well people have been wondering how does the injen cai get its cold air because the filter sits in fron of the radiator, or its still in the engine bay and things like this...well i wanted more info on this myself and i found out that it gets it cold air from underneath the car...

 

where did u find this out? link?

 

i got it from injen

 

WOW

you have done excellent, young jedi


At this moment, im thinking of something else that I can get info from you about

 

feel free to ask...nobody really knew how the injen cai was getting the air from so that is why....

 

this is the email response i received from injen:

the reason why we didn't design the intake like the place racing
> was because of the chances of water getting sucked up and most
> people out there don't want to drill holes in there cars.when
> you are driving the air from the bottom comes up into the engine
> compartment and remember heat rises ,so we placed the filter
> as low as we could.

 

Just drill the stupid hole and get true cold air...

You know what is also underneath the car and comes up at normal driving speeds on the highway when its raining...Water...the only way to get any water in the PR intake is if you went through alot of water (puddle), sit there, let the water go through the plastic covers, then reach the intake...On the injen it sits open to the elements and to boot its right behind the radiator...sucks in nice warm air up top in the rev band and even hot air from a light..

Drill and forget about it and dont spend 350 for a bunch of extra piping

 

TRUE THAT !!!

 

350? got mine for $211. And there's a plastic splash guard underneath to prevent water from getting into it.

 

Well, what does drilling a huge 3.5" hole for the Place Racing intake do to the crumple zone of the car? It requires drilling through some fairly thick metal in the frame work.

 

After looking at the INJUN setup my view is thats its really a Hot Air setup, still getting the hot air from under the hood and behind the radiator. With a splash guard underneath it, it really negates any cool air it could get from under the car.

If you really want cold air you have to go outside the engine compartment. Don't want to cut, fine, but calling that setup cold air is misleading advertising.

 

I think these companies think if you cant see the filter right when you pop the hood and you have to find it, they consider it cold air intake.

 

Thanks ... The fact that the injen intake is a hot air intake is well established on the forum.

 

I'm thinking of modifying the injen cool air intake. Maybe a funnel/cylinder type of covering that covers the filter and opens to the bottom through the splash guard???

 

That'll work I guess, almost like the OSCAI that ScottWax has.

 

You just have to be careful not to make it too low. You don't want any water getting sucked up into the engine.