What About A Front Mount Intake?

[Clatch]

Okay I went down to my local tuner shop (alarm problems, wouldn't be caught dead there otherwise) and they had his crazy intake design there called a front mount intake. I looks like this, http://www.speedstash.com/intercooler.html. What are your thoughts on something like this V-Mounted (top mounted). It seems like it has a pretty large air intake source and could have its moments. Of course there would be cutom piping and the mas to deal with. But do you think it might be worth it?

[skydragoness]

Hmm.

You live in FL, right? It rains in FL everyday. You want something in your airdam that could potentially suck water into your engine. I highly advise against it. Plus, everyone would make fun of you for trying to fake you have a FMIC.

Just get a short ram intake, you'll be fine. Or get an Injen with a cold-air extension but unhook it if you're going out in the rain.

[KDashy]

Garbage.

For one, the piping is way too long, as shorter intakes are the most efficient as the engine doesnt have to work to get the air in. That civic easily has the longest intake piping ever.

Secondly the way the intake pipe is mounted sideways to the direction or airflow so it cant "ram" the air in as it claims. Not to mention the stuff that rapes our bumper paint at highway speed (rocks, bugs, ect) is going to be 10x worse on a paper air filter.

But your top mount question is interesting that might actually do something, though it requires a lot of custom fabbing.

[Clatch]

Yes I am talking about Top Mount ONLY, I'm not that stupid to put something like that in my air damn, not to mention the outrageous amount of piping . This question applies only to a custom top mount configuration in which the intake would be conceled under the hood and indeed shorter piping than stock because the the intake would be in the middle. Think of the way the Signal dift cars have their intercoolers mounted, only this would be an intake like the one in the above link instead of an intercooler. Thanks for your comments.

[Anand]

you will soak up a lot of hot air instead of cold...unless you make a ram induction scoop or somehting.

[KDashy]

you will soak up a lot of hot air instead of cold...unless you make a ram induction scoop or somehting.

It'd be great but not worth the custom fabbing.

[crzycav86]

It looks more like a ricer's excuse for a fmic rather than a performance part.

I drove by a guy in a honda who had that air filter. He looked at me all bad-***-like. And I just laughed at him... good times.. haha

[Matthew]

Think of the way the Signal dift cars have their intercoolers mounted, only this would be an intake like the one in the above link instead of an intercooler. Thanks for your comments.

You are applying the same theory to two different parts, which have two different functions and characteristics. I would simply go with a short ram, that narrows as it approaches the throttle body in order to maintain velocity. Well, i guess side drafts or ITB's would really by my first choice for an N/A motor....

[Clatch]

Okay so this thing is pretty much a ricer gimmick, hence why it would be down at the local tuner *cough*rice*cough* shop. The only thing I saw in it would be a larger more free flowing intake surface but I guess not. So I present you with two last ideas that will deffiantly confirm whether or not this will be any more benefitial than a standard short ram intake. Please take a look at the pictures and give me your thoughts on the location and configurations. *Please excuse the hasty photochopping *

[lofapoo]

If it had a scoop of some sort sitting right on top of it in the hood, maybe, otherwise it's cone short-rams for the win.

[onosqv]

As me and another member on this forum like to call it:

It's an interfooler.

HAHAHAHA.

[KDashy]

As me and another member on this forum like to call it:

It's an interfooler.

HAHAHAHA.

[i2ice4m3]

do they even sell replacement filters of that size? I doubt you can clean it with filter oil or something

[crzycav86]

As me and another member on this forum like to call it:

It's an interfooler.

HAHAHAHA.

Good thing they didn't put one on your car! lol

[HashiriyaS14]

Well, if it's done short-ram style, then it's very similar to the ARC Super Induction box, which is commonly used on cars with some sort of scoop/grille/hole in the hood. It is a very well regarded intake.

I don't see why that would be necessarily a bad idea, but I also would be hard-pressed to pay any more for it than a normal intake.

[twofourzeroSX]

hey ITS MADE FOR ACURAS AND HONDAS. and they are right. long piping is bad. why dont you do sum kind of hood intake if u really want the ram air.

[sgpnismo]

all i can say is, jesus christ are you kidding????

[Thrwnsprkz]

[PantherRacer]

LOL

[marshun]

all i can say is, jesus christ are you kidding????

exactly what i was thinkin. :P

but in all seriousness, that things just for looks

[twlnbro69]

ogpile