2000-2005 Discuss your 2000-2005 Bonneville SE, SLE, and SSEi Please use General Chat for non-mechanical issues, and Performance and Brainstorming for improvements.

?'s about air intake

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 08-08-2005, 12:55 AM
  #1  
Senior Member
Posts like a Northstar
Thread Starter
 
bonnevillemac's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: The Bluegrass State
Posts: 522
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
bonnevillemac is on a distinguished road
Default ?'* about air intake

Yeah so anyway, I went ahead and made my heatshield out of plexi and some angled brackets. I like the way it looks and it'* pretty solid. I used Reflectix on the two sides and bottom of the box inside and out. I've got my intake tube insulated with the reflectix also. I am running a K&N RX-4750. I was showing it off to one of my buddies last night and, when I raised the hood and felt of the intake tube and the plexi box, I noticed there was still quite a bit of heat there. I know inside the engine compartment is not the coolest place to be, but I thought it would all be a little cooler than it is being insulated and all.

So if any of our more experienced than me members could give me some ideas how to cool it down I would be most grateful.

And one other thing how can I tell the temp of the intake air??
Also what is considered ambient air??

Thanks in advance for any and all help you give.

Tim
Old 08-08-2005, 12:59 AM
  #2  
Senior Member
True Car Nut
 
PontiacDad's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Purgatory
Posts: 6,313
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
PontiacDad is on a distinguished road
Default

What 2000SilverBullet has done is mount an air duct from under the car into his 'air box'.
If you do a search of his posts I'm sure there are some pics?
Old 08-08-2005, 08:53 AM
  #3  
Senior Member
Posts like a Camaro
 
itsnitro's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Boca Raton, FL
Posts: 1,101
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
itsnitro is on a distinguished road
Default

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/383040

check out 2000SIiver'* webpage..has pixs
Old 08-09-2005, 12:11 AM
  #4  
Senior Member
Posts like a Northstar
Thread Starter
 
bonnevillemac's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: The Bluegrass State
Posts: 522
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
bonnevillemac is on a distinguished road
Default

Thanks guys I'll check it out.


Tim
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Lilchief
Forced Induction
2
02-07-2006 11:44 AM
markviiisvt4
Performance, Brainstorming & Tuning
10
01-03-2006 11:46 AM
bmsgaffer86
Performance, Brainstorming & Tuning
18
06-07-2004 01:26 AM
pakenney38
Performance, Brainstorming & Tuning
29
03-06-2004 01:40 PM



Quick Reply: ?'s about air intake



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 02:07 AM.