Cool air intake

[Redog]

Has anybody ever tried it?

A cool air intake is an intake system where the air filter is still under the hood, but blocked off in a front corner of the engine bay allowing the cool air to come into the intake.

I was wonder if it's been attempted or not? I would relocate the battery to where the filter is right now, and run the filter to where the battery is right behind the headlight. To complete the set-up you'll need to seal off the area, basicly put a piece of sheet metal with a rubber seal around the top edge, reducing heat, and sealing everything out.

I'm thinking about doing something like this.

It would look something like this:

[[ion] C2]

It won't reduce the heat of the air coming in by much. And by sealing it off from everything you're limiting the amount of airflow (not by much, but still, we're talking intakes, there's not much to gain by either setup you choose).

Put a velocity stack on the end of your intake pipe rather than a filter and see how much power you make rather than figuring out how to go +/- 0.5 HP by trying CAI/WAI/sealed WAI ideas... I can't wait to get a velocity stack on my turbo... significant boost in performance.

[AleroB888]

Originally Posted by Redog

Has anybody ever tried it?

A cool air intake is an intake system where the air filter is still under the hood, but blocked off in a front corner of the engine bay allowing the cool air to come into the intake.

I was wonder if it's been attempted or not? I would relocate the battery to where the filter is right now, and run the filter to where the battery is right behind the headlight. To complete the set-up you'll need to seal off the area, basicly put a piece of sheet metal with a rubber seal around the top edge, reducing heat, and sealing everything out.

I'm thinking about doing something like this.

It would look something like this:

If you can seal it from the heat of the fans it might work, as long as the car was in motion.

I would make it out of an FRP composite rather than metal, avoiding heat soak as much as possible.

[[ion] C2]

The K&N ones use a plastic housing with weatherstripping on the top. Go for it, but it's not going to make a noticeable difference in power whatsoever, but it may look neater.

[Redog]

If I were to do it, the filter would be turned facing the front of the car and the "box" would be all round the fliter housing

[jackal2000]

good luck relocating the battery anywhere else in the engine bay.

[Cliff8928]

Originally Posted by [ion] C2

The K&N ones use a plastic housing with weatherstripping on the top.

All the ones I've seen from K&N are metal..