Spanky

olsy1984:
i have actually seen those two links before. and thats not exactly what i am wanting to do. i want the shortest route to my intake as possible, less restrictions and angles means more air flow. also, im still not seeing how those two snorkel systems would offer any cooler air.

shoes138

like dis, i get get power from dis guy. I get no water when its raining and when my motor gets the cold air man she pulls!

olsy1984

it was just a thought, maybe not the best idea in your situation...just thought i'd throw in some help....

yotasavg

oh man! that is beautiful. really though that might be in the near future....

dijlop

yea. i dig shoes cust intake. have since he put it in. not sure how exactly how to work something like that into my truck, but im sure i can find some way to get some colder air in there with less water access. i like that idea about using the bendy tude on the intake instead of the exhaust. mhm.

Spanky

where is the filter??
or am i just blind??

shoes138

ur just blind! lol naw my filter is in the the fender
heres a pics on where shes at

Spanky

wow, ok so is it just me, but;
A: isnt that filter way to small to be filtering an efficient amount of air?? at least from your 2nd pic.... and
B: wont that thing get hella dirty sitting in your wheel well?

i know my wheel well likes to collect some road grime and then some.
please correct me if im wrong!

Spanky

oh and another thing... not that i do alot of water crossings, but i think my idea would be more usefull. there is no doubt in my mind that your set up would be nothing less than a disaster for crossing any sort of water more than a foot or two. at least with my idea you can throw a make shift snorkel on, and be safe.
im not here knocking your set up, but just saying that its not for me. but i guess that i dont have a 2WD with a lowered suspension and an expensive sound system.

shoes138

yea its does get dirty really quick n then i just clean it, but i only have it in during the winter time, MAN i get great gas mileage in the summer! i no that sumethin bad could happen.
N that second pic was when i first got it! that filter sucked balls, it was an ebay filter!

Spanky

3 questions then... how often do u clean it?? and what do you do in the winter time?? and what kinda gas milage are you talking about??

shoes138

i would have to calculate the mpg. i clean it about once a month depending on the weather. i take off my filter during the summer and put it back when fall hits!

Spanky

are you saying that you do not run a filter in the summer??
you have got to be absolutely kidding me ??

shoes138

umm no! im not, n she runs great you would think it would get alot of dirt! but i actually dont in the summer time!

Spanky

holy (fill in the black) im not even going to go into how dangerous... (ie dumb)... it is to run without a filter. especially in the location where yours is mounted!!
wow... i am assuming someone here will jump in and do the explaining for me. although explaination shoulnt be needed!

project_87

my other car is a 97 Cobra and when i put a blower on it the filter was relocated to the fender like in the truck pics....needless to say i went through a puddle on a rainy day and sucked up enough water to hydrolock the motor so i would recommmend leaving the filter in the engine compartment. The actual gains from "cool" air aren't that noticeable anyways so putting yourself at risk for no gain sounds like a waste of time imo.

^VooDoo^

Rob
You always could add a drop catch to your design, Have it "T" down around the inner fender about 10" with a removable cap with a small drainhole in it.
Pop it off once in awhile to get the bugs and rocks out of it.

olsy1984

good call!!! i like it....something to consider

Spanky

ok, cool, that actually has not crossed my mind. i like what youre saying though. only question about that is... would it hinder the incoming air trying to get to the intake?? maybe creating a kinda whirlwind of circulating air above the "drop catch" impeding the flow??
and more importantly, would the drop catch even work??

mikewic

not exactly correct. it helps increase hp, but there's a limit. it's not liek if you cool it 25* your going to gain 25hp. no way in hell. here's a good example on a cold morning (57*) we dynoed a car in at 347 wheel power. By lunchtime it was 80 so at 1pm we re-dynoed and were at 341. a 6 hp difference. Not much eh?

So i jsut thought this needed to me addressed as it's not a completely correct stateemnt. colder air can help, but it is not going to fix the issue.

Now on my personal turbo car. in the morning we dynped in at 494 and in the afternoon, we dynoed in at 461 Turbos with cold air DO happen to see mor eof an hp increase, but that's also limited in performance gains.