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Well thought out. Heat soak is not an issue limited to the Contour. Here are the intakes I have narrowed down to:  
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If thats a plexiglass window on the second I say go for #2 for sure, Pete. Its easier to keep tabs on your filter, not to mention I like the polished intake pipe better.
Price difference?
Back on topic. AutoX, Ive been wanting to make something very similar to this for a while now, you may have just given me my motivation. Considering it can be done for next to nothing if you have minimal skills, why the hell not give it a shot.
I was thinking after I made mine that I would use it as a mold a make one out of fiberglass or something that might not absorb so much heat [as the metal]. That you use some reflective tape on the outside. I dunno.
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AutoX:
Rather than trying to seal it to your car, using weatherstripping of some kind would be a better way to go.
Put that all around the shield and not only does it look better, it also leaves more margin for error in heatshield size, and it not a semi-permanent mod. 
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Pete...the volant CAbox is a very good unit. My buddy has that on his 6.0L
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Auto-X, have you any temperature results to post yet on your heatshield efforts or did I miss them?
Is a how-to in progress?
I am way OVERDUE to do something about a heatshield myself, what with track season coming up soon.
MSDS, SHO-shop Y, custom 2.5" catback; xcal2; 63mm TB, K&N 3530; Koni struts, Aussie bar; THaines forks, Quaife, SpecII, UR fly; DMD; Nima UD pullies; Stazi brakes; f&r Pole120 mounts. Just a daily commuter car. Silver '98 SVT E0 #3159
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Interested also. Heat is an issue in Florida... 
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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No, no temp data yet. I thought I'd found a sensor, but it didn't pan out. If anyone has ideas for a cheap thermal sensor, preferably with some sort of data logging (even just hi/lo memory), I'd appreciate it.
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Dude, if you keep this up, people might actually find tech on this site! 
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RadioShack has a wirelesss setup that you should be able to put in the bottom of the airbox without restricting flow too much. And for 9.99 you can start testing right away.
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You mean this? http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103730That looks good - if I can find one locally I'll jump on it! There's a lot of complaints about it in the reviews, but it's worth a shot for that kind of money. They had an older one for $5 that was meant for a car, but sold out before I could get one.
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