difference between cold air and short ram
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ocbaud
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hey! i have that intake. i dont know what exactly the problems are with the mac that make people hate it so much on here and other boards, but i'm sure most people will say that cutting it up like wont hurt anything with it 
doesnt look to bad actually.
i've got a tuneable induction intake on the way to replace my mac cai
doesnt look to bad actually. i've got a tuneable induction intake on the way to replace my mac cai
twogts4us
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I don't understand - do you mean it was an 'in the fender' setup and you removed the fender part? I think that is a wise idea - a turn before the MAF can cause inaccurate MAF readings. The straight flow setup you have now is optimal. And when the car is moving, the air temp pulled thru the tube is not going to be much different than what you'll pull out of the fender. At a standstill, sure it'll pull warmer air...but who wants to standstill?Owned said:
twogts4us said:I don't understand - do you mean it was an 'in the fender' setup and you removed the fender part? I think that is a wise idea - a turn before the MAF can cause inaccurate MAF readings. The straight flow setup you have now is optimal. And when the car is moving, the air temp pulled thru the tube is not going to be much different than what you'll pull out of the fender. At a standstill, sure it'll pull warmer air...but who wants to standstill?
yes it was in the fender, I cute the pipe back. its gonna be mainly for track racing anyways. so i will also be able to take out the headlight. the car is going in for tuning once i get my cams, and heads
John Smith
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Not a good idea according to Kenne Bell. There is an article on the KB website about exposed under hood air filters. You might want to read it
http://www.kennebell.net/techinfo/general-info/HotAirWARNING.pdf
http://www.kennebell.net/techinfo/general-info/HotAirWARNING.pdf
stangGT97
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GT12207
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If you're going to keep that setup, at least consider getting some stuff from Home Depot and get a little creative and fab up some sort of heat shield for it. Maybe something similar to the K&N FIPK. It shouldn't be hard at all.
wannabe2000GT
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that was a good article. i dont see anything wrong with the stock setup with just a K&N inside it. thats how mine is and i think its very effective for $40.
drew_shipley
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wannabe2000GT said:
That's what I chose to do mainly because I had a friend selling a K&N drop in for $25 and I didn't want to drop $200 ish on a CAI that I'll have to get rid of when I buy a Supercharger. Plus the gains on a N/A relativly stock GT isn't worth $200.
tonys5.0
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FYI.... My wife bought me the JLT cold air pipe for about $250 for Christmas. I won't report on anything unless I feel it's a worthwhile performance investment so this is why I wanted to share my results with you.
Before the pipe installation I was pushing it to shift from 1st into 2nd at 2500 rpm. Now i'm effortlessly shifting into 2nd at 3000-3200 rpm. I feel there's definitely a positive torque gain as well as some hp pickup. My 4th gear always pulled well before but now with the cold air pipe it pulls very hard.
Installation was a pita but overall I'm very pleased with the in-fender maf cold air pipe.
-Tony
Before the pipe installation I was pushing it to shift from 1st into 2nd at 2500 rpm. Now i'm effortlessly shifting into 2nd at 3000-3200 rpm. I feel there's definitely a positive torque gain as well as some hp pickup. My 4th gear always pulled well before but now with the cold air pipe it pulls very hard.
Installation was a pita but overall I'm very pleased with the in-fender maf cold air pipe.
-Tony
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