I have the HKS intake too. The APS can be added to the end of it. If you look in the pic, that red pipe behind the MAF is my HKS suction pipe painted red.

 

Great job for just using your workbench to make the bends. Any chance that you have a pic with the box/cover out of the car?

 

Tell you what fred....I will make you one and send it to you FREE. Consider it my contribution back to you for all you do in the EcuFlash arena. PM me your address. Just give me a few weeks. Work, family, School, etc...time is tight for me.

Paul

 

x2 very nice of you Paul, fred definetly deserves it. But is it possible for you to take different pics of it? I would also like to see the design of it. Also, did you think about adding an opening to take advantage of the OEM snorkle?

 

I had all kinds of "ideas" for making it. If i had the proper bending and cutting tools I would certainly make it utilize the stock snorkle. My main goal was to isolate the intake from incoming hot air and turbulence created by the engine fans. Both make the MAF readings screwy.

As far as I know I am one, if not the only, person to run Revolver cams and a green with hard pipes and......the stock ECU. This heat shield was the feather in the hat to make the car idle well.

 

Thanks very much for the offer! I don't want to turn it down, but I have a slightly different idea in mind in that I want to use a design that allows the stock air intake snorkel to feed air into the box as well. Would you be able/interested in fashioning up something like that for me?

EDIT: I just saw the posts that popped up while I was working on something else.

 

I have had this in my plans for quite some time now. Just never got around to doing it yet. Since mrfred has the SD jitter fixes now, though, I do plan to switch permanently to SD once the weather warms up a bit so I can work on my car and finally build the shield for the new intake pipe and filter.

I am going to build a similar type of heat shield, but provision an opening for the stock snorkel as well. I'm debating on whether to use sheets of HDPE or aluminum and whether to have a top or just have the top open, but shaped properly to seal against the hood with some rubber along the top edges.

If/when I get this done, I can post up how I did it. But, it sounds like mrfred may have it done before me. Whenever the next weekend above say 40-50* comes along, I may start the project.

 

I don't have a design laid out yet, just some thoughts. HDPE would insulate better, but is not so easy to bend. I was thinking that aluminum with a coating of polyurethane rubber paint on the inside to provide a bit of radiant heat insulation would be good. I'd go with a lid rather than a seal against the hood. Would look cleaner, and it wouldn't rub on the hood.

 

http://www.lancershop.com/customer/p...cat=116&page=1

 

I had forgotten about this option. Its similar to what Applaud has. I think I'm set on doing a custom box that utilizes the stock cold-air inlet.

 

I would have liked to build one that uses the stock snorkel but the additional bends and over all complication of the contraption really isn't worth the effort. I removed my intercooler spray bottle (never used it any way) which makes for a huge inlet of cold air from the bumper duct. By closing off the engine compartment the intake gets all the "cold" air it needs.

When I first made the shield it would bend upward after a run on the highway from the airflow that goes in that side duct. If you look close there is a small "L" bracket that is holding the top of the shield down. That alone was proof enough that it gets plenty of cold air.

One thing I would do different is to make the top removable. It is a pain to remove to do boost leak tests and service the filter. I might have to make a v2.

Honestly though, it is not difficult at all and well worth the time to make it. I even noticed that my car does not idle differently when the fan kicks on like it did without the shield.

If you are really froggy you could implement a NACA duct into the hood. Now that would be pimp.

 

I use APS cold air system and it works great. i made 471bhp and 450lbs from my BBK full in the UK.

Looks & quality is oem. Sounds cool on spool up to a mechanical suction noise like darth vaider in my front bumper.

good system all in all, also a future modification to it maybe to ported/smooth internal piping and maybe larger Filter & i've also seen people insulating pipe work to avoid heat soak but i cant see it getting any really. i'll try and get a front bumper picture as the filter lands right in the middle of the IX vent

 

Appauldd : That looks SHARP!! I think I'm going to make that my project for my next payday. Thanks to all of you guys for the ideas. As much as I would like a true cold air, I'm thinking that the aluminum box will probably be the most effective. The only problem I foresee is that it covers up the ACD reservoir, but I'm sure that the box is able to be removed...

 

There was a member on here that had a prototype they were going to start making them.....had screws to remove the upper lid, and had a rubber flap to slide the intake tune into the box so it was a more universal for the different style intakes.

It looked pretty good - wish i knew who the member was

btw - great looking piece, i love diy on the work bench projects....one of these days i will find a house to buy and maybe have a garage and work bench myself to use instead of my kitchen table in the apt.

 

I think it was jid2.