well i made an intake miself with some minimal help ... i went to a truck depo and bought a 3 inch diameter pippe and about 7 inch long ... then i took a 4 inch diameter pippe with a 90 degree angle of like 12 inch .. i broke the maf housing and bought a new cloth filter something like k&n .. then i instaled all together and got like 15 hp out of it .. im gonna change the maf to a f150 maf and bore it to fit my sensor .. wich if you see is different in the housing.. well out of all that i should be getting 25 hp..
ohh yess the 3 inch goes after the maf and the 4 goes before .. the point is to get air presurised into the manifold somthing like a aspirated turbo ... air goes to the 4 inch and the is explodes into the 3 inch to get more air you know ... getting more air into a small place .. is like a gun going off .. the air explode out . in this case in.
hey guys.......the bends really do not affect the air. think about it...c'mon now. Frank has a good idea goin there by adding the pressure to the airflow by confining the tube to a smaller diameter. now imagine going from 4 to a 3 inch tube down to 2 inches.....hmmm that would be a marvel of engineering if it would work. anyone know the exact diameter of stock throttle bodies? that might be something that frank could get rich off of. just make em chrome and you'd have some good stuff to sell frank. Keep up the good work! and the chrome doesn't get hot at all. I've driven for 30 miles at about 75mph gotten home and had to make an adjustment under the hood and the CAI was barely warm. And yes mine is chrome.
Originally posted by revmaynard02 hey guys.......the bends really do not affect the air. think about it...c'mon now. Frank has a good idea goin there by adding the pressure to the airflow by confining the tube to a smaller diameter. now imagine going from 4 to a 3 inch tube down to 2 inches.....hmmm that would be a marvel of engineering if it would work. anyone know the exact diameter of stock throttle bodies? that might be something that frank could get rich off of. just make em chrome and you'd have some good stuff to sell frank. Keep up the good work! and the chrome doesn't get hot at all. I've driven for 30 miles at about 75mph gotten home and had to make an adjustment under the hood and the CAI was barely warm. And yes mine is chrome.
the bends do effect the air and the flow of the cai..
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Originally posted by hmarv347 MAC and the BBK CAI loose cfm with the elbow into the fender where the K&N FIPK and the Densencharger have straight air flow and perform better.
1998GT is right, bends REALLY do make a difference
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KN does not make a system for the 03 mustang v6 and I hear bbk is junk is the MAC system ok? right now I've removed the airsilencer and drop in a kn filter, is it really worth the MONEY?
BBK and MAC are basically identical systems.
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Originally posted by 2NSANE hey if you are realy woried about heat you can alway have the intake ceramic coated if you get a metal one. that would help keep the heat out ot the piping, or you could wrap heat sheil wrap like what you would put on your starter.
Dude, that would be so expensive it isn't even funny and unless you want to send it out now and get it back a year later good luck. Plus you are talking way over kill, about the same as using a tank to kill a mouse.
Yes bends do make a difference but is it really worth the extra cost??? Probably not, I put mine together for about 10 bucks plus the K&N filter.
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from the rpm outlet you can buy a conical 9 inch k&n air filter and a heat shield and you can hook the filter right up to your MAF. With the heat shield its damn near perfect.
just get a K&N filter and build the intake out of PVC. As for heat, you really don't need to worry about it. With the engine always pulling air and when you get on it it's sucken good, that air is not touching the CAI long enough to heat it up enough to make a differance. at least it damn well better not be getting hot enough too.
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Originally posted by revmaynard02 hey guys.......the bends really do not affect the air. think about it...c'mon now. Frank has a good idea goin there by adding the pressure to the airflow by confining the tube to a smaller diameter. now imagine going from 4 to a 3 inch tube down to 2 inches.....hmmm that would be a marvel of engineering if it would work. anyone know the exact diameter of stock throttle bodies? that might be something that frank could get rich off of. just make em chrome and you'd have some good stuff to sell frank. Keep up the good work!
The bends will affect air flow by inducing turbulence into the tube. The straighter and smoother the interior walls, the higher the volume of air that is capable of passing through. The turbulence should come after the fuel charge is added to mix the air molecules with the fuel molecules.
In theory, the tube diameter reductions would net you low volume, high pressure air. Because the air is not being forced into, but being drawn into the tube by the pistons going down the cylinders during the intake stroke, the maximum amount of air a normally aspirated engine will draw is roughly equivalent to the cylinder's volume while the intake valve is open.
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Originally posted by excalibur It really doesn't make a difference if you go with a plastic or metal pipe; the air going through it doesn't stay in there long enough to heat up. On the other hand, I was looking into the K&N kit and it looked like the intake was in the engine compartment. I'm not sure if it is or not, but if it is sucking hot air in, it just plain sucks. You'd be better off with a stock housing and K&N filter. If they have a shield or something that makes the filter draw cool air in, it would work well. If you are strapped for cash, you might check ebay. A lot of people have said they are really happy with their $60 intakes from there.
That's not entirely true . . . For plain old street driving, yes. But for repeated drag runs on a highly strung engine, no.
Depends on what you plan to do with it.
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Originally posted by VenemoussC Nah Carbon Fiber wouldnt really be any better than plastic.. because carbon fiber is usually covered in a thin layer of plastic anyways.
It's resin. It's a denser material than plastic, so it will retain more heat than plastic.
Thermal properties are determined by mass. If you really want to keep it cool, slide some coozies on it!
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