What do you think about my COLD AIR INTAKE setup? :D
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Originally Posted by Z MANIA
It looks like a trombone mute!! LOL Since there aren't too many actual gigging "boners", there should be no problem with supply and price.
My apologies to any trombone players out there, but there are a million T-boner jokes. Here are a couple of favorites:
1) What do you call a trombonist with a beeper? An optimist.
2) How do you get a trombonist off of your doorstep? Pay him for the pizza.
3) What is the range of a Trombone? About 30 feet, if you have a good arm.
I'm sorry for getting off topic. I'm sure that I'm the only one laughing.... but lol
My apologies to any trombone players out there, but there are a million T-boner jokes. Here are a couple of favorites:
1) What do you call a trombonist with a beeper? An optimist.
2) How do you get a trombonist off of your doorstep? Pay him for the pizza.
3) What is the range of a Trombone? About 30 feet, if you have a good arm.
I'm sorry for getting off topic. I'm sure that I'm the only one laughing.... but lol
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Originally Posted by gothchick
Looks like a great concept. But the 'sleave' covering the filter looks like it's too close to the sides of the filter to allow good air flow. Plus, Aluminum is going to heat soak almost as fast as if there weren't any heat shield at all... Maybe you could enlarge the filter housing?... And maybe fab it out of CF or something? Kinda like a Gruppe-M.
Thanks!
Originally Posted by XenoJC
Better than the most other metals...I mean I don't wanna see a copper heat shield under my hood, do you?
nor silver or gold...they don't worth the input...at least for me...
nor silver or gold...they don't worth the input...at least for me...
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Originally Posted by bamyi
In an around-about way I was hinting toward using other materials. Or you can wrap it with a heatshield tape.
But I kind of don't like way they look...hehe
Thanks for sharing though!
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Originally Posted by Son of Mad Dog
sorry but came up with solar sailing? thats been in sci fi books since assimov...
Okay why don't I try to help the situation a little since I owned a Mr2 and I own a Z.
What you have put together is a great idea for the MR-S, it won't really work on the Z. The main reason is first the shield is aluminum and aluminum will become heat soaked very quickly compared to plastic (OEM airbox material).
The next concern is the MR-S's radiator is in the front of the vehicle while the intake and engine is in the rear, but the Z's is in the front right next to the airbox. If you have a aluminum cover around your air filter, it will become hot very quickly because of the radiant heat generated by the radiator therefore you'll lose power.
Your best cold air alternative (if you have to build something), would be to build a snorkel hose going from the OEM airbox inlet to the front of the car like the gruppe-m intake, and drop in a aftermarket drop in paper filter like the blitz which I mentioned before.
Heat will rob you of power, plastic is a great deterrent of heat compared to metals.
Hope that helps.
Here's a pic of my old gruppe-m intake hose.
What you have put together is a great idea for the MR-S, it won't really work on the Z. The main reason is first the shield is aluminum and aluminum will become heat soaked very quickly compared to plastic (OEM airbox material).
The next concern is the MR-S's radiator is in the front of the vehicle while the intake and engine is in the rear, but the Z's is in the front right next to the airbox. If you have a aluminum cover around your air filter, it will become hot very quickly because of the radiant heat generated by the radiator therefore you'll lose power.
Your best cold air alternative (if you have to build something), would be to build a snorkel hose going from the OEM airbox inlet to the front of the car like the gruppe-m intake, and drop in a aftermarket drop in paper filter like the blitz which I mentioned before.
Heat will rob you of power, plastic is a great deterrent of heat compared to metals.
Hope that helps.
Here's a pic of my old gruppe-m intake hose.
Last edited by 97supratt; Oct 9, 2007 at 11:27 AM.
You all sure do put a lot of thought and effort into something that has very little chance of making your car much faster.
That being said, I believe that you'd actually hurt flow by addng that thing, and will agree that the stock air box with a drop in filter is better...
That being said, I believe that you'd actually hurt flow by addng that thing, and will agree that the stock air box with a drop in filter is better...
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1. from PPE
2. thanks, i spoke English for 8 years now and you? I speak four languages and you?
3. I guess you will call a first year NASA scientist who came up with a solar sailing a newb. too. (More posts = experts) Didn't know that, thanks!
4. uhm...ok?!
5. didn't watch it...did you enjoy?
6. maybe i will if you ask me politely
7. And a M3, MR-S, A6 4.2L Quattro, Pilot (Had a 99 Mugen Civic Type R, 03 Spoon S2K, 98 Eclipse GS-T Spyder, 97 Eclipse GSX, 93 RX7, etc)
8. you should, or maybe you did and didn't understand them with your limited brain.
9. again, from PPE
10. Dyno your *** first
Didn't I say I bought this from PPE like hundred times in this post already? Wow, you just don't listen or read...do you? Still didn't answer me back with what you do for living? or can you not even stand up for who you are? are you embarrassed about yourself to be revealed? I won't waste my time anymore to someone who can't even control their temper and just say whatever comes out from the mouth. Yes, I'm saying you have no brain!
Talk **** while you can without having to show who you are...this is an online forum...right? haha
2. thanks, i spoke English for 8 years now and you? I speak four languages and you?
3. I guess you will call a first year NASA scientist who came up with a solar sailing a newb. too. (More posts = experts) Didn't know that, thanks!
4. uhm...ok?!
5. didn't watch it...did you enjoy?
6. maybe i will if you ask me politely
7. And a M3, MR-S, A6 4.2L Quattro, Pilot (Had a 99 Mugen Civic Type R, 03 Spoon S2K, 98 Eclipse GS-T Spyder, 97 Eclipse GSX, 93 RX7, etc)
8. you should, or maybe you did and didn't understand them with your limited brain.
9. again, from PPE
10. Dyno your *** first
Didn't I say I bought this from PPE like hundred times in this post already? Wow, you just don't listen or read...do you? Still didn't answer me back with what you do for living? or can you not even stand up for who you are? are you embarrassed about yourself to be revealed? I won't waste my time anymore to someone who can't even control their temper and just say whatever comes out from the mouth. Yes, I'm saying you have no brain!
Talk **** while you can without having to show who you are...this is an online forum...right?
haha
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Originally Posted by 97supratt
Okay why don't I try to help the situation a little since I owned a Mr2 and I own a Z.
What you have put together is a great idea for the MR-S, it won't really work on the Z. The main reason is first the shield is aluminum and aluminum will become heat soaked very quickly compared to plastic (OEM airbox material).
The next concern is the MR-S's radiator is in the front of the vehicle while the intake and engine is in the rear, but the Z's is in the front right next to the airbox. If you have a aluminum cover around your air filter, it will become hot very quickly because of the radiant heat generated by the radiator therefore you'll lose power.
Your best cold air alternative (if you have to build something), would be to build a snorkel hose going from the OEM airbox inlet to the front of the car like the gruppe-m intake, and drop in a aftermarket drop in paper filter like the blitz which I mentioned before.
Heat will rob you of power, plastic is a great deterrent of heat compared to metals.
Hope that helps.
What you have put together is a great idea for the MR-S, it won't really work on the Z. The main reason is first the shield is aluminum and aluminum will become heat soaked very quickly compared to plastic (OEM airbox material).
The next concern is the MR-S's radiator is in the front of the vehicle while the intake and engine is in the rear, but the Z's is in the front right next to the airbox. If you have a aluminum cover around your air filter, it will become hot very quickly because of the radiant heat generated by the radiator therefore you'll lose power.
Your best cold air alternative (if you have to build something), would be to build a snorkel hose going from the OEM airbox inlet to the front of the car like the gruppe-m intake, and drop in a aftermarket drop in paper filter like the blitz which I mentioned before.
Heat will rob you of power, plastic is a great deterrent of heat compared to metals.
Hope that helps.
Thanks for pointing it out. You are right, I noticed on MR-S that air sucked in from the side vents does not only flow to the air filter but also cools down the aluminum heat shield fast enough but it doesn't for the Z. I mentioned carbon fiber few replies up. And yes, I got that idea from the gruppe-m intake too.
Thanks again for the notes and picture! Helped a lot. I will keep you updated for the carbon fiber heatshield!