whats everyone using for cold air intake on stock turbo
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graham1524
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Re: whats everyone using for cold air intake on stock turbo
i am in the process of making an aluminum cross over pipe to go over instead of the brittle stock one
i am in the process of making an aluminum cross over pipe to go over instead of the brittle stock one
The Devils Own Chariot
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Get Rid of the crossover for sure. I had a close one with mine. An aluminum one would be cool but very spendy. Just move the battery to the bed. That way you have a cheap way of doing a cold air intake and then room for an alky pump down the road. Alky is very cool :tup:
Get Rid of the crossover for sure. I had a close one with mine. An aluminum one would be cool but very spendy. Just move the battery to the bed. That way you have a cheap way of doing a cold air intake and then room for an alky pump down the road. Alky is very cool :tup:
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graham1524
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Re: whats everyone using for cold air intake on stock turbo
i ordered all the stuff and should have it done in the next two weeks depending on shipping
i ordered all the stuff and should have it done in the next two weeks depending on shipping
Re: whats everyone using for cold air intake on stock turbo
looks good and simple but im surprised u didnt paint it black or somethin lol
looks good and simple but im surprised u didnt paint it black or somethin lol
Rookie said:Get Rid of the crossover for sure. I had a close one with mine. An aluminum one would be cool but very spendy. Just move the battery to the bed. That way you have a cheap way of doing a cold air intake and then rool for an alky pump down the road. Alky is very cool :tup:
cloneman315
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i have a cobra elbow going into a modified atr box
i have a cobra elbow going into a modified atr box
The Devils Own Chariot
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Yeah I realized that I dont like all the piping black. When I get my RFL I have another unpinted pipe thats going on.
ty0056 said:
Yeah I realized that I dont like all the piping black. When I get my RFL I have another unpinted pipe thats going on.
hideakimura
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Brassmonkey
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I had a KB box, but threw it in the dumpster, where it belongs. What a POS. I made my own intake box, sealed and taped it to the inner fender (in the same position as ty0056's) for cold air through GNX outer fender vents. It is a 3 piece design something like an old ATR box. Sorry I don't have any fotos at the moment.
I had a KB box, but threw it in the dumpster, where it belongs. What a POS. I made my own intake box, sealed and taped it to the inner fender (in the same position as ty0056's) for cold air through GNX outer fender vents. It is a 3 piece design something like an old ATR box. Sorry I don't have any fotos at the moment.
Brassmonkey
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Re: whats everyone using for cold air intake on stock turbo
I don't want to sound to picky, but where does your intake get cold air from?
I don't want to sound to picky, but where does your intake get cold air from?
TxSy1430 said:heres a few shots of the one i made....
TxSy1430
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Re: whats everyone using for cold air intake on stock turbo
it gets quite a bit from where the old air box used to be..i get cooler intake air temps from this side of the radiator than the other...I'm probably gonna extend it on down to under the vac cannister and get even better air..this is a work in progress..i've changed the location 3 times already and this has been the coolest.
it gets quite a bit from where the old air box used to be..i get cooler intake air temps from this side of the radiator than the other...I'm probably gonna extend it on down to under the vac cannister and get even better air..this is a work in progress..i've changed the location 3 times already and this has been the coolest.
turbodig
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x2. Particularly, anything on the turbo side of the motor is questionable.
Any gain in flow on that side will be negated by the heat in the area. This is why the KB/ATR kits all attempted to block the fender passages off from heat.
The real downer to the stock setup is that little duct that goes from the filter bracket to the core support... it's really restrictive. You can typically pick up .2 (Mine saw .4 consistently) by cutting the hole larger in the front of the air box, or cutting the front entirely out.
KB's propaganda that the stock crossover was restrictive and heated the air was crap. Unfortunately, the reputation stuck. The real restriction is elsewhere.
A nicely bent (mandrel) oval AL crossover tube would be a good thing.
Best one I've seen used an s-tube that ran from the turbo to the headlight bucket... but you had to pull the headlight to use it. The guys doing fender scoops have a better setup, that way.
DaveP said:
x2. Particularly, anything on the turbo side of the motor is questionable.
Any gain in flow on that side will be negated by the heat in the area. This is why the KB/ATR kits all attempted to block the fender passages off from heat.
The real downer to the stock setup is that little duct that goes from the filter bracket to the core support... it's really restrictive. You can typically pick up .2 (Mine saw .4 consistently) by cutting the hole larger in the front of the air box, or cutting the front entirely out.
KB's propaganda that the stock crossover was restrictive and heated the air was crap. Unfortunately, the reputation stuck. The real restriction is elsewhere.
A nicely bent (mandrel) oval AL crossover tube would be a good thing.
Best one I've seen used an s-tube that ran from the turbo to the headlight bucket... but you had to pull the headlight to use it. The guys doing fender scoops have a better setup, that way.
JSM
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Yes, on Jeremys for racing I cut the back of the headlight out, welded on a 3" ring where the plug is. Race day we remove the headlight, install a tube directly from headlight bucket to turbo. Direct cold air (no filter though).
On the street he has a big air filter that just sits behind the headlight bucket.
Yes, on Jeremys for racing I cut the back of the headlight out, welded on a 3" ring where the plug is. Race day we remove the headlight, install a tube directly from headlight bucket to turbo. Direct cold air (no filter though).
On the street he has a big air filter that just sits behind the headlight bucket.
nello
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Re: whats everyone using for cold air intake on stock turbo
Another big restriction on the stock CAI setup is where the tube goes flat, right where it rests on top of the radiator/fan shroud. U can only force so much air through that flat part, no matter how un-restrictive the rest of it is.
Another big restriction on the stock CAI setup is where the tube goes flat, right where it rests on top of the radiator/fan shroud. U can only force so much air through that flat part, no matter how un-restrictive the rest of it is.