????Intakes????, Need help Options

[chosen1]

I have no clue about intakes. I want one for my 94' GT to gain HP. I need to know a couple of things. 1) How do I know that I won't suck water into the engine? 2) How do I keep the heat from the engine away from the intake so that it won't be sucking in hot air. 3) How can you make one on your own.
I know people are going to be quick to get on my case about not knowing these things already but I figure that this forum is set up for people to learn from each other.

[Supersprynt]

To answer your questions - if its a short ram intake, you dont have to worry about water getting in it cuz its in your engine bay. CAI are what you need to worry about and even then theres a part, i forget what its called that will close when water gets in there. The hotness well, theres nothing you can do about that. The "heatshield" dont do ne thing and the air in your stock airbox is going to be just as hot as the intake. The only real point of getting an intake is to get the sound.