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 Jun 22, 2004 - 12:29 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Aug 20, '03 From Annapolis, Md Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%)  |
lol, dr. evil .. yeah but you can make them for half the price.. not hard at all.. I think today, im going to somehow make a mount for mine, until i eather swpa my engine, or sell it. just cause the few tims that lil ratlle pisses me off.. that an the screwed our road to no other, so it hurts...
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Jun 22, 2004 - 12:45 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 17, '04 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
is dr evil same as dr cai cause if it is then doenst that one go under the battery and not in the fender? |
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Jun 22, 2004 - 3:29 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Apr 28, '04 From Houston, Texas Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
I checked this out last night with a friend that owns a '94 (mines a '99) - you will get a lot more airflow out of the early models "big smile" than the IMO prettier later model airdam. On the later model you will only get it through the small hole next to the fog light. If you don't have the fogs the airflow should be about the same.
You will also suck up water in bad conditions this way.  If you don't believe this get it on a lift it will be obvious at this point.
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Jun 22, 2004 - 3:55 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 17, '04 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
yo about the water are u referring to my CAI or the later models??? |
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Jun 22, 2004 - 5:34 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 28, '04 From Houston, Texas Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
I'm not refering to your CAI in particular - just ones that follow the stock setup to the front fender. That fender's air is common to the front airdam on the "big smile" and to the foglight hole on the later models. As I said in bad conditions water will get in through the smile (or to a lesser extent through the foglight hole in later models) and will be sucked up into your engine. Obviously the more water is present the worse this will happen.
BTW - I wasn't trying to bad mouth your setup. I would never badmouth someone with a 6GC because you have already proven you have style by buying the car. I would not bad mouth someone who is trying to squeeze more power out of a 6GC because I think that makes you even more unique. And I would not bad mouth someone who made his own CAI because it shows you are ingenuitive. Props to you - it was just a warning from someone who actually checked this out last night as a potential setup for his own car. -------------------- |
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Jun 22, 2004 - 5:45 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 17, '04 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
oh nah man its cool hey thast wut this forum is for..help each other out and stuff..yea i see wut u mean..ummm lest say i intall a cutom grill in the "big smile" help a lil bit? |
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Jun 22, 2004 - 5:52 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 28, '04 From Houston, Texas Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
It will definetly help. I'm a mechanical/hydraulic engineer by day and I was trying to come up with a solution to that myself. The idea of the mesh is what I initially thought of as well. To work correctly you would need a mesh that will permit relativly unimpeded airflow but will block water. This is a very interesting problem and I'm going to experiment with different sized meshes and try to find one that water will pour over and not through. It's just a matter of finding the right size holes. I'll let you know if I come up with anything.
BTW - That's why all the baffles in the stock fender airbox. -------------------- |
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Jun 22, 2004 - 6:00 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 17, '04 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
should i be worried though???? i mean cause i heard that u would get water only if u drove into a river or something...and wut about a bypassvalve realson i dindt get one cayus it woiuld fit and way too much $$$$$ |
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Jun 23, 2004 - 12:29 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 17, '04 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
would this grill have big enough holes for airflow yet small enought not for water to get drasticall yinside?
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Jun 23, 2004 - 1:01 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jan 8, '04 From LA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
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Jun 23, 2004 - 5:09 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 4, '03 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
shid are you on drugs?
where did you get them from? |
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Jun 23, 2004 - 9:29 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Sep 28, '03 From Bloomington, IN Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
How big was your piping? just do a write up so i can build one
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92 Civic hatch B16 - Sold 10th anniv RX-7 - RIP The Slow Celica - Sold...and then crushed crushed due to street racing. Quote from Seinfeild: George's Boss reading a magazine: "People magazine's most beautiful people. Oh and a Celica...nothin wrong with that!" |
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Jun 23, 2004 - 12:47 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Dec 26, '02 From Alabama Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
So, when are you going to make one for me?
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Jun 23, 2004 - 12:49 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 28, '03 From Bloomington, IN Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Yeah Evil speed's are like 220, a lil expensive. You should make a cheaper one.
-------------------- NASA/SCCA RX-7....currently under the knife
92 Civic hatch B16 - Sold 10th anniv RX-7 - RIP The Slow Celica - Sold...and then crushed crushed due to street racing. Quote from Seinfeild: George's Boss reading a magazine: "People magazine's most beautiful people. Oh and a Celica...nothin wrong with that!" |
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Jun 23, 2004 - 2:02 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 10, '04 From Durham, NC Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Evil Speed's may be cleaner, but I know I didn't spend half that. I think I spent $100 total. The only real big expenses are the air filter itself and the mandrel bent pipe from JC Whitney. I took pics last night of my engine bay after doing a bit of cleaning. I'll post later tonight to add a few more photos to the mix.
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Jun 23, 2004 - 11:07 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 17, '04 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
the piping is 3 inches u can use 3 or 2.75 depends on wut u want...hehe make u some i was thinkin about starting to make custom cold air intakes like the one i did..ill post them on ebay or something and soo far its nice no probelms it rained like hell today and no problems heheh didnt even get wet.
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Jun 24, 2004 - 7:55 AM
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Enthusiast Joined May 10, '04 From Durham, NC Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I've driven in pouring rain several times since putting my CAI in... no problems.
My piping is only 2.5". The cone filter itself is 3". You can get a reducer really cheap too. |
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Jun 24, 2004 - 8:36 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 17, '04 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
yea man u can basically use a smaller size...people can be created lol |
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Jun 24, 2004 - 11:47 AM
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Enthusiast Joined May 10, '04 From Durham, NC Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
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Jun 24, 2004 - 12:21 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 17, '04 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
yours looks like dr CAI same thing its under the battery...but doesnt it rest on the transmission? |
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