NEW cold air intake kit ideas

[NC325iC]

did you think of just routing the cold air in without shoving it directly into the filter

[nando]

did you think of just routing the cold air in without shoving it directly into the filter

that's what i said :p

[Mr Two]

If you could make something for us 24v guys, in 3.5" HFM side for the euro HFM, I might be down :)

[delatlanta1281]

why wouldn't you just figure out a way to route the hose using the original airbox at this point?

[jp_slick]

this is a rough sketch of what i want to do, the pipe needs more bends than that but this is just to give the idea of what im going after

[der affe]

that is what we uded to call a "straw". when it rains you will see what i mean. it will collect a lot of road debris there also. the up side is that there is cold air available there though.

[Stephen]

i thought i head once of an anftermarket manufacturer having some sort of valve/contraption that would rid any water in the line?

[nando]

this is a rough sketch of what i want to do, the pipe needs more bends than that but this is just to give the idea of what im going after

I'd like to do something like that down to the foglight, only the filter and pipe locations would be reversed. I don't want my filter that low, although the air is probably better there. the 90 degree bend isn't so great either.

should probably look at what BMW did on the CSL intake, maybe some of the parts could even be used.

[a_thomasmr23]

I got your last set up and I think its great. I would like to see the hose go to the same place. Thoughts

1. People saying there is a low pressure at the grill what did you do to measure that? Because that sound like total BS to me. You have a largely flat vertical surface trapped above the bumper that will have a hard time making its way to the and over the hood too. You should IMHO see a ball/wedge shape of high pressure with the faster moving air at the boundary at a much lower pressure do to its vel.

2. A tube that has very tight elbow waves in it (the the hose from your first kit) is going to do little to slow down flow even with some 90 deg turns as compared to the filter it has to go though too

3. I would like to see a bell mouth at the initial intake point and after the filter in the afm

[kamotors]

takes about 15 minutes with a grinder or dremel.

you dont have to connect the hose if you dont want to it can just supply the cold air.

[kamotors]

anybody who already has the kit should do this because it just adds to the simplicity. I tested this way with the carbon fiber filter also and the car really felt great pulls just as hard as the current kit, doesn't require a heat shield, weighs less and of course looks cool.

[tjts1]

You guys are such fashion whores. Just let it breath through the god damn highbeam. I don't see how this is any better than the stock airbox.

[nando]

You guys are such fashion whores. Just let it breath through the god damn highbeam.

it's ugly and if DCC isn't full of shit, that's a low pressure area anyway. Also pretty fucking stupid if it's a street car.

[tjts1]

So the high beam is a low pressure area but this isn't? What are you smoking?

[nando]

So the high beam is a low pressure area but this isn't? What are you smoking?

crack cocaine, and no you can't have any!

They're both low pressure areas. But this one doesn't look retarded and diminish the ability to see the road and other obstacles at night. And I didn't say it's what I wanted to do either, read up a few posts and buy a clue. ;)

If it's a track car, fine, you're never going to be racing in the dark anyway.