building my own intake.

[Slave One]

Re: building my own intake.

Just wondering about the heatwrap...

Say you have a setup like Gr8, with nice cold air coming in from underneath. Would I be correct in thinking that the air would probably be traveling through that setup far too fast for the heatwrap to have time to make a difference??

[niik000]

Re: building my own intake.

I think it would help a little. I built the intake, or at least part of it. i put 3" pvc pipe whare the rubber 90 degree bend is. I couldn't fit the rest of the pipe around the radiator so I just keped the stock part and put my cone on the end. Think I should loose the bent up stock part?

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

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It's actually pretty smooth on the inside. I forgot what I did but I put something in the ridges to make it smooth inside. Might have been silicon or something. I've felt the pipe after the car was running for a good hour and it's still cool to the touch, so I don't think there is much to be gained from heat wrap.

[IwannaCamarosoBad]

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I made mine out of a 4" elbow, 4" to 3" reducer, and a 3" elbow.
All out of heater ducting from Lowe's.

Can't really see it in this picture, but kind of. The filter is in the lower fender well and I have a scoop underneath to draw cold air in.

ahhhhh got a pic of the scoop??

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

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These are before some cleaning and touching up of the airdam. really not noticeable unless your on the ground.

[IwannaCamarosoBad]

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Thats pretty sweet man!!

[niik000]

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I notised a little change in the mid RPM's from my pvc set up, kind of nice, worth the 5 bucks of pipe.

[zpwn06]

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The scoop is pretty tight.

I'm 4th gen though.

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

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fyi, 4th gen started in 93. I get what your saying though, but the front end change wasn't a generation change.

[niik000]

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It was a body style change.

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

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If you look at the doors back on an F-body, there is no difference from 97 to 98 aside from minor things like tail lights. 67-69 is 1st gen, 70-81 is 2nd gen, 82-92 is 3rd gen, 93-02 is 4th gen, and 09+ will be 5th gen. There were changes in the cars among generations but they didn't signify a new generation. 93-97 is more commonly noted as "early 4th gen" and 98-02, "late 4th gen," but they are all 4th gens.

[zpwn06]

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yeah. I guess I wasn't thinking. I meant late fourth gen.
I tend to think in terms of lid vs no lid. I really like the lid setup, but no no lid gives you a bit more room to work with in terms of mods.

[IwannaCamarosoBad]

Re: building my own intake.

yeah. I guess I wasn't thinking. I meant late fourth gen.
I tend to think in terms of lid vs no lid. I really like the lid setup, but no no lid gives you a bit more room to work with in terms of mods.

Lid or no Lid ...... That is the question