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lol i'll test fit the mrs dc4 one again on the weekend and let you know.. pretty sure it doesn't fit in the delsol.Quote:
Originally Posted by bennjamin
do you have a pic of yours from top down of engine bay.. or are you able to get me one... wanna do a comparo...
^ Isn't that drawing air from where the filter connects to the intake arm though?
Sort of defeating his purpose of a "cold"air intake setup?
the above ? it can be angled towards the hole seen ( and currently is)
Not that ive noticed a difference in its current location , compared to as above and sucking right behind the hot hot radiator.
Ye just asking,thats all :)
Wasn't sure if it seals well where the hole is at the back of the box.
oh i gets - the back of the airbox is sealed via that small silver ring ~ its a spring loaded "clamp" of sorts and keeps the intake arm firm on the airbox.
Only issue is , due to age of this intake arm it flexes under load and makes the fabled annoying "whistle" under half / light throttle. Works fine tho.
Do it Ron.
Do it and get unexpected kw gains on a dyno
OK final report.
After much denial.. for my mrs to ask me "wtf does your car feel like it's choking" while in the passenger seat and while i'm redlining 1st/2nd to 100km/h on M7 onramp tells me enough.
switched back to my old setup after cleaning my very dirty K&N and it feels and sounds so much better...
for compromise of stock look and performance and sound the below mod works great.. going to try it with a foam panel... i still think the K&N panel is shit....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...6/DSC00056.jpg
just cut out the whole bottom i reckon, leave a bit of skeleton so it has some sort of structure left
i mean drilling random holes are fun but come on :p
oh if you want to experiment with a dc airbox i got one lying around ;)
after u cut the bottom out
i reackon u should graft on a stainless steel fine mesh under neath so it still blocks crap getting thru but still lets it flow ?
just a idea
mmk.. member EG30 posted this article in another thread which i found interesting:
http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_110683/article.html
After cutting out the bottom of my box entirely i'm going to confirm that the powerloss and response is noticable after getting heatsoaked unless i make a blockage plate around the airbox too from the rad overflow to the strut tower.
so ladies and gentlemen.. I FOUND A SOLUTION using the original concept!!! here me out and use your imagination....
now the flaw with the original idea (which i've already tried) is that there is possibly A LOT of turbulance in the empty box which slows airflow.. the power loss is noticable as its also not rev happy
so using this picture as reference:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/DSC00048.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/DSC00049.jpg
What IF i used the spray foam (used for audio sound deadening doors etc) and sprayed the inside of the airbox then shaped a 2.5in intake tract??
This 'imaginary' intake pipe carved/moulded into the foam will be done identically to both top and bottom half of the airbox...
Now does anyone see any reason why this would act like a true CAI pipe from TB to fender?
erm.....didnt myself and others suggest to do this ages ago ? From what i understand you want the airbox look to avoid defects right ? Why not just go all out , get a plasmaman or injen intake and plop a airbox on and around it for th "sleeper" look ?
there is too much going wrong with your car ron stop touching it lol