Idk if anyone has done this with a 4th Gen or not...searched but found nada... so Im tired of having heat soak, but ive played around with the rest of the intakes and i may be one of the few that like the hybrid franken and cone filter WAI setup...so i plan on trying a heat shield tomorrow...if anyone is interested i may do a small write up how to and review.

i bought a roll of 14 gauge aluminum, 15ft of insulated tape that is 1/8" thick and 3 feet of weather stripping... im going to make a box with an open top for the cone filter... any feed back thus far or am i wasting my time?

btw...i dont wanna hear which intake setup you think better

 

You know you can buy heat shields on eBay right?

 

the lil crappy aluminum ones?...not worth the $20...and it dosnt completely cover the intake



this is what im goin for

 

Oh alright like I just sent in the message, if you wanna DIY, go for it. And a lil write up would be nice.

 

This is a write of a "how to" Aluminum heat shield instead of those POS ebay shield and w/e ghetto idea comes up.

THIS IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY THING YOU SCREW UP! WARNING THE ALUMINUM USED IN THIS IS EXTREMELY SHARP HANDLE WITH CARE! AGAIN I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE.

^hard to screw this up anyways though.

Materials needed:
A 10" by at least 3ft of 14 gauge aluminum
Weather stripping
Metal screws
a cardboard template
and 1/8 in thick insulated tape

All of these materials can be purchased at the Home Depot.

Recommended ...Not necessary but would help you
Scissors
a drill
gloves
and a sharpie

Now to Begin

1. Gather the materials needed.



2. Take the Cardboard template and a sharpie, and fold it so it fits your particular setup. Then trace it out with the sharpie.




3. Cut out the template and cut a sheet of aluminum to match up with the template and cut it out...



4. Once it is cut (dont forget a hole for the MAF and Intake ) use the metal screws to fasten it to the weather stripping (i used garage door seal)



5. Once that is complete test fit it again to make sure everything is good and you clear the hood...which with 10" it should line up just right.

6. Take the insulated tape and put it across the aluminum.



7. Fit it to your car and you all done!



My first thought about this is it looks sick and dresses up the engine bay. I went for a quick drive and although i didnt have a thermometer to measure the temps i could feel it... After a 15 minute drive the filter was still relatively cool for a WAI...gotta also remember im in FL where it is about 95 degrees outside and a crap load of humidity. However, this heat shield greatly reduced the heat soak of the normal open element filter in the bay.

Thanks guys let me know what you think!

 

Have any bigger pics?

 

 

Where is the fresh, cool air source?

 

i did this afterwards not in the post but i have a small hole and a kinda of acordian hose running to the bottom of the bumper...il have pics of it by Saturday

 

You could also just cut a whole in the fender beneath the filter. Would be a nice source of air, especially if you dont have fog lights.

 

I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this but no matter what intake you choose over stock all your doing is making noise and hurting your performance. If your concerned with heat soak then you need to look at your cooling system. Your intake has nothing to do with heat soak.

 

Not gonna argue with you Joe or say your wrong. This is my setup and i just happen to like it a bit better than stock, its just my opinion and it is a bit more effective than a filter in an open bay...and by heat soak i mean the filter just sucking up hot air from the radiator fans, which the shield seems to stop a lot of, and besides, it kinda dresses up the engine

 

nice work man. thanks for the writeup

 

I was thinking of doing the same thing except I wanted to make a box that would cover the whole filter rather than just a shield, still in the planning phase though. Good job on your shield.

 

Thank you lol... yeah i was thinking about that but I wasn't sure.. the stuff i used to make my shield is pretty sturdy and heat resistant. I would've just done a CAI, but in florida...with some of the Sh*t we have to drive through, especially during hurricane season...i was a little hesitant, but i love this set up..not as much power as stock at low end, but a bit better than a WAI with now shield, and high power is quite noticeable, i do a lot of highway driving so im always about 3k rpms or over.

 

just saw this in another post, thats pretty impressive yo lol mite have to get one of those off of you later on

 

Looks like your about to sufficate your engine for real now!!!!! Allow some room for air to enter the filter turbulence free and yes you need an air source here's my simple intake heatshield for my 3rd Gen......

 

Seems like a CAI would be a much easier solution.
And btw, everyday driving will still result in a heat soaked motor unless you have some way to cool it entirely.

 

Not mine I've driven during summer and it's a big difference(50-100* F) on each side of my heatshield...I have a fresh air source coming from under the drivers headlamp assy....I could probalbly fit your head in it if I pushed it off in there......

 

He has an 00VI and CAI now lol Things have changed this was from a long time ago..

 

Here's how it works:

 

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???? You have No idea what I'm talking about do you????

 

Of course I do lol I was just showing that he did have a source of fresh air with that accordian tube going to the front of the bumper.

Reading > you.

 

looks like a lot of work for little gain to me.

 

i bought the ebay heat shield. 2 of them. They cover the filter/maf/and some of the piping. Effective enough to me

 

All you need is plastic piping... doesnt absorb the heat so it stays as cool as the air it receives.

 

Sorry!

 

I would think that that heat shield, plus, somehow, extend it out to beyond the fuse and relay box, where the fender side duct is located, take off the wheel wall not the side wall, but the entire driver's side wheel wall) to allow for an unlimited amount of cool air in, though I don't know how much air could travel through the 4x2.5" oval opening... but that's just what I was thinking of doing after creating the heat shield.

Could this really be safe? I mean, it's basically what I am thinking of doing, but just by using the "factory" hole in where the electrical cables swoop in from.

 

Then you should install a reverse scoop right above the filter to allow fresh air to enter the (space where the filter is) really well.