Originally Posted by
Mrmiata
Couldn't see the price of "devil horns" myself..so I made up my own scoops. Running filters under the hood into the stock air box didn't hurt my temps any and I'm now pulling air in through 2 3" tubes. "Expect" intake air temps to come down when I remove the OEM cover and replace with a "y" setup.
Ironically - was test fitting pipes from Ebay and bought one.. then a week later the other side. Temps were lower by 10-15 degrees running the drivers side cone and OEM setup on the passenger side.. (N/A Crossfire). About all I can figure is the cone was the primary air flow and kept that side of the air box from heat soaking - keeping temps down.

On the topic of getting as much velocity pressure (air speed) in the air box as possible...
I'm wondering....if you can punch these even further forward and
through the grill (a 2nd hand one maybe) in some elegant way.
I'm talking to fabtech re their setup ATM
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