it only goes into the engine bay. No i'm not tuned either, its on the expensive side. 600 big ones, but i am saving up for it, i'm almost there.Now that the hole is made and everything so there is space, i wanted to also try running the intake down there but there seems to be some cons on that.
CAI set up
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TDUB
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Don't run it out of the engine bay, like I said before it's not worth it imo. Keep your current set up and install a heat shield.
i do have a heat shiled, you can see it in the picture of the hole, unless you are talking about a different kind of heat shiled. well i read on one of the threads and they ran it down, before he lost to an acura by a car length and after he ran it down to the bumper he beat ikt by two car lengths, that seems like a noticeble diff, unless its not true. its just an idea to mess with the car and try it out
TDUB
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IF you live in a dry climate its worth a shot. What'd you use for the heat shield?
So you don't think when driving in rain with someone in front of you that you would not have an abundant amount of water hitting the lower grill? Next time you are cleaning your interior just pass the vacuum over a place on your carpet that has some visible dirt, now don't put the vacuum all the way down on the carpet and hover over the dirt, I bet it will suck it up. Same concept with water passing the intake
well out here it doesn't poor rain from one second to the next out of no where so i'll have time to act on it. I can just stick an end cap on the end of the tube thats up under the filter to prevent water from coming up under heavy rain which is like twice a year
PetesSweets86
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by question (since I had this thought, critisize if you may) but has anyone thought of retrofitting a ram-air system to at KKM or K&N filter (such as the pipe end where the cone begins) and thought of putting small blocks or chunks of dry ice in between the two. Might sound silly or raise eyebrows but I had the thought..might just draw up what I mean and scan the b*tch :-D
MMAFIGHTER121
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Just my .02
Pete - usually I don't mind you much but jesus man... dry ice? Besides it being temporary it gevaporates in carbon dioxide. Not really burnable air.
I see the arguments against the grill air box, I honestly don't think that the suction of the intake is enough to really pull much cold air through that snorkel, but that also means I highly doubt adding that increases your chances of getting water in your intake in any way. Without a powerful draw the only way water is getting directed up that tube is if you're bumper deep already and any "ramming" effect would be minimal at anything but high speeds due to the distance it has to cover and the kinks it has to pass through.
A heat sheild is always a good idea, the main problem is ambient heat given off by the engine heating incoming air. Air down by your bumper isn't any colder than the air outside of your wheel well. Go outside and check. The main point is keeping the air from being affected by the engines heat. Sheild it off best you can, keep air flow minimally obstructed and as great as possible (another argument against the snorkel..) and keep engine heat away (tough in such a stuffed bay) and you should be good enough, stick with a well built sheild, maybe layered in some heat resistant tape.
Pete - usually I don't mind you much but jesus man... dry ice? Besides it being temporary it gevaporates in carbon dioxide. Not really burnable air.
I see the arguments against the grill air box, I honestly don't think that the suction of the intake is enough to really pull much cold air through that snorkel, but that also means I highly doubt adding that increases your chances of getting water in your intake in any way. Without a powerful draw the only way water is getting directed up that tube is if you're bumper deep already and any "ramming" effect would be minimal at anything but high speeds due to the distance it has to cover and the kinks it has to pass through.
A heat sheild is always a good idea, the main problem is ambient heat given off by the engine heating incoming air. Air down by your bumper isn't any colder than the air outside of your wheel well. Go outside and check. The main point is keeping the air from being affected by the engines heat. Sheild it off best you can, keep air flow minimally obstructed and as great as possible (another argument against the snorkel..) and keep engine heat away (tough in such a stuffed bay) and you should be good enough, stick with a well built sheild, maybe layered in some heat resistant tape.
PetesSweets86
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It was only a thought...I did recognize the CO2 factor of dry ice just I thought it might assist in the cold air to CAI in the process of sending air to the engine since carbon dioxide contains 2 oxygen molecules which is twice that of H2O and the fact that dry ice does not leave water running towards the engine I thoughtit might be a consideration. It was thrown out to be trolled so I thank you for your honest approach. I do want to fabricate a heat sheild or a CAI assist (tube flowing from wheel well or bumper to CAI) so I'm just exploring all my options since I've seen other threads such as Cammerfe's discussion about feeding other gasses into the intake.
damn gen 2's got it easy with the K&Ns that come with a heat sheild.....
damn gen 2's got it easy with the K&Ns that come with a heat sheild.....
you cant use the heatshield from the typhoon intake on gen 1? question here too, how does the air frlow into the filter, is there a certain path or way the car gets its air besides wats around the filter. And how would you fab a a tube from the wheel well? isn't it hidden and not in direct contact with flowing air like it would be in the bumper where it is exposed to the air?