hey as you all know im on a buying parts frenzy to get my car lil faster and im wondering if building a custom COLD air intake for my 2.4 is gonna really make a differant, i have a warm air intake right now as they dont make cold air's for the 2.4's and am wondering if there will be any gains at all with making the warm air go below the battery in front of the radiar rather than leaving it where its at now? thanks guys
also whats the cheapest place i can buy the vibrant intake tubing to build the custom intake?
I personally think you'll be wasting your money on trying to make a cold air setup. There is really no true cold air intake, if it's hot outside your sucking in hot air. Just get a regular intake system and call it a day or make it yourself.
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It would have to get HELLA hot outside, to equal under hood temps..... Cold air intakes are deff. the way to go......... but at the expence of running so much tubing on our cars (not much of a straight shot, unless you move the battery).........
Cooler air = Denser air = More HP
Ideal situation, relocate battery to trunk, or to stock air box position..... and run intake straight across and into the fender next to the washer fluid container. Short enough piping, and cooler air.
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SpeedRacerZ wrote:It would have to get HELLA hot outside, to equal under hood temps..... Cold air intakes are deff. the way to go......... but at the expence of running so much tubing on our cars (not much of a straight shot, unless you move the battery).........
Cooler air = Denser air = More HP
Ideal situation, relocate battery to trunk, or to stock air box position..... and run intake straight across and into the fender next to the washer fluid container. Short enough piping, and cooler air.
air temp isnt the only factor in an intake.
air volume
air density
air velocity are what you wanna maximize
air viscousity is what you wanna minimize
most who lose low end sacrifice velocity just trying to lower temps.
unless a car has a header and running hot, if you place it in the correct area, or put up a sheild if you are that worried.
as it stands you dont get cold air without adding a cryo2 kit or a fridge. great marketing gimmick name...... you can get cool air from a short ram if you know how to. plenty of SCCA cars do this, and most use short rams. air circulates up under the hood, and like said, if you underhood temps are so high from use of an uncoated header, or your engine runs hot, use a sheild.
