custom RB1 intake
#24
and if anything thats going to hurt performance
you have a small PLASTIC tube (which is going to not keep the air as cold as aluminum or something eqv) additionally you have lots of bends that are unnecessary restricting the airflow and not keeping it smooth. ALSO i bet you didn't smooth out the inside on the joints. if anything that'll be worse than stock. GL with your run. you're gonna get clobbered. also if i ever showed up to a show with that i wouldn't be alowed in. So go buy a cheap ebay piece. its better than that piece of ****
you have a small PLASTIC tube (which is going to not keep the air as cold as aluminum or something eqv) additionally you have lots of bends that are unnecessary restricting the airflow and not keeping it smooth. ALSO i bet you didn't smooth out the inside on the joints. if anything that'll be worse than stock. GL with your run. you're gonna get clobbered. also if i ever showed up to a show with that i wouldn't be alowed in. So go buy a cheap ebay piece. its better than that piece of ****
#27
their only plus is a smooth inside which reduces turbulence, plastic insulates thus keep air cooler which is the basis of the GFI design, I would never recommend doing this to my car but atleast he has the right idea with materials (plastic in general)
#29
Originally Posted by nebster
agreed but they also dissipate heat well their thermal conductivity coefficient is high
#31
and again i dnt go to shows i only put that in and i also said i dnt plan on showing off my motor until i have a turbo put in. and of coarse i wouldnt go to a show with that y would i when i have a aem CAI in my garage also. this is just an experiment to see how trhis does comared to my friends when he gets here with his. and if i dnt run around or near the same time that i did when i had my AEm n which was a 15.3 then ill switch it back but until then im keeping it n for ***** n giggles
#32
Originally Posted by BigMURR
Originally Posted by nebster
agreed but they also dissipate heat well their thermal conductivity coefficient is high
more *hot laps* at the track
#33
Originally Posted by dakid19
and again i dnt go to shows i only put that in and i also said i dnt plan on showing off my motor until i have a turbo put in. and of coarse i wouldnt go to a show with that y would i when i have a aem CAI in my garage also. this is just an experiment to see how trhis does comared to my friends when he gets here with his. and if i dnt run around or near the same time that i did when i had my AEm n which was a 15.3 then ill switch it back but until then im keeping it n for ***** n giggles
#34
Originally Posted by nebster
its not real smooth have you ever made a joint with pvc pipes? the joines are like 90 degree edges. you're better off with a continuous piece of material
and the air does travel at some speed but considing the length of pipe from the fender(inside the engige comp.) to the TB and the turns to get it there and the extreme heat there is a heat soak problem with every intake
but in the end there are very differences between intake when it come to preformance.
#35
Originally Posted by nebster
Originally Posted by dakid19
and again i dnt go to shows i only put that in and i also said i dnt plan on showing off my motor until i have a turbo put in. and of coarse i wouldnt go to a show with that y would i when i have a aem CAI in my garage also. this is just an experiment to see how trhis does comared to my friends when he gets here with his. and if i dnt run around or near the same time that i did when i had my AEm n which was a 15.3 then ill switch it back but until then im keeping it n for ***** n giggles
#39
Originally Posted by nebster
Originally Posted by BigMURR
Originally Posted by nebster
agreed but they also dissipate heat well their thermal conductivity coefficient is high
more *hot laps* at the track
I've not done any investigation into the efficacy of PVC pipe-- it just looks too horrible-- but I know that the GFI works, so I stick to that.
You're absolutely right about the joints, though. It's nearly impossible to get a seamless joint in solvent bonded pipe.
edit: I forgot to mention-- people seem to think heatsoak is a non-issue, because the incoming air cools down within a few moments of the car moving. That is completely incorrect. The ECU draws it's information on IAT from the MAF. If the MAF is heatsoaked, it doesn't matter how cool the inlet air is. For the first 30 seconds or so of acceleration, it's going to retard timing and feed less fuel because it thinks the intake air is hot.