New rubber piping

eddiii · Post by **eddiii** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 1:49 am

Just wondering does it suck more air with the pipe or it would be the same without it?

Post by **BorepYano** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:07 am

its sucking colder air with that there than not, with that there (i'm assuming its air tight) it'll be sucking air from outside as opposed to from your engine bay

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:04 am

oooohhhh! I love your BMC eddii!

Post by **Bennoz** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:55 am

Indeed!

Would be better if you could run that lower pipe all the way forward to the back of the bumper & mount it such that the air feeds direct into it from the front. Also dont forget to make a couple of drain holes in it in case you hit a deep puddle. Seen too many motors written off due to water seizing.

eddiii · Post by **eddiii** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:19 am

i was thinkin about mounting it at the front bar, but seems abit too much work, i actually want to do it like aza's, go back to the stock air hole and have a heat shield, but den i would need a whole new pipe from the AIM.

^^ thanks bushido, u should get 1 too

but do you guys know which air intake gains the most performance from experience? heard hks ones ar pretty good

koolio1234 · Post by **koolio1234** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 2:21 pm

eddiii wrote:but do you guys know which air intake gains the most performance from experience? heard hks ones ar pretty good

yeah, the green hks mushroom looking pods seem to get amazing results, up to 8kw gain if i remember correctly, but this will depend on your air feed and how insulated your airbox is.

I too have been looking for a solution to reroute cool air to my airbox. I was thinking of getting that same piping your using eddii and routing it to the mesh of the front bumper, also putting drainage holes in. Will do it soon, I'll try to add it to my current CAI diy.

eddiii · Post by **eddiii** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 2:43 pm

hey koolio, yeah ive seen people putting their pipe at the front grill, its a good idea, but den u will see the pipe when u look front on the car, which looks ugly? thats the only reason stopping me from doing it.
So having my set up or have the pipe go back to the stock hole with a heat shield box better?

Post by **Bennoz** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:01 pm

Why do you need a pod filter or a heat sheild? That BMC unit has it all in one. Great flow with built in sheilding..

koolio1234 · Post by **koolio1234** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:40 pm

Bennoz wrote:Why do you need a pod filter or a heat sheild? That BMC unit has it all in one. Great flow with built in sheilding..

yeah, i was thinking the same thing, but each to his own.

eddii wrote:hey koolio, yeah ive seen people putting their pipe at the front grill, its a good idea, but den you will see the pipe when you look front on the car, which looks ugly? thats the only reason stopping me from doing it.
So having my set up or have the pipe go back to the stock hole with a heat shield box better?

If i put the black piping behind the mesh, it should blend in and not be very noticeable at all so ugliness wont be an issue. Plus I dont care that much about how it looks, im more concerned with how it will perform.

definitely keep your BMC setup, its an excellent system and will be more effective than just putting heatshields. Just figure out a few cold air feed configurations till you get an effective setup.

zuihoujueding · Post by **zuihoujueding** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 4:06 pm

Hey edii, as you know, my setup is 99% the same as yours, just that im using Simota filter while yours is BMC.
But i have concerns over this setup. I heard CF makes a very good material as heatshield, but how much can it take? I can see your radiator pipe touching the filter and the radiator fan is blowing hot air right towards the filter. The filter body actually can get pretty hot.

I ahve crept undernealth the car a few tims, tyring to find the best route for thr ram effect, but it looks harder than i thought. Theres just no direct route, and ended up with a couple of bends. As all of us know bends are not good.

koolio1234 · Post by **koolio1234** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 5:24 pm

zuihoujueding wrote:Hey edii, as you know, my setup is 99% the same as yours, just that im using Simota filter while yours is BMC.
But i have concerns over this setup. I heard CF makes a very good material as heatshield, but how much can it take? I can see your radiator pipe touching the filter and the radiator fan is blowing hot air right towards the filter. The filter body actually can get pretty hot.

I ahve crept undernealth the car a few tims, tyring to find the best route for thr ram effect, but it looks harder than i thought. Theres just no direct route, and ended up with a couple of bends. As all of us know bends are not good.

thats the issue with the fto, space...not much room to play around with resulting in too many bends

thats why you gotta get a little creative with this sort of arrangement

Post by **BorepYano** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 5:56 pm

the only way i see of getting straight air to it is either a "speed hole" in the bonnet or quarter panel...
or modifying the front bumper or take out the foog light...

eddiii · Post by **eddiii** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:36 pm

guess now i know that lol, thought i still need a heatshield or somethin to make it cooler,

thanks guys lol, i know im a noobie,
and another thing, its quite off topic but if i have 4 big dish rims, would it actually make my car slower even if i balance it?

Post by **aza013** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:41 pm

the more weight you put into a car the longer it takes to get up to speed.
what is the weight of them?

but in the long run it won't make a lot of diference with just the rims (unless they are BIG chrom rims).

zuihoujueding · Post by **zuihoujueding** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:45 pm

yeah....what is the weight of them? and anyone know the weight of the stock rims?

Post by **aza013** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:46 pm

16kgs with rubber

eddiii · Post by **eddiii** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:50 pm

dont really know the weight for it, but im plannin to get these soon in 18inch, and when it says 18 x 7.5, 18 x 8, the 7.5 and 8 is how big the dish is?

http://www.ozzytyres.com.au/Content_Com ... Chrome.seo

Post by **aza013** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:07 pm

the 7.5 and 8 are the width of the rim.

eddiii · Post by **eddiii** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:11 pm

where does it say like how big would the dish be? or i would have to call up an ask? or theres just set size for the dish?

Post by **aza013** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:14 pm

I think the offset may come into it for the dish size.