Cold Air Intakes, and high IAT's

[EcoSwag1990]

OK, I wanna know what brand fits into the subset OUTSIDE of 'pretty much' all brands! ;o) (unless he is only speaking of the track use model shown below. :()

They are almost all pulling air from that general area but several for the EB including mine have the air filter all the way in the front and down in the fender well so air is being pulled as far away from the engine as possible. I haven't seen any like that for the V6 yet but I'm sure they will come

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[davekro]

They are almost all pulling air from that general area but several for the EB including mine have the air filter all the way in the front and down in the fender well so air is being pulled as far away from the engine as possible. I haven't seen any like that for the V6 yet but I'm sure they will come

What brand and model CAI do you have so I can go look at what it looks like. Or do you have install pics showing the old vs. new set ups?

 

[EcoSwag1990]

What brand and model CAI do you have so I can go look at what it looks like. Or do you have install pics showing the old vs. new set ups?

It's made by Mishimoto. Here is the thread I made on it with before and after install pics/description.
http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19371

I know they were planning to do some more products for the EB and V8 but I'm not sure if they will be doing the V6 also at some point. This is a before pic, the stock filter sits back toward the engine (like the airaid)

 

[zackmd1]

It's made by Mishimoto. Here is the thread I made on it with before and after install pics/description.
http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19371

I know they were planning to do some more products for the EB and V8 but I'm not sure if they will be doing the V6 also at some point. This is a before pic, the stock filter sits back toward the engine (like the airaid)

http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showpost.php?p=473056&postcount=57

 

[EcoSwag1990]

http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showpost.php?p=473056&postcount=57

Nice, did you start from scratch with that or are you modifying parts of another intake kit? Looks like the latter. How is it working for you?

 

[zackmd1]

Nice, did you start from scratch with that or are you modifying parts of another intake kit? Looks like the latter. How is it working for you?

All from scratch. 4 inch stainless steel pipe and some custom VAC connections.

It as worked great for the past 3 months! Much improved mid range power on the 6 with better IAT's to back it up.

 

[EcoSwag1990]

Oh ok that is some pretty big piping. How is it mounted to the frame on the filter end?

 

[zackmd1]

Oh ok that is some pretty big piping. How is it mounted to the frame on the filter end?

Surprisingly the OEM piping was 3.75 so I figured a step up to a standard 4" size would greatly simplify things. It is mounted to the inner fender where MAP chose to mount their CAI. I have an expansion or "flex" joint just aft of that mount to allow for engine movement.

 

[EcoSwag1990]

Sounds like a pretty good overall design. Are you planning on making more and selling them?

 

[BmacIL]

Sounds like a pretty good overall design. Are you planning on making more and selling them?

Between that and the custom exhaust he's got, definitely could make some money...

 

[Ugly John]

I got my Airaid installed yesterday - what a piece of cake!

Driving in this morning, I couldn't really tell what it's going to do IAT-wise, that should be more apparent this afternoon when it gets hot and I hit some traffic. It seemed like it was cooling a bit better, but hard to tell.

I didn't notice much of a boost in performance.

What I did notice is that my damned drone is back. Seriously - I am so tired of screwing around with this. I'm about ready to get the stock mufflers put back in.

 

[Jpjr21]

Zack, any more updates on your intake?

 

[zackmd1]

Zack, any more updates on your intake?

Not much other then it is working great! The only real issue I have run into is heat soak at idle and in stationary positions. I'm thinking of one of two ways to fix it. Option one is to wrap the intake in some kind of thermal insulation. Option two would be to redesign the intake using abs or similar plastic. I'm not going to say much but I do have an idea to use shapeways 3D printing to create the intake plenum tube! If I do this redesign I also plan on making a heat shield for the filter much like mishimoto's intake. I have a lot of projects to finish up before this will happen though.

 

[DR_]

If you are going by what the IAT sensor tells you I don't think anything you do is going to lower your IAT much. The IAT sensor is right at the top and rear of the intake manifold and gets heat soaked and will always read high. To experiment I had the car running and I opened the hood and put a ice pack on top of the IAT sensor. Within a minute it read 40 degrees lower.

 

[zackmd1]

If you are going by what the IAT sensor tells you I don't think anything you do is going to lower your IAT much. The IAT sensor is right at the top and rear of the intake manifold and gets heat soaked and will always read high. To experiment I had the car running and I opened the hood and put a ice pack on top of the IAT sensor. Within a minute it read 40 degrees lower.

I am mostly going off of the fact that it is near impossible to touch my CAI intake plenum tube when it has been idling for an extended period of time. That amount of heat is almost certainly being transferred in some part to the air inside.

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