MiraiZ

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Do you think there will be any gains to having this???

liam821

It will work great..the only problem is you dont wanna use that on the street unless you have a filter. Get a rock up there and your turbo wont like you in the morning.

liam

MiraiZ

I don't think I would connect it directly to the turbo inlet (whether it was meant to or not)...I'd just route it up to the filter.

GOLDBERG

what about if it rains??what happens if water gets into your turbo??good or hella baddddd?

sporkcrx

cold air sounds good to me!

MiraiZ

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psileepR

i was thinking that same exact thing... i dont like having the filter right behind the radiator fan.. that thing gets really hot.

ive seen ppl actually fab up a cold air extension for those with filters on the passenger side of the turbo. the filter is behind the bumper.

id think any cold air would be great... just worried about when it rains though.. since NA can get hydrolock i can only imagine a turbo would be like a vacuum.

if thats your car... nice canyards...

Farnsrocket

That is really nice! Where did you get the funnel piece? I have been wanting to do something like that.

Tinker219

What about this?

Turbocivic94

Tinker, what do u do to protect the turbo when u r driving in the streets.

Tinker219

I like bugs and rocks in my engine. Its just like Hulk, damage pisses it off and makes it that much faster

Im going to sandwhich some fleece between two pieces of screen, so itll be an effective filter. at the track, just a screen to keep the big nasty bugs out.

swlabhot

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This is some mad crazy ****

Tinker219

plan on facing all of the vents off with plexiglass or something, so that the air only goes one way........IN

Pengo

i was thinkin of fabbin a simple sheetmetal airbox with an open bottom to cover the filter and then havin cold air tubing running to the box

IloveNewt

Id think that once it passes through the compressor id get heated up anyway......and then the FMIC would cool it down.

PWRVTEC

Where did that duct come from?

sporkcrx

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ditto

MiraiZ

My contention is this:

Normal Setup

Engine bay air (hot)-------&gt;compressor---(hotter air)---&gt;Intercooler-----&gt;(cooler air)----&gt;intake

CAI setup

Ambient air (cool)-------&gt;compressor---(warm air)----&gt;intercooler----&gt;(cold air)----&gt; intake

poid

i agree with MiraiZ...at teh very least it cant hurt.

Only thing i am concerned with is water getting up there

ion_four

People want to know...where'd you get the funnel?!

It looks good man. I've been thinkgin about doing something like that, but then I was thinking brake ducts and then I just shoved my thumb up my ***...

MiraiZ

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Only thing i am concerned with is water getting up there</TD></TR></TABLE>

well, like I mentioned twice earlier...I wouldn't connect it directly to the turbo (lack of filter; lack of weather protection)...

The ideal of having some kind of box or shielding is nice!

EDIT: I suppose you can even use the AEM bypass valve if you wanted it directly connected, but it still doesn't solve the filtering problem

lazerus

When it rains outside, if i take a boost run, pull over, and pop the hood, the IC pipeset going into the intake manifold has condensation on it..

Who needs a cold air intake, when your intercooler works so damn well!

But hey, that intake things looks pretty sweet, if nothing else.

Brad

MiraiZ

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ion_four &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">People want to know...where'd you get the funnel?!

It looks good man. I've been thinkgin about doing something like that, but then I was thinking brake ducts and then I just shoved my thumb up my ***...</TD></TR></TABLE>

Its not mine...its being sold on Yahoo J for like $90. The duct is originally for brake ducting, but it can be applied to anything..

Hugo.

i think this is a great idea. maybe if you could fit a K&N drop in at the mouth for the filter and stick a bypass on there to keep the water out...... ill have to hit the drawing board.

Farnsrocket

I don't think any water is going to travel two feet in and up that pipe to affect your filter. Once it hits the pipe at the bend, it is going to roll back out, or just keep building up enough until it runs back out. There isn't anything sucking the water to the filter through that piece of pipe, unless of course you have it directly mounted to your turbo compressor.