aluminium cold air intake

[neil20vtc 0]

hi i have a 2.0 16v rado and am about to get a k+n panel filter for it, i have seen on some peoples specs that they have one of these filters but also have a aluminium cold air intake and a modified air box can you buy these intakes or are they home made?, i take it the modified air box is just a case of drilling holes in the bottom of it? any advice is much appreciated

[flusted 0]

your best bet is drain piping! check this out http://www.koken.org/phillip/CAI/

[Neil VR6 0]

Alloy is not great for a cold air feed as it'll get hot from the engine. You'd be better off with a plastic or carbon

 

That link above looks great!

[g60greeny 0]

i tried fitting my jabba induction kit under where the c/c used to be but its too feckin big!!!looks like i'll have to get a smaller one

[Stan 24v 0]

Thats great until you go through a puddle which didnt look quite as deep as it actually was, like my mate did in his 530 beemer, bye bye engine!!!

[g60greeny 0]

might just leave the filter where it is nice and dry!!!!!

[flusted 0]

Ive used a pipercross viper cone filter thats wrapped in carbon.

Modded the airbox so the feed goes down through the cc hole to the filter,then the air goes through a funnel at front of bumper into the filter

[.Rich. 0]

what hoses have you got flusted?

[flusted 0]

drainpipe!

[neil20vtc 0]

cheers for the advice flusted i actually work at a pvc window factory that sells drain pipe so think some might acidentally fall into my bag!! one other thing ive just got a polished inlet manifold will i have to replace any gaskets when i swap it?

[daves16v 1]

cheers for the advice flusted i actually work at a pvc window factory that sells drain pipe so think some might acidentally fall into my bag!! one other thing ive just got a polished inlet manifold will i have to replace any gaskets when i swap it?

 

Should be a perk of the job!