to get all the dead bugs and crap off of it.
#72
Instructor
The stock intake would get really warm the part that was by the motor so I did some google foo and read that aluminum dissipates heat faster than plastic so thats what lead me to think if I put the aluminum intake with the heat tape on it then add a aluminum shield it should in theory be much colder air then the stock intake because its sitting between the motor and radiator not on top of the motor.
I also did this set up because I guessed that a cone filter has more surface area than the flat panel filter and it could suck up more air. I also plan to do forced induction of some kind down the road so that was another contributing factor.
The duct works great I have to blow the filter off every now and then to get all the dead bugs and crap off of it.
I also did this set up because I guessed that a cone filter has more surface area than the flat panel filter and it could suck up more air. I also plan to do forced induction of some kind down the road so that was another contributing factor.
The duct works great I have to blow the filter off every now and then to get all the dead bugs and crap off of it.
#73
Thank you very much Sir! I like the design. Maybe if you put some really coarse wire mesh over the intake opening at the bottom you could avoid leaves, paper and other debris from getting sucked in. Just a thought. . .
#74
Moderator
I'm curious about that cold air intake. What is the theory behind it, in other words why is air from your intake colder than the stock air intake behind and above the grille? Is it that the radiator is transferring some heat to the air on its way from the intake to the air filter? Are you after more air flow?
The air simply travels through far too quickly to change temp, up or down, in a matter of a second or even less. Put your turkey pot pie in the oven at 400 degrees for 1 second and measure the change.
No dyno in the world will catch a 1 degree (generous estimate) drop in intake air temp by the time it gets to the rear wheels...
#75
When you consider the amount of time the air spends inside the intake pipe, between filter and TB, is prob less than a second it's pretty clear there's just not enough time to alter the temp.
The air simply travels through far too quickly to change temp, up or down, in a matter of a second or even less. Put your turkey pot pie in the oven at 400 degrees for 1 second and measure the change.
No dyno in the world will catch a 1 degree (generous estimate) drop in intake air temp by the time it gets to the rear wheels...
The air simply travels through far too quickly to change temp, up or down, in a matter of a second or even less. Put your turkey pot pie in the oven at 400 degrees for 1 second and measure the change.
No dyno in the world will catch a 1 degree (generous estimate) drop in intake air temp by the time it gets to the rear wheels...