BLUTO
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Holly, MI NW of Detroit
Has anyone done this?
I'm thinking about running some 3" flexible hose from the lower side of my stock air box down across the front of the engine (behind electric fan) straight down to pick up fresh unheated air. The termination can be looking down, below the splash shield OR curved in to a 3" opening that I'll cut in my front bumper. Any H2O or debris that MAY get sucked-up will flow out of the bottom of the airbox (holes drilled in it and old airlet opening) before getting sucked thru the filter and into the intake.
Q 1) anybody ever try this yet? Did you get any improvement?
Q 2) would this be better than K & N cone filter sucking in hot underhood air?
Q 3) if this is better, would changing stock filter to K & N replacement give me any benefit?
The stock airbox isn't as bad as some I've seen for changes in direction (pressure/velocity loss). And it can provide a "trap" to help prevent hydro-locking your motor in deep H2O situations. This appears to be the only way (outside of a snorkle or Ram-Air hood scoop) to get fresh air to engine.
Comments are appreciated,
BLUTO
BTW,
I will be installing Flowmaster with the intake upgrade too!
I'm thinking about running some 3" flexible hose from the lower side of my stock air box down across the front of the engine (behind electric fan) straight down to pick up fresh unheated air. The termination can be looking down, below the splash shield OR curved in to a 3" opening that I'll cut in my front bumper. Any H2O or debris that MAY get sucked-up will flow out of the bottom of the airbox (holes drilled in it and old airlet opening) before getting sucked thru the filter and into the intake.
Q 1) anybody ever try this yet? Did you get any improvement?
Q 2) would this be better than K & N cone filter sucking in hot underhood air?
Q 3) if this is better, would changing stock filter to K & N replacement give me any benefit?
The stock airbox isn't as bad as some I've seen for changes in direction (pressure/velocity loss). And it can provide a "trap" to help prevent hydro-locking your motor in deep H2O situations. This appears to be the only way (outside of a snorkle or Ram-Air hood scoop) to get fresh air to engine.
Comments are appreciated,
BLUTO
BTW,
I will be installing Flowmaster with the intake upgrade too!