Willing to pay money for someone in socal to make a heatshield that isolates the short ram intake from the rest of the engine bay. Let me know.

 

Give any thought to going to the hardware store, buying some thin sheet metal and using a dremel to do it the we-todd way? I bet you could come up with something pretty decent by yourself

 

I might think about that but I'm not too confident in myself

 

They also sell aluminum at home depot. I made a heatshield for a turbo out of it. Pretty easy to cut and stuff. Cut make one out of cardboard first and trace it onto the aluminum.

 

Is it expensive? I might have to get a few sheets

 

hmm I don't remember but I know it wasn't much. I wanna say like 5 bucks for 12 by 12 sheet. They have bigger if needed.

 

Thanks, I think I'll be giving it a try.

What kind of tools will I need?
I have Drill & Scissors

 

well I used some of those sheet metal scissors. I just cleaned it up with the dremel.

 

Ok, semi-ot question. What happens when you put a torch to some sheetmetal like that?

 

you mean aluminum? Dude it'll melt. Its really soft stuff IMO

 

something like this?

 

Alright, won't be playing with the torch then. Thanks for your help Ivan.

 

That looks good N1 but more like this:

 

ahh....
looks good, but i think the one i posted is more effective, it seem like its more sealed.

 

True but will it block off air flow?

 

I would do yours like n1's and for airflow use ducting coming from the front to the resonator area.

 

Rule #1 - No we-todd-did-nc's around your heatshield

 

How can I mount the ducting?

 

good question and thats one I wouldn't know the answer too. I would post that one in the autocross forum. Good luck

 

Ehhh... Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you're getting this complex with ducting air to a short ram, why not just get a CAI?

 

Throttle reponse

 

zip ties.
get creative....

 

I agree. If you make a completely sealed box and put pvc duct dow into the fender area... ...... isn't that just an icebox with a fat cf arm?

I think i'm oging to make a heatshield as a project this winter during the break for the J's as well. I just have to get the damn thing first so I know what i'm dealing with....

 

I guess its just owner preference. Some people don't wanna risk getting water into their CAI. I would say the ducting is up to the owner also. Its not really that complex.

 

Hey, that's my car!! It works very good as long as you put a piece of dryer hose underneath the filter that guides the air from bumper opening to filter. Disadvantage is that your filter will get very dirty.....