Removal if the intake duct?

[ANL53X]

Hey everyone, i know there are a million things on here about custom intake mods. But while i was staring blankly into my engine bay, i thought about removing the intake duct (the goes front he on top the radiator to the bottom of the air box). I removed the two screws and took out the duct. it looks as though it would work well, besides that it would get a lot of hot air from the engine. Though if a little heat shield was put in place this problem may be fixed.
Just wondering if anyone has done this and how well it work?

[graham7773]

just get a big mouth otrcai, problem, if any, solved. leaving the bottom of the air box open is asking for trouble

[kalekale]

I dont understand what you did. Did you just remove the snorkel? You need that.

[ANL53X]

i didnt drive with it off. considering that most CAI's are around the $400 mark, i was just curios at to see if this would work, with minor mods to prevent more hot air getting in and any unwanted particles.

[TrikkBen]

The changes are so minimal with stock cars its hardly worth the brain power of thinking about improving it.

[Cheap6]

LOL - possibly. Autospeed has a few articles on reducing intake air flow restriction - and how to test for improvements or otherwise.

I recall there being an article about how to open up the duct intake on a standard V6 OTR intake somewhere also.

The air flow without the duct may in fact be worse as there is not a column of air travelling with velocity from the duct but rather lots of turbulence around the sharp edge of a hole => to testing.

Holding a cigarette (smoke source) near the intake of a running engine might give a quick idea about what is happening...