So i was bored and i started thinking... I have a self-built SRI intake right now. It sucks in hot air and i kind of want it to suck in more cold... why not make a pipe that brings cold air from my front bumper to my sri. It would be a very ez mod and wouldnt cost much. Any thoughts/ ideas?

pvc pipe with a chamber that u could put ice packs in ... that could work.. or mod a water to air intercooler! thatd work too! mount the intercooler up there and make a thingy for the opening to suck in air... may have a prob with suction.... lol

This post has been edited by monkey: Jun 9, 2008 - 12:11 AM

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LOL


Anyway, isn't there already a scoop that scoops air from the left front to the stock intake box?

I saw in someones photos they had the best idea so far which was to wall off a section of the engine bay where the air filter resides, for this to work the battery will need to be relocated to the boot, that front left corner is sectioned off, all items around that area moved elsewhere

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Kinda of but it didnt realli work well... esp since i removed it cuz it was a resonator. Im gonna go make a trip to the amazing DYI heaven... home depot tomorrow. n see what i can whip up. Ill take pics afterwards.

Yeah the K&N kit comes with a pipe that fixes to the undertray to scoop up cold air.

Works nicely.

Please post in the correct forum. Moved.

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rather than pcv.....drier duct works wonders and weights less

YES! that was exactly what i was looking for except I couldnt fit it through the small hole that leads it from the bumper to the engine bay... unless theres a way to remove it... ill take a pic tomorrow to show you guys.

ohh take out the drivers side high beam and use the duct and pipe it over! that be sick!

eh i kinda want my high beam instead imma place it next to my for light... only prob is to find the right size...

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Did you ever finish this project? mind posting some more info on parts used and pics?

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Please don't - been done - much too ricey for our cars.

This has been done before many times. My last car had a chromed aluminum tube like you would use for an intake from the foglight to the hole where the stock pipe goes through [enlarged with the almighty dremil] and then it had a SRI in the shape of an S from the TB to the other pipe. Probably works better than a long snaky CAI [which looses velocity with all those bends that are necessary].
BTW - No need to move the battery if you wall off that one side of the bay just wall it off with the filter - you need not worry about the battery's temps effecting the intake air.
This is all pretty much a moot point as it won't do much, if anything, better than an SRI - Same as CAI. The biggest gain is just getting rid of the stock resonators and tiny piping, square paper filter box etc.

Manphibian - I was gonna post that - that's the nicest setup I've seen so far.

This post has been edited by DEATH: Jul 30, 2008 - 2:30 PM

dude... all u gotta do is get one of those expandable/stretchy aluminum air duct pipe thing and zip tie one end to the front of the bumper and the other end near the filter on the intake and boom.. now u have a CAI haha. and wen winter comes around... take it off. it works... trust me.

How about leaving your bottom stock box on, block off the hole, make a pipe and make sure your intake sits on top of the box and put dry ice in there?? ...haha...hear of people doing something similar like this before..never really seen it though...

can you re-direct the aircon into the engine bay?

PLease check out http://www.speedbyspectre.com for the intake modulator. You pick out the pieces and create your own intake. If anyone wants more information, PM me as i have a close relation with the company.

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Would be good to make some sort of fast swap setup for this for 1/4 mile drags.

>Useful links regarding full intakes:
http://www.toyotacelicaonline.com/intake1.htm
http://www.toyotacelicaonline.com/cai.htm

also please note manphibians post.

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NO!

But if you must, more info can be found here

I'm not naming names here but a SWAPPED Houston member from way back tried that and it makes absolutely NO DIFFERENCE and looks like some Honda sh*t. He did get caught in one of our monsoon like sudden rains but nothing happened cause he had the intelligence to shut the car off and pull over immediately.
Don't bother.

does the little pipe not do anything then?

ive just put my induction filter in the end of the old airbox pipe cos i thought there was sensers and stuff in there

but if it helps i'll get rid of the lot

mine had a cotton filter in as standard not a paper one so maybe i'm better off stock?

Nah - the cone helps alot over even a drop in TRD or K&N type. You can do the aluminum pipe for more bling and just the teeniest improvement but honestly sounds like your setup is just fine. Ngofcukingway ran around on his mom's camry like that for a while [Ask him about the kibbles and bits LOL].
Post a current pic of your setup so we can help better.

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i'm on the case-thanks

actually it does seem to zip up to 7k from 5k a lot faster so maybe i'm sticking with the induction cone hehe. I just gonna get a friend to film/time the 0-60mph to see if theres any improvement but I'm sure there will be as 60 is normally reached at 7k in 2nd