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KiwiRS4T Grand Master

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  On 20/10/2018 at 9:40 PM, R33LJ said:

Hi all,

 

Anyone purchased a cold air intake kit for R33 GTST? Mine is completely stock and I am wanting a pod but want it covered etc.

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Good reason to keep the stock system - bring in cold air from the outside instead of engine heat.

Dose Pipe Sutututu Grand Master

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Save your money on a better intercooler and a better ECU. Cold air intakes make marginal difference on a turbo charged car. The air coming out of the compressor is what you need to consider chilling down.

vxsr33 Proficient

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Pretty sure I've read conflicting info about the standard airbox being restrictive, but then other people are running 300+kw no problem with the standard airbox so it should be fine.
You could always just buy a pod like an apexi power intake and make your own airbox/heatshield out of something like aluminium.
That's what i did, cost me around $40 from bunnings from memory.
Seems to work well, makes the intake sound better and looks pretty cool imo.20181023_000438.jpg

Robocop2310 Experienced

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  On 22/10/2018 at 1:10 PM, vxsr33 said:

Pretty sure I've read conflicting info about the standard airbox being restrictive, but then other people are running 300+kw no problem with the standard airbox so it should be fine.
You could always just buy a pod like an apexi power intake and make your own airbox/heatshield out of something like aluminium.
That's what i did, cost me around $40 from bunnings from memory.
Seems to work well, makes the intake sound better and looks pretty cool imo.20181023_000438.jpg

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Hey mate, it still looks totally exposed and unless you’re going fast on a cold day, it’s still going to suck in heat from the engine.

Proper CAIs have an air tunnel from either the bottom of the engine bay or front air ducts where the pod and pipping to the AFM to bring in cold air.

I agree the pod filter has a better sucking sound, but the General rule is only one air induction rule so if you have a FMIC then the pod is illegal.

 

Dose Pipe Sutututu Grand Master

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  On 28/10/2018 at 10:09 PM, Robocop2310 said:

I agree the pod filter has a better sucking sound, but the General rule is only one air induction rule so if you have a FMIC then the pod is illegal.

 

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Depends on state

vxsr33 Proficient

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  On 28/10/2018 at 10:09 PM, Robocop2310 said:
Hey mate, it still looks totally exposed and unless you’re going fast on a cold day, it’s still going to suck in heat from the engine.
Proper CAIs have an air tunnel from either the bottom of the engine bay or front air ducts where the pod and pipping to the AFM to bring in cold air.
I agree the pod filter has a better sucking sound, but the General rule is only one air induction rule so if you have a FMIC then the pod is illegal.
 
When you close the bonnet the exposed top is sealed up so it's similiar to an airbox. The gap on the side allows colder air from the front bumper area in. I have felt the pod filter side of the heatshield after drives and it has been noticably cooler than the side exposed to the engine.

What I've done obviously isn't going to be as effective as a proper CAI but it's better than an exposed pod filter. After all it was just something i did on a lazy arvo and only took 2 hours.

If i didn't have a return flow intercooler i would have used the cutout where the intercooler piping goes and some ducting to route fresh air directly to the the pod filter.

Cheers for the feedback though, i might look into making a better CAI with some ducting.

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