New Intake.
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Originally Posted by Bonnevillan
seems like most prefer the fenderwell intake now, but looks good!
Do you have one???
If so, what year is your car?
I know there is nowhere to put one on mine so i did the same thing only i have a rubber elbow that turns 90* smoothly instead of metal or whatever that is.
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same thing i did to mine with an exhaust J-bend from summit. then did a fenderwell. that exhaust tubing gets pretty hot and stays hot. way better then stock tho. nice
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Originally Posted by 99bonne
I know there is nowhere to put one on mine so i did the same thing only i have a rubber elbow that turns 90* smoothly instead of metal or whatever that is.
Either way, you need to build a heat shield box to prevent sucking in super hot engine bay air.
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Originally Posted by harofreak00
I would seriously reconsider the routing of your power cable.
took the words right out of my mouth there should be a factory whole in the firewall on the passanger side or just run it under the car alot easier and then come up either in the tailights or some where else
less hassle
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Originally Posted by harofreak00
I would seriously reconsider the routing of your power cable.
BTW, I like the intake, the welds look very even, good quality. But these guys are right, you're still sucking in hot air, and these motors are very sensitive to intake heat.
Use card board to mock up a box that shields it from the engine bay as completely as possible, then use that as a template to cut your shield from plexi, or some sort of insulating material. I would also consider wrapping the pipe in insulating material to keep the radiant heat from the crossover out.