Intake ?
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From: Temecula
If you want to remove the hose going from the filter box to the top of the front end you could, but the air would be warmer going in, or you could drill a couple of holes in the bottom of the air box, just make sure that the air going through the holes is going to be filtered before entering the TB, the bottom of the box would be ok because the air would have to pass through the filter first, but other than that the FIPK or similar would be the only other options that I am aware of right now!
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From: Forest Hill MD
I was looking at moving the intake to the grill beside the radiator and drawing air from there. It seems kind of restricted under the hood. Only concern is water from rain and such.
Chris
Chris
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From: Temecula
A way to fix the rain problem is put a few holes in the bottom of the hose, and put a sponge inside of the bottom pary of the hose to absrorb some of the other water, make sure is a low profile sponge that way it won't restrict the airflow, that might help the rain problem.
The moving of the intake to where you want it seems like a really good idea though if all of the problems are worked out!
The moving of the intake to where you want it seems like a really good idea though if all of the problems are worked out!
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What I'm going to do is go buy some 3 or 4" duct from Home Depot. They have it by the dryer ducting, I'm gonna run some of that from either behind my grill or behind the bumper up to the filter/filter box. That way cool air will enter the tube and be brought to the filter. I'll post some pics when I'm done.
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From: Forest Hill MD
I've been looking a it for a while now and will probably start it this weekend. It's been too cold here in Maryland to do too much outside but i have the day off (Fri) and it's gonna be in the 50's and 60's this weekend. I'll keep you posted and put some pic's in my gallery.
Chris
Chris
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From: Forest Hill MD
Originally posted by Lone_Ranger01
What I'm going to do is go buy some 3 or 4" duct from Home Depot. They have it by the dryer ducting, I'm gonna run some of that from either behind my grill or behind the bumper up to the filter/filter box. That way cool air will enter the tube and be brought to the filter. I'll post some pics when I'm done.
What I'm going to do is go buy some 3 or 4" duct from Home Depot. They have it by the dryer ducting, I'm gonna run some of that from either behind my grill or behind the bumper up to the filter/filter box. That way cool air will enter the tube and be brought to the filter. I'll post some pics when I'm done.
Chris
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The main reason "cold" air intakes work isn't because they draw in cold air but that they remove the sound proofing flexible tubing that the OEMs use. The good ones have a non-corrugated piece of metal or plastic pipe that has a high flow cotton gauze filter on the end. If you're going to buy one or make one yourself, just be sure it isn't corrugated and that it isn't right off of an exhaust manifold and you will experience a great difference.
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From: Forest Hill MD
Originally posted by low-side
The main reason "cold" air intakes work isn't because they draw in cold air but that they remove the sound proofing flexible tubing that the OEMs use. The good ones have a non-corrugated piece of metal or plastic pipe that has a high flow cotton gauze filter on the end. If you're going to buy one or make one yourself, just be sure it isn't corrugated and that it isn't right off of an exhaust manifold and you will experience a great difference.
The main reason "cold" air intakes work isn't because they draw in cold air but that they remove the sound proofing flexible tubing that the OEMs use. The good ones have a non-corrugated piece of metal or plastic pipe that has a high flow cotton gauze filter on the end. If you're going to buy one or make one yourself, just be sure it isn't corrugated and that it isn't right off of an exhaust manifold and you will experience a great difference.
Chris
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From: Mobile, ALABAMA
on a 90 F-150 youve got 2 stock rubber tubes going to the air intake...i was wanting to put a cold air intake system on my truck but didnt want two tubes...is there a way to replace the stock unit from say a mustang 5.0 to where i can get just one tube coming from the throttle body? 
Last edited by nd4spd; Mar 4, 2004 at 10:52 AM.