Keep the popcharger? Opinions please.
Alright, so far I've gathered that there will be little difference, if at all, and the extra incoming air can help cool the popcharger and heatshield along with ambient areas.
More opinions?
More opinions?
That duct will help a little, maybe take 10 seconds off the normal cooldown.
The big problem that people think is heat soak is actually when you run without the popcharger heat shield. Your car is drawing hot air at all times. If i remember correctly there is a 75+ degree difference in running with and without the heatshield, and less than a 10 degree difference between a popcharger and stock intake.
I know this should be in the Intake/Exhaust subforum, but I'm simply looking for opinions, and I assumed this would be the best place to get as many opinions as possible. So mods, if it's alright, I'd like to ask you to keep this thread here unless you really insist on moving it. 
Onto the thread material...
So I ended up moving from my stock 03 airbox to the Popcharger.
I will admit, I wasn't looking for significant gains. I was more looking for something that looked neat, and the loss or gain of ~2whp was really not of my concern.
However, I recently changed from the stock front bumper to the Nismo V2 with the intake vent that directs incoming air from the bumper's opening up to the intake hole.
Will this increase of incoming air keep the heatsoak on the Popcharger from being an issue? Or should I go back to the stock intake?
I know the popcharger has heatsoak issues, but the intake ducting could prove to lead more cool air up to the filter and essentially cooling off the filter and areas, ultimately bringing the ambient temperature down.
With this in mind, is it worth going back to the stock airbox? Or will the extra incoming cool air give me the same results with the popcharger, if not better, than the stock airbox being reinstalled?
Opinions, criticisms, and simple input is very much appreciated.
Thank you.
Some pics of the stuff in case anyone needs a clearer picture of what I'm talking about. You can see I've enjoyed the extra eye-candy the popcharger includes, so I changed the look of the heatshield.
The picture of the V2 intake duct is next.
Onto the thread material...
So I ended up moving from my stock 03 airbox to the Popcharger.
I will admit, I wasn't looking for significant gains. I was more looking for something that looked neat, and the loss or gain of ~2whp was really not of my concern.
However, I recently changed from the stock front bumper to the Nismo V2 with the intake vent that directs incoming air from the bumper's opening up to the intake hole.
Will this increase of incoming air keep the heatsoak on the Popcharger from being an issue? Or should I go back to the stock intake?
I know the popcharger has heatsoak issues, but the intake ducting could prove to lead more cool air up to the filter and essentially cooling off the filter and areas, ultimately bringing the ambient temperature down.
With this in mind, is it worth going back to the stock airbox? Or will the extra incoming cool air give me the same results with the popcharger, if not better, than the stock airbox being reinstalled?
Opinions, criticisms, and simple input is very much appreciated.
Thank you.
Some pics of the stuff in case anyone needs a clearer picture of what I'm talking about. You can see I've enjoyed the extra eye-candy the popcharger includes, so I changed the look of the heatshield
.The picture of the V2 intake duct is next.
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Last edited by importpunisher; Oct 7, 2008 at 08:08 AM.
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Happen to know of anyone locally with something like AutoEnginuity? (Not sure if Cipher does it). AE logs intake temps in real-time. It'd be easy to swap between intakes and see temps at idle, low rpms, and high rpms. Should log airflow, too. You can see if one actually frees up any power.
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Just wanted to bump this for information for me. I'm a torque guru and want to keep all the torque I can. My plans for my intake setup would be a stainless steel pipe or titanium pipe with the stock06 box/K&N filter with a Varis air duct. I don't want any heat soak problems because of my car being my DD. Is this ideal for my N/A set up or should I just go with the JWT pop charger???
I was also thinking about making a Aluminum Air box kinda like the ARC one. This guy said he will build me a legit aluminum box for 100$... Maybe build my own intake box with custom vent/cooler/tube going to the box??? kinda get my drift?
I was also thinking about making a Aluminum Air box kinda like the ARC one. This guy said he will build me a legit aluminum box for 100$... Maybe build my own intake box with custom vent/cooler/tube going to the box??? kinda get my drift?
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