Forced cold air induction proto-type

[madmaxdmax]

So I decided to tinker around today and figured...what the HELL ! After getting the Volant cold air intake installed (that I bought from a member on "the other place"), I decided to give forced induction a go. Here are some pics of what I did. The 3" PVC down pipe connects to the bottom hole in the Volant air box under the hood with a 3" rubber coupling and s/s hose clamps. At the end of the 3" pvc pipe is a 3" 90 degree elbow (also pvc). The elbow connects to the intake scoop which is made of sheet metal. The "scoop" is attached to the bottom fairing using sheet metal screws. So far I only have $24 in raw materials and 2 hours of my tinker time invested so if it doesn't work...oh well. After installation and driving around town I did notice my intake temps were lower, which I expected they would be. I have yet to test out on the highway. I will also like to see what if any mileage improvements I yield as well. With daytime temps of 110 plus, I figured now would be a good time to get some air other than from under to hood into the intake. :thumb:

[Josh2002cc]

Bigger pictures if you could.

[madmaxdmax]

Bigger pictures if you could.



....trying to get them loaded...kinda figured after the thread started that they were too small. :(

[madmaxdmax]

Let's try this again...with larger pics...

[Schwinn68]

looks good to me! I've thought about doing this too. I was going to use the attachment from a shop vac as the bottom scoop. I was also going to put some kind of mesh on the opening so no critters crawl inside.

[madmaxdmax]

looks good to me! I've thought about doing this too. I was going to use the attachment from a shop vac as the bottom scoop. I was also going to put some kind of mesh on the opening so no critters crawl inside.


I found the "scoop" in the a/c vent area of Home Depot HA! HA!. Never thought about the critters...guess it's back to the drawing board for me. Actually I have some heavy duty metal mesh that would work perfectly on the scoop. I will post any performance results when I get the chance.

Does anyone know of a good source for a "pre-filter" cover for the filter element on this set-up ?

[hondarider552]

I found the "scoop" in the a/c vent area of Home Depot HA! HA!. Never thought about the critters...guess it's back to the drawing board for me. Actually I have some heavy duty metal mesh that would work perfectly on the scoop. I will post any performance results when I get the chance.

Does anyone know of a good source for a "pre-filter" cover for the filter element on this set-up ?
panty-hoe? haha. steve it looks good! i did this awhile ago but i took out the foglight..looked like crap so i put everything back to stock. i want to look into your setup in more detail soon...:thumb:

[Ragin Diesel]

Looks good but I hope it doesn't rain or you go through a good size puddle. You will have an engine full of water.

Other than that it looks good. Have you noticed anything seat of the pants?

[madmaxdmax]

panty-hoe? haha. steve it looks good! i did this awhile ago but i took out the foglight..looked like crap so i put everything back to stock. i want to look into your setup in more detail soon...:thumb:


I'm afraid that if my wife caught me (again) in her pantyhose drawer, I would be in more trouble ):h DON'T ASK WHY !!


I was thinking more along the lines of an Outerwear brand type of pre-filter maybe. What shop in town carries a good selection of sizes? I used to rely on a sandrail shop up the street, but they have closed their doors as of a month ago :(


As of those last pics, I added a fine meshed steel screen inside of the up-tube on the intake in order to keep "critters" out. Although I doubt that I will get a cat sucked up in there (there are fewer cats around here since I moved in)....don't ask me why either ! The screen is more for leaves and trash from the highway.


B. Maybe when you get your "refinery" on-line we can meet up ??

[madmaxdmax]

Looks good but I hope it doesn't rain or you go through a good size puddle. You will have an engine full of water.

Other than that it looks good. Have you noticed anything seat of the pants?

I don't think that I will have to worry much about rain in these parts...Hell we may get 12 inches of the wet stuff a year in Phoenix. Most of the time rain dries before it hits the ground ! I have also made a "rain cover" just in case, although it may just collect dust while stashed in the center console.


I have not had any "ricers" try to challenge me yet today....DAMNIT!! I really need a good reason to roll some coal.

[hondarider552]

Looks good but I hope it doesn't rain or you go through a good size puddle. You will have an engine full of water.

Other than that it looks good. Have you noticed anything seat of the pants?
dude you havent noticed that it adds 57hp at the wheels?!?):h :lol:
maybe the ford will benifit ):h

[madmaxdmax]

If this doesn't add any horsies...I could always borrow 4 of my uncles again, except I have to feed those and they tend to crap in the trailer on road trips.):h

[Ragin Diesel]

LOL the ford has our intake on it

[swatkins]

I am running a really good Cool Air Intake.. I have some testing numbers, from a couple of years ago that we could compare.

I am also concerned that you are going to ingest some water.. If you take some readings we could compare the readings with mine and see how the ram air effect helps out.

[hondarider552]

B. Maybe when you get your "refinery" on-line we can meet up ??

The bio fillup will be at dave's house. im just trying to get a crap load of oil ):h

[hondarider552]

If this doesn't add any horsies...I could always borrow 4 of my uncles again, except I have to feed those and they tend to crap in the trailer on road trips.):h
not as much torque, and they dont have to worry about EGT's :lol:

[madmaxdmax]

I am running a really good Cool Air Intake.. I have some testing numbers, from a couple of years ago that we could compare.

I am also concerned that you are going to ingest some water.. If you take some readings we could compare the readings with mine and see how the ram air effect helps out.


Yeah...I was concerned a little about the "vacuuming" of water, that's why I have a plug that I made for bad weather...and a yellow sticky pad that reminds me to install the plug when I see rain clouds on the horizon :thumb:


I guess the next time a dyno is avail. I will have to see how she runs.

[madmaxdmax]

The bio fillup will be at dave's house. im just trying to get a crap load of oil ):h


Is Dave's refinery up and runnin? Did I miss something ??

[blksmok]

Is Dave's refinery up and runnin? Did I miss something ??

He's refering to me... I just built (with the help of a friend who has been using bio and building and selling his own processors for a couple years now) my own processor.

Brian kept bugging me about getting some bio, so I made him a deal... He has to bring me a bunch of oil though. :D

[hondarider552]

I guess the next time a dyno is avail. I will have to see how she runs.
wow the lb7 is gunna go out and play?? ):h

[hondarider552]

Brian kept bugging me about getting some bio, so I made him a deal... He has to bring me a bunch of oil though. :D
):h :deal:

[madmaxdmax]

He's refering to me... I just built (with the help of a friend who has been using bio and building and selling his own processors for a couple years now) my own processor.

Brian kept bugging me about getting some bio, so I made him a deal... He has to bring me a bunch of oil though. :D
I don't suppose I could come by and take a look ?? I am still working on some oil sources, but would like to know what options and such I have before building my processor...materials list etc..:thumb:

[NWTDIESEL]

Ive heard of the "ram air scoops" making pretty good gains. I want to make one of these soon. Before i go back to AZ im going to have a intercooler sprayer too. That should drop the temps down quite a bit before it enters the engine.

[madmaxdmax]

Ive heard of the "ram air scoops" making pretty good gains. I want to make one of these soon. Before i go back to AZ im going to have a intercooler sprayer too. That should drop the temps down quite a bit before it enters the engine.

Next I to will be wrapping/insulating the intake tube as well. So far I have seen a temp drop of around 25 degrees and as you know the Az. heat can kill damn near anything. Now is the best time of year to be testing theories, even though it sucks to work on the truck outside-:t

[NWTDIESEL]

Next I to will be wrapping/insulating the intake tube as well. So far I have seen a temp drop of around 25 degrees and as you know the Az. heat can kill damn near anything. Now is the best time of year to be testing theories, even though it sucks to work on the truck outside-:t

Post me some pics when you get you intake wrapped!

[madmaxdmax]

Post me some pics when you get you intake wrapped!

...Sure thing I will post em'. I plan on picking up some wrap tomorrow (Friday) after work.

[NWTDIESEL]

Im going to wrap my intercooler piping when i install my headers and up-pipes next week.

[madmaxdmax]

Im going to wrap my intercooler piping when i install my headers and up-pipes next week.

Sounds like you're going to run out of items to wrap. I think you may have started a trend here.:thumb:

[Johnny Cetane]

That's really cool. I'm gonna have to put this on the list too.

[madmaxdmax]

...Well the intake has been wrapped, now all I have to do is go for a test run to see how it works. Kinda diggin' the "space age" look):h

[hondarider552]

looks good steve! :thumb:

[NWTDIESEL]

x2!

[madmaxdmax]

Thanks guys. Maybe next I too will be wrapping the turbo inter-cooler ??