My RM13 DIY Air Intake.. what u think?

[donCityZ]

Nieto..

I saw many ppl put stainless steel as air intake. I have to disagree with this idea.
This is because steel will absorb heat very fast and eliminate the point of taking in Cool Air intake altogether. Imagine when u idle at traffic light, all heat goto ur air intake pipe.. then when want to accelerate, sure some power loss there. if at high speed already, perhaps its same since air is cold...

I also saw a lot of ppl use those carbon fibre/plastic type of air intake... this is much better. But expensive. Thats why i go for hardware pipe.. cheap and not absorb heat easily.

My 2 sen: if u use a stainless steel as air intake, better find a heatshield to cover it up... then it will be good.

 

[nitrus]

Donzcity, there is no place in your engine bay which is cool. CAI and heatshields are just to encourage cooler air for ur airfilter. You put whatever pipe or wrap ur whole air intake up all the way to the carb/t-body also u'll still suck in hot air. And ur piping will always be warm. So whatever carbon fibre/plastic RM999999 also u'll still be getting the same result. U think those carbon fibre/plastic type of air intake are real carbon fibre? Some are just plastic laminated CF-look... SOME.

Unless u get those pipercross or those total sealed up kind all the way to ur front bumper, and u wrap the whole thing from top to bottom with heat insulation material, then only maybe u can say u get real cool air.

 

[Nieto]

wow.. man
do u put the bullet from exhaust to your intake?

wa... no money buy peluru ~ ha ha...!!!

DONZcity:
if u said stainless steel, chrome stainless steel not really absorb da heat, i can make a scope at bonnet to get cooler air or jus like NITRUS said, wrap here and wrap there.... btw, daylight is hot, and i cant go fast at daylight, too muc traffic... i force to economic driving at daylight~ if at nite ^^ different story lah ha ha, at nite not really hot ma~ if u scare ur engine so hot, den change ur aircond hose straight away to engine, no nid go passenger, den ur engine will bcom cooler he he

 

[SkYwAlKeR]

cannot also la.... even using total sealed up pipercross filter, the air still has to go through the hot engine bay to reach the TB....

best is make ur engine bay air circulation good... means more air is rushed into the engine bay to reduce the temperature.... u can alwiz start with changing to larger opening front grill......

 

[Nieto]

or mybe can use sum airbox like ARC brand, uninstall 1 side headlight, let air go in ~ but if jpj nampak kena saman or 'duit kopi' (rasuah)

 

[donCityZ]

Haha..

Ya all engine bay is hot.. but if u see, the aircond pipe also is metal and IT IS covered by Insuflex type of material to retain its coldness OR to avoid heat coming in to it. So wrapping it SURELY makes a different. Another way is to make heat shields for extractor more efficient.

Make air flow in engine better is good idea too. If u see some car lifted up the bonet near to wiper side. so hot air more easy to go up there. But then ur wiper heated up more and more easy to damage also. I tried it before by put a few nuts between the bonet and bracket. Seems like no different.. (unnoticeable for me).
But i reckon it does make a different coz can feel hot air come out there.

The headlight trick has been done b4... no need to take it out. Smash ur headlight, remove the bulb and the reflector act as a bellmouth. Connect ur hose to intake from there. If police ask, just say accident.. no money to replace headlight yet.

Hahhahahaa..

 

[SkYwAlKeR]

The headlight trick has been done b4... no need to take it out. Smash ur headlight, remove the bulb and the reflector act as a bellmouth. Connect ur hose to intake from there. If police ask, just say accident.. no money to replace headlight yet.

Hahhahahaa..

lolz.... but u sacrificed a headlight...

best is remove ur front grill or front bumper.... if police stop u, tell him ur car baru accident, no money but new bumper lo....

 

[Nieto]

den da police kacau again, they ask kereta rosak accident sudah masih berani drive? tarak lui repair, ada lui beli rokok? ada lui tambah petrol?

 

[gohkokeng]

den da police kacau again, they ask kereta rosak accident sudah masih berani drive? tarak lui repair, ada lui beli rokok? ada lui tambah petrol?

lol........

another Q
driving without front grill such a good idea....but not dagerous meh? something like no protection for radiator fan and the radiator coolant tank

 

[Nieto]

if driving at city i dun think it dangerous, cos i duno wic bastard bang my car when i not around.. and my front grill patah, and i didnt install da front grill for 6months, and nth happen... if travel to forest or sum kampung place, many insect will die at radiator.. all stick at radiator, headlight, bonnet, bumper ~ windshield oso got

 

[donCityZ]

Nieto..

haha.. remind me just like insect in the MIB movie.. fly fly.. then splat. on the windshield. i go hometown oso got one strecth of hiway got damn lots of bugs and insects.. after splat, oso shit on ur windshield. leave overnight, tumolo difficult to clean wor the shits. hahah//

 

[donCityZ]

ha..
imagine wat happen if many insect go inside ur CAI... wal lau...
totally clog up ur filter siao..

 

[Nieto]

ha ha yalah, sumtimes i use company car outstation... sum unknown and unique bug stick on da car grhh, got colourful bug oso... at forest, macam macam ada~

 

[moonbiker]

Silly question, i know...but would it be possible to reroute the air-con air to the air intake or perhaps do some piping in that manner? If that's a good idea...i'll get my mech to do it someday...

(me ex-biker...so please bear with teh noobness...)

 

[donCityZ]

hehe.
moonbiker, someone already did it.. and actually many ppl oledi done it i think.

here's one guy..:
http://drexchan.fotopic.net/c980297.html

its good oso... when u want more power, put aircon fan maximum, cooler oso maximum.. wahh.. like NOS wor.

 

[xtorm]

yawor......totally 4gotten abt tat.....gona open up my a/c system n change the coil, might as well do tat in the mean time, gona take out my ecu to rechip also...mayb whole dashboard out....hehehe..

but waiting for funding.....

 

[Nieto]

all thing nid $$$.... gosh, stress bcos of tat ha ha

 

[moonbiker]

Asked a buddy at the office bout the aircon cooling thing, he said that the aircon air is not completely oxygen...? Anybody care to comment?

 

[Nieto]

lol air cond to intake... actually i jus jk around ~~ -.-ll

 

[donCityZ]

moonbiker,
all air around us is not oxygen wat...
main content is nitrogen/hydrogen forget liao.
but, in colder air, oxygen density increases... thats why CAI lo.