Direct Cold Air Intake Kit

[d14vd_h]

Hi guys,
continued on the theme of the drilled airbox and cold air feed,
i initially planned simply to drill a largeish hole in the bottom of my airbox and run a pipe/ hosing to the bottom grille on my car,
since then tho i have seen universal direct cold air intake kits
the company i have been looking at are JETEX who are swedish!!!

http://jetex.co.uk/Jetexwebsite/index2.html

am i understanding this correctly,
i propose to buy the kit pictured and drill a hole big enough to attach the bottom of the cone to the bottom of my airbox and run the provided pipe to the grille as before,
i dont fancy replacing my standard feed as i think you are meant to
will i lose all benefit?
is this a waste of cash??
help


ps just recieved this email from jetex - dont really understand it tho...
" If you are thinking of keeping the existing air box base and drilling holes, then this may be a good idea. You would then be ensuring a good cold air feed into the base of the cone through the bottom of the air box, and you would be getting a good cold air feed through the end of the cone filter.

You would certainly not detract from the worth of the DCAF kit."

[Bracer]

I dont see any direct problems with what you are trying to do, but all I will say is in general I dont like the idea of having a open cone filter no matter how much cold air you feed to it.

You induction intake should be protected from the engine bay heat as much as possible.

I'm currently making a suitable housing for a cone filter with a direct cold air feed, but it will be completly enclosed.

BMC CDA Anyone :wink:

[d14vd_h]

I dont see any direct problems with what you are trying to do, but all I will say is in general I dont like the idea of having a open cone filter no matter how much cold air you feed to it.

You induction intake should be protected from the engine bay heat as much as possible.

I'm currently making a suitable housing for a cone filter with a direct cold air feed, but it will be completly enclosed.

BMC CDA Anyone :wink:


yeah thats a fair point bracer!!
you can get a carbon covered one for an exta 20quid
but i think this is all proving a bit expensive so im gonna stick with just the ducting to a hole in the bottom initially , where did u get yours? looks like good stuff.

[Bracer]

yeah thats a fair point bracer!!
you can get a carbon covered one for an exta 20quid
but i think this is all proving a bit expensive so im gonna stick with just the ducting to a hole in the bottom initially , where did u get yours? looks like good stuff.

This is the one I got. See here (http://www.flexibleducting.co.uk/products/productdetail.asp?procode=10)

[d14vd_h]

This is the one I got. See here (http://www.flexibleducting.co.uk/products/productdetail.asp?procode=10)

nice one bracer!!!! did u buy it from the website??? how much did it cost, did u get the cuffs put in the ends???
ps cant believe its made 10mins away from where i live!

[Bracer]

nice one bracer!!!! did u buy it from the website??? how much did it cost, did u get the cuffs put in the ends???
ps cant believe its made 10mins away from where i live!

I sent them a email and blagged a 2m sample :rice:

[fraz13]

Thats very similar to mine if not the same, only difference is mines grey, Norman Kdst5 was kind enough to give me mine tho a had to go to feckin Elgin to get it :cuckoo: :hihi: :hilarious

Oh p.s you got PM

[Pedro Fandango]

http://covcrew.dyndns.org/covcrew/volvo-850-t5/archive/archive15.jpg
you can't beat a direct cold feed & straight line air flow :wink:

[fraz13]

Pics of mines

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v458/fraz13/enginebay.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v458/fraz13/450x600_newvolvopics033.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v458/fraz13/bumper1.jpg

[craig]

has anyone got any stats on how the power increases with drilling the air box and is it a good idea to just drill it without ducting it to a cold supply .cos my brothers golf vr6 had a cone air filter on it and it made it noisy and slower without re mapping it . by the way nice looking engine pedro