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The intake has cleared customs in sydney and should arrive tomorrow or monday - here's a sticky beak ;)
i got the hots for what's in the box...
http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/8646/gm16rr.jpg
still got the hots...
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sexy shielding everywhere :eek:
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01-0507...
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/1193/gm41vm.jpg
can't wait to see that thing in real life
yea me either :p
the quality looks very impressive. So is there any piping drawing air to the filter or does it just draw air from the cavity?
Nope, unfortuneately the kit doesn't come with any piping :( - not sure if it's completely neccessary (as the CF shield only allows air to be sucked from the "resonator cavity") but I might put the biggest piping i can in the fog light opening and direct into the intakes cavity
I see - the Mugen kit doesn't either. I don't think you need it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris_F
I have always wanted to try my Icebox without the horn as in some respects the horn is a restriction of air itself. That said sometimes companies develop the intakes to be a particular shape to create a certain resonance etc and stuffing around with the design will only make things worse.
Kit looks beautiful. Make sure you take lots of photos of the install :p
haha yer that kit looks good! cant wait to see it in chris' car lol.. take a video also! wanna see wat the engine sounds like with that on it =P.. how much did that cost u btw?
Yea i don't think the piping is 100% neccessary, but on a sunny day on the track it may provide a bit of benifit? Who knows i'll have to give it a go and see. I think you should just take the horn off and give it a go, I doubt comptech put that much R&D into the product (tuned resonance frequency) probably only something expected from mugen but even then it's doubtful. I think you should just take the horn off and give it a go. I use to have an air tight seal with my ducting and airbox and i noticed no volume increase or perforamnce over stock. Now I just have the ducting directed to the opening of the airox witout being attached. It's a lot louder, and throttle response/performance is slightly improved in initial driving.. but after a while i think i feel the effects of heat soke as the airbox has access to hot engine bay air.. basically the more i drive the poorer it feels.Quote:
Originally Posted by yfin
So basically if your going without the horn i'd probably reccomend a mini horn like the mugen box so that you're drawing in air from the resonator cavity and not the engine bay. Interesting to see how it goes... be pretty funny if the horn was a big waste of time haha
I doubt you will need the air pipe - you would be surprised how much air gets sucked in around the headlight fittings and from the looks of things thats how the air box is designed - i used to have a similar design intake on my excel
Resonance will be of no concern - but it does look as thou some CFD analysis was undertaken as the box funnels the air to the filter in a unique way. Resonance is important in the intake pipe (after the filter), and is probably why the stock intake piping is left well alone... honda engineers dont spend 100's of hours of design in this area for nothing :)
hmm, i'm not sure if the design allows air to come in from the headlight fittings? it seems to be seeled off to that area, but i'll defintiely check it out when i have it installed. What's CFD?Quote:
Originally Posted by Spec83
i think you ahve a good point about the intake piping being left alone, Mugen also make use of this stock part of the intake system.
hahaha enuff chatter chatter chatter
chris! install the damn thing alreadY!!!!!
hahahaha
it's really nice air filter mate. Can't wait to see it on dyno figure.