I just got my SS-hood about 2 weeks ago and ever since I got it i have been thinking of ways of making it functional The open element fit ok with the hood, but i wanted an ss-air box kinda look. I went to the local hardware store and picked up a couple of pieces of angled aluminum and came up with primary design. I bought the filter at pep-boys for about 4 bucks duno what car its from but its a perfect fit(ill replace it later with a K&n). Im gona cover it with sheet aluminum with rivets so it will have a nice clean look. I plan on spending about 25$ total, its very ridged yet light. Tell me what you all think or just call me crazy:lala: :lala: :lala:

 

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cool, just get rid of the spacer.

 

I dont see how its gonna work?!?

 

Ensure the rear hood seal is removed to allow proper venting of excess air else it'll end up forcing air down the firewall making more of a drag effect.

Get rid of the spacer on the tbi and seal around it till the back which flows out the hood seal area.

I'd go with a narrowing effect where it gets narrow to the tbi's diameter so air velocity increases.

At the rear of the tbi, angle the air down. Else a vortex effect occurs where rushing air will actually suck out the air from the tbi...

Hope this quickie 2 min diagram helps what I'm saying...

 

I thought about removing the ring but the the ring will lift up the air box to line up perfectly with the air intake of the hood. Thanx for the drawing and ideas, i though about making it narrower as it gets to the TBI too Ill take more pics as I go along

 

Umm very cool idea, how about replacing the stock tbi spacer with a better one like the Turbo city one?

This is an excelent way of getting cool air, ram efect, and open element at the same time, yet with aluminium maybe it will end up being lighter than the stock air filter housing.

How you are going to support this thing? some fabricated brackets?

You will use any kind of rubber to seal the hood with this air cleaner housing?

Good luck let us know of the results.

 

Good idea.

I think you could achieve the same effect with some aluminum sheet metal making a box around a open element 14x3 filter. Not sure which would flow better though.

Also you have your air filter on backwords.

 

I think the air filter is the right way cuase thats where the air is gona be coming in from and the thick part goes inside

The only trouble im having is lining up the TbI air intake with the right angle of the hood intake. In the pic it looks like its very easy but its not. Other than that the construction is pretty much easy with rivets. Ill have pics in a few days:lala: :lala:

 

Maybe something like this might work for ya.

http://www.ramairbox.com/images/m8.gif

 

89fastlookinRS is right. You need to have the screen on the back side. As air pushes against the filter, the screen prevents it from coming apart. (Unless there is a screen on both sides).

Later,
Mike

 

Where can that ram air box be found? Or did someone just make it?

Yeah I thought the filter was supposed to be the other way.

 

http://www.ramairbox.com/