Cold Air Intake 4 Mk3

[Isphius]

The way I see it, I think its pointless to make a cold air intake...cause they dont really increase performance cause your not getting any more cold air than the stock one, And to make it look nice...well the rest of the engine bay looks like crap anyway. The heat shield is a good idea tho. The only reason i changed mine was to get rid of that muffler than was in the intake. I have a steel tube now going from my TB to my MAF. Or if you somehow get air from outside. That would be the best way. Hood scoop?

[Supra2NR]

i thought i was the only one keeping tabs on the posts, well, i've been kinda busy, its warm out in the chi, so anyways

there is a point of putting the cold air intake, but most of the intakes u see here are short-ram intakes, jus designd to retro-fit the old intake system, its a short ram for a few good reasons,
1) easy fit & replace the old unit
2) easy cleanup when it gets dirty
3) easy to reach for any maintenance

a real cold air intake uses a long tube that extends close to the ground since cold air drops to the ground and hot air rises (its science) , im working on that too, i just gotta figure out the degree bends thati need ,

im gonna put the intake in front of the car behind the foglight, im gonna use that hole where the old inlet used to go, so that way my filter is gonna be away from heat and water at the same time, that concept might change since im thinkin of taking out my foglight

[Isphius]

well when your moving the filter being higher or lower wont matter, just that its getting air from outside and not from in the engine bay. Thats the part you dont want. But even If you do get the filter outside, There probably will be no noticaeable gain. The restriction from the tube still adds up. Even if the tube is straight, Because its friction is a coefficent of length. But screw sicence, just do whatever floats your boat and looks cool i guess lol.

[Supra2NR]

hell yeah there you go, if science and all the physics of your intake wont do shit for you, at least, it looks good right?

[j3pz]

lol you guys are funny

[Isphius]

haha. I personally would never make a cold air intake, The only reason mine is changed is because one of the rubber connectors was ripped. I plan on replacing it as soon as i find a junkyard with a supra in it. The only thing id try to get rid of is that intake muffler (they added that to the mustang and it lost 5hp cause of it)or the rib things created by the rubber. I dont care how my engine bay looks...if i change one thing, id wana make it all nice.

[SupraSaver87]

I have a little theory there. I have NO CLUE if it would work well, or just again...make the car unique and look better. But here it is:

Would it be possible to run a metal tube just behind the stock front spoiler (The lower part of the bumper....houses the running lights) and then weld on some type of metal heat sink style stuff on the outside of the tube.

With this setup I could see there being a SLIGHT decrease in PSI, however the lower temp achieved by this system could POSSIBLY make up for the longer pipe, and if tweaked, I could see this working VERY well.