Homemade air duct (with pics)

[The1]

dunno about me but i wouldn't do this mod the way you guys have, imagine in summer, the heat from the road or tarmac would be just as hot if not hotter then the engine bay heat, that heat straight up that pipe into ya engine....

It's best around the headlight area and top of the radiator.

 

[ProphetVX]

dunno about me but i wouldn't do this mod the way you guys have, imagine in summer, the heat from the road or tarmac would be just as hot if not hotter then the engine bay heat, that heat straight up that pipe into ya engine....

It's best around the headlight area and top of the radiator.

The OTR would be hotter, the radiator would be already hot from the engine, ontop of the extra heat from the road/air.

Unfortunately in summer you can't really escape it. Hot air rises, so while the tarmac may be hot, the top of the engine bay would be equally hot.

When the car is moving, where the pipe is located doesn't matter, as long as it isn't drawing in trapped heat from the engine bay. In summer it won't make a massive difference on those 40 degree days, but in winter/spring/autumn when you're looking at 25-30 degrees or less it'll make a massive difference.

 

[mistaken]

Yeah an-D ... need info on that 'thing' lol !

 

[bradvt98]

ok hears mine i did it a little different haven't put it in yet just trial fitted it

i will finish it tomorrow

any questions just ask

 

[ProphetVX]

ok hears mine i did it a little different haven't put it in yet just trial fitted it

i will finish it tomorrow

any questions just ask

Alot of you are braver than me, actually cutting into anything other than the easily replaceable airbox.

Mine's installed, just gotta repaint the piping as I scratched it heavily when pushing it through the hole in the airbox.

Noticed a massive difference in throttle response.

Is anyone actually blocking off the original intake?

I heatshrinked the opening going into the airbox.

 

[bradvt98]

don't see why you need to block off the original

 

[blaze]

yeah that's good i went to bunnings an all they had was 60mm pipe and that was to small so i went somewere else and got 75mm and i thought i'll go back to bunnings for the joins and stuff and they had not one single thing in 75mm so i'll have to go tho the other place in the morning

u were probally lookin in tha wrong section dude, when i got mine tha elbows were in a totally diff section, diffrent material, stronger, i was lookin for ages n started gettin agro n sum dude helped me out he was a tosser tho thought he was all that laughed at me while i was tryin to cut pipe wid tha blunt hacksaw he gave me

 

[blaze]

does any1 know how these compare to tha 1s ya buy in shops?

 

[ProphetVX]

don't see why you need to block off the original

It sorta defeats the purpose of having a CAI if you're still drawing in the hot air from the original intake. Sure your air will be a little bit cooler, but not by much.

 

[ProphetVX]

does any1 know how these compare to tha 1s ya buy in shops?

If you make all the seals air tight I don't see how this intake could be any less effective than aftermarket type S CAI's