ok...so i ordered a K&N CAI from ebay $205 shipped...pretty cheap, i know...anyways, i drive an auto and i wanna make this into a short ram....i know the filter doesnt fit but im ganna try my best...i have to....anyways...i plan to dremel the cold air pipe a little so it can fit directly near the short ram filter...that way i get cold air drawn from the bottom and feed it to the short ram...this way i have better low end power and tq.....and top end from colder air from bascially an empty tube....i hope i explained this well...i just want everyone else's opinions on this...is this a waste? plz help a brotha out...

 

Pretty good explanation, I understand what you're going to do...what I don't understand is why you would hack up a $200 intake just to do it...If I were you, I'd get some mandrel bends from JC Witney and just make an intake myself.

 

How exactly would it pull cold air? If I understood you correctly, what you will have is basically a short ram intake, with a cold air pipe sitting in its usual location but without a filter. I honestly doubt any cool air will get sucked in.

 

yeah, that's not going to do anything. you'll be much better off making or buying a box to seal the short ram from the engine heat.

 

it wont do nothing?...i mean at high speads, air will flow through the hole, in through the tube, leading straight to the filter which will suck in the colder air....have u tried it?

 

if you removed the plastic piece in the lower grill and fabricated a seal so that the air was forced to go through the tube, you would get air to the filter. however, even if you did all that, the filter will still be getting cold air from only one small section of it's radius. the other 90% of the filter will be getting hot air from the engine compartment.
and to answer your question directly, yes i did try this at one point many years ago. trust me, expend your time, energy, and money on something else. this is a dead end.

 

Not to mention that most of the gains from an intake come from increased air velocity and a smoother route to the throttle body, not from 'cold air.'

 

hmmm.... so why dont you just leave it as a cold air intake if u want cooler air???

 

well, i want the intake sound and benefits it has on high end power....without the ___ loss of low end...i love how the tc pulls at lower RPMs and dont wanan lose that...plus i have an auto....so short rams the way to go...

 

Short ram and cold air box!

 

weapon r intake and ram air kit.........it's what i have

 

thats what i want
plus the cold air box

 

thats like almost double the cost...is the extra 200 bucks or so worth it?

 

Damn 200 bucks for a cold air that your gonna hack? This was my experiment with some extra pipes from a Ford Mustang GT Intake + A corolla intake (it has the same thing to connect the MAS to).




YES I SUCK AT WIRING, but the intake works and so does the ____ty wiring.