What do you guys think of this?

If you have a short-ram... Instead of switching to a CAI, how about removing the front driver's fog, then fabricating some kind of scoop/tube that runs from the light opening, to the fender wall (where you'd cut for a CAI)... That way you can keep the filter away from water (I'm guessing it's somewhat safer than a CAI at least), but you're still funnelling in cold air in the same way...

Interested to see what do you guys think...

 

theres not enough room i dont think

 

Just installed my injen cold air intake and i love it makes the engine sound nothing less then beautiful i wouldnt settle for somthing jerry rigged but i give you props for the idea

 

nice photo in your quote, I've ridden in one about a year ago... was quite nice. but my buddy (works as civil engineer at $16-18/hr depending on job and reservist with 1.5 years of active duty pay already ... at age 22) just got a 2k4 WRX STi. I definitely have to say its much nicer then the EVO

 

I'm running a set-up like this. I have a JWT pop-charger with the PR CAI piping feeding into the opening at the end of the filter. I put an elbow on the end of the piping in the fenderwell and ran it to the foglight opening. I need to get picks of it on my cardomain site. It's easier to look at pics than for me to try and explain it.

 

So it has been done, ahh well, there go my hopes for the "FutureProof Intake Mod" title

How's it working out? Have you run any other intake set-ups? Does it compare well? Was it tough to fit everything in? Etc, etc...

Cheers

K

 

I had a cheap Ebay intake, then went to the PR CAI, then put on the JWT, and finally built the piping up to the JWT. Of all of them I like this set-up the best.
It works really well. Intake temps drop very quickly when you're moving. It used to take awhile for the temps to drop after a stoplight. It does get the filter dirty very quickly though. Thank goodness for washable filters. Fitment wasn't bad. I had to cut the PR pipe a little to get it to sit where I wanted it. I took the front tire and fender lining off to put the elbow in there.

 

I'm using a REworks steel mesh cone filter at the moment,
http://www.keirsmith.com/maxima/pictures/dsc00709.html

I'm not sure if steel mesh filters can be cleaned... Maybe putting some paper filter material at either end of the 'scoop' would keep it clean?

Cheers

K

 

You mean a scoop in here?


With a duct up to here?


As you can see, yes, it has been done.

 

I had an old roomate that had a jeep wrangler.. for sake of argument I will call this process jersefication.. (no offense to NJ people) you just would have had to met this guy. anyway. he used the top half of his stock airbox and ran two different sets of the piping you use for dryers.. the siler stuff. down to the front under the bumper and kept them just out of sight with two metal clothes hangers bent up. the ends of these were cut to match up with eachother and the stock air box and taped up with a healthy heaping of WV chrome.. 100 mile per hour silver tape. he claims it made a huge difference with a k&N drop in filter.

right now i have a popl charger from ebay. that sits in my stock bottom half of the air box. i figured when i moved the channel from the front would push the hot air away from the filter and allow it to work better. im not sure if it does.. but it sounds sweet and does make a little difference..

 

excuse my ingnorance but what is the copper piping mzmtg? is that a sensor relocation or soemthing?

 

also.. how much diff does a midpipe make.. mine still has the big plastic oil whatever its called on there.

 

That's his nitrous purge

 

any reason why it goes to the front of the car.. wouldnt you want that to go out the back?

 

do those steel filters work as well as like a k&N style?

 

96maxWV - nitrous purge doesnt make ANY difference whether it's in front, side, or rear of the car. Apparantly you dont fully know what it's for.

Steel filters...it's gona be preference. I personally have K&N mesh/foam. But the steel is just for looks. They do the same thing and sound about the same.

 

yeah.. i have no idea.. but i was using the word "purge" as saying like you purge your exhaust fumes out the back of the car through the exhaust pipe. I just wondered why he spent so much time wiring it to the front. thats all.. is there a benefit to this or is this just where he put it..

 

mzmtg were did you get that black plug for your intake from i wanted to do that but didnt know were to get the right size cap so i can cap it up and throw a breather on

 

That's not my car.

 

Oh it will be....one day

 

I don't have search (keyword: thermo couple (sp?)).. but I did do some research on air temperature and their locations. And guess what, the pop charger gets near ambient air without any pipes. This happens only when in motion though. At a stoplight it will slowly heat up to the engine temp, but once you start moving it cools off pretty quick.

Injen CAI sitting behind the radiator is just a constant warm/hot air. Never EVER cooling down to ambient.

 

Imobejoas......when/where/how did you do your research on that?

 

Some guys have been modding their 4th Gens for more than 5 years and many have tried all kinds of little ideas. I did a mod that I never posted, I first did this 3 years ago, I cut a circular hole at the bottom of the intake resevior (with a dremmel) inserted 2 inch tubing from a vacuum cleaner and attached it to a scoop the sits in the lower grill (worked very well on high end) and it is invisible. Inclimate weather I would seal the opening to the scoop with a tennis ball I colored black. I have this setup on my I30 but it is useless currently because I have a CAI, but I am going back to stock soon.

 

Kerry Getz's e46 M3 has fog light air inducts


/mischief invasion

 

i love my injen

 

This is my setup. Used a Air Duster Can to test if the air-flow runs smoothly, and the air-flow was good. I might changed the inlet to a funnel type later when I have time.

 

 

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....19#post2905219

 

Imobejoas, what's the WAI that you're talking about in your research thread? Sorry to bother you. Thanks in advance.

 

Pretty much any type of filter that sits open where the stock airbox goes. The air there, is near ambient when the car is in motion.

 

Didnt Plurco and Jime have one right behind the headlight?

 

why would you wnat to remove a fog for a intake when you could just put it in the frontbottom of teh grill?

now if i did not have a fog then i would see maybe doing it....keep the fog light buddy, and think of another idea of where to put it,