Originally Posted by BlUEMDsrt6
That whole thing about the car being at idle at like stop and go traffic on a hot day is why I suggested the air boxes. I'm sure if the car is moving at highway speeds or atleast 30mph air circulation would be sufficient enough to make it a lil cooler in the engine bay where his filters are located. But on a hot day from a stop, I don't see how sucking in the hot engine bay air is beneficial. You cant sit there and tell me its away from the engine enough where this wouldn't be a problem, because I can feel the heat from the engine when its been running a long time when i'm sitting in the drivers seat. I like the way the intake looks (BDJ) better than Needswings. I'm sure you have already thought of this "problem" I have spoken about and coming from a guy who doesn't know a whole lot on intakes and such you could probably brush it off as someone who doesn't know what they are talking about trying to sharp shoot, but from a logical standpoint this issue would seem to me as a "real problem" with the design of your intake.
On the Needswings comment, I have almost no doubt that this intake will be the best power producer. The intakes appears well made/designed and IMO looks nice. The problem I have with it is that it makes the engine compartment look ugly and bare. It just looks like something is missing and is totaly not asthetically pleasing in any way (engine bay as a whole, not necessarily the intake). I don't know which intake I will end up buying but more and more I am leaning towards the SL55 just cause I know it has power gains (how much remains to be seen) and its the best looking IMO. Not trying to knock anybody, thats just how I feel.
I agree about BDJ's set up, in slow traffic it's got to be sucking hot air. With that setup you would have to be going at a good rate of speed to get some cool air to the filter's. I also agree with you on Needswings pipe, the engine compartment is just ugly. I had started a thread a while back titled "Is It Just Me", it sounded like I was knocking these guy's intake systems, but I was just trying to make the statment of how ugly the engine compartment was with out the OEM air boxes & engine cover. That's why I went with the SL55 setup, it looks more asthetically pleasing & OEM. As far as power gains with the SL55 set up, I have a G-tech meter that will tell you what your peak HP is when doing a 1/4 mile run. By removing the resonator and going with the SL55"Y" & hose's I gained 23 to 25 HP to the rear wheels from previous runs, it is not like a dyno because you are cutting thur the air resistance and not sitting still on a set of rollers. So on a real dyno the gains would probably be quite a bit more.
