Is a cold air box required with a cone filter for N/A?
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Is a cold air box required with a cone filter for N/A?
Just wondering, but do i really need a cold air box if i install a cone filter into my 87 n/a??
what would happen if i don't?
what would happen if i don't?
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It's really not required, but it is recommended. Your engine should operate just fine, but you're not getting the maximum benefits of the intake modification. Allowing the engine to breathe the hot air from the engine bay will just cancel any benefit you made have had from having a cone filter in the first place. Ideally, the air filter should be completely isolated from the engine bay's heat and a cold air box is just one way to do it.
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I have monitored the intake air temperatures of a similar setup, and have noticed that while there is a lot of heat getting sucked into the engine at idle, around 30mph the intake temperature becomes closer to ambient because of the higher airflow through the engine bay. Of course, it depends exactly where you place the air filter, but it is difficult to tell what is a good spot unless you have an intake air temperature sensor. If you get too tricky with the plumbing, then you get a pressure drop (aka a restriction), which isn't good, either. A cold air intake would be better than a cone filter and AFM adapter, but it is not necessary.
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Just wondering but do you guys know what the size of your cone filter is like dimensions if possible.
cause stupid ppl at the parts shop said that i need like specific dimensions for them to find.
cause stupid ppl at the parts shop said that i need like specific dimensions for them to find.
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Originally posted by Evil Aviator
I have monitored the intake air temperatures of a similar setup, and have noticed that while there is a lot of heat getting sucked into the engine at idle, around 30mph the intake temperature becomes closer to ambient because of the higher airflow through the engine bay.
I have monitored the intake air temperatures of a similar setup, and have noticed that while there is a lot of heat getting sucked into the engine at idle, around 30mph the intake temperature becomes closer to ambient because of the higher airflow through the engine bay.
Same deal at the drags. How hot is your engine bay after lining up for ten minutes? Then you give it full load for quarter of a mile!
It doesn't matter if you've got an NA or a turbo, you should always try to keep intake temps as low as possible.
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Originally posted by NZConvertible
It doesn't matter if you've got an NA or a turbo, you should always try to keep intake temps as low as possible.
It doesn't matter if you've got an NA or a turbo, you should always try to keep intake temps as low as possible.
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