Originally Posted by BlUEMDsrt6
I keep looking at the BDJ intake and wonder how its not sucking in alot of hot air from the engine. The needswings intake is getting its air outside the engine bay so I can logically see the benefit. I read some previous posts that the duel intake would be too hard to get both intakes outside like the needswings. I have no experience and don't own any aftermarket intake right now, but have you ever thought of making air boxes around the filters with a direct port to the outside air? Like I said I really know nothing about these things, but it would seem beneficial to your system since both filters are located in the engine bay. Just a thought, not trying to question anybodys "know how" or anything.
The last time I looked at BDJ's air intake system he had removed the peices on each side of the radiator that the OEM tube's connect to so the outside air could get to his filters. He had posted a few pic's with the grill out and you could see the filters. It has been mentioned about the OEM filters possibly being hot in the engine compartment, in my opinion they are probably warm, but not hot. Someone had made a post a while back about sitting in traffic for a long period of time and when they had stopped at one point they had opened the hood to see how hot the OEM air filter boxes were. They had stated that they were warm to the touch, but not hot. I think with as much outside air that is moving thru them they would not get a chance to really heat up. After I had installed a SL55 "Y" & hose's I removed the ends of the intake tube's were they go thru the radiator support, I used a heat gun and peice's of exhaust pipe to stretch them out to a 2&1/4" ID. I also removed the peice's on each side of the radiator, cut the tops of them off were the tube's had fitted to before and reinstalled the lower portion. I inserted a reinforced 2&1/2" ID hose on each side of the radiator to stick the newly rounded ends of the OEM tube's in just to support them and kind of sill thigs back up a little. So as far as getting a pretty good size hose thru the radiator support on the drivers side, it can be done. I didn't have a pic here at work of the hose on the drivers side.
