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People should post pictures...What happens if you dont have a heat shield....
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Originally posted by contourdude:
People should post pictures...What happens if you dont have a heat shield....
If you have an open air filter in the engine bay (no heatshield), then you intake will heatsoak and you will noticeably lose power.
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by using a plastic garbage can did you use on peice and cut it to size or did you use many peices and put them together somehow? because i cant find a decent size plastic container to save my life
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Make one any-way you can...As long as it is completely sealed from any engine heat. (both sides, underneath, and before the MAF....hood creates another side, now the only place left thats open to draw air in is from the fender which will supply cooler air)
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Originally posted by racerm515:
by using a plastic garbage can did you use on peice and cut it to size or did you use many peices and put them together somehow? because i cant find a decent size plastic container to save my life
go to home depot.
example:
i pulled this from a thread i found just now by searching in the pics and vids forum and typing "heatshield" in the search term.
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I wonder, after you're done making this heatshield and sealing it around the filter.. is it really that much better than a stock SVT airbox? 
I've gone through the KKM, K&N OEM drop-in, monsterflow foam filter (with and without the SCA CAI), the now-defunct SMA CAI, and now I'm back to the stock airbox again. Admittedly the KKM was without a heatshield, but really the only noticeable difference between any of these was sound level and a lighter wallet...
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does the heatsheild in that pic have a bottom to it? is a bottom necessary or is 3 sides and a top enough
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Originally posted by louisw:
I wonder, after you're done making this heatshield and sealing it around the filter.. is it really that much better than a stock SVT airbox?
I've gone through the KKM, K&N OEM drop-in, monsterflow foam filter (with and without the SCA CAI), the now-defunct SMA CAI, and now I'm back to the stock airbox again. Admittedly the KKM was without a heatshield, but really the only noticeable difference between any of these was sound level and a lighter wallet...
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Originally posted by louisw:
I wonder, after you're done making this heatshield and sealing it around the filter.. is it really that much better than a stock SVT airbox?
I've gone through the KKM, K&N OEM drop-in, monsterflow foam filter (with and without the SCA CAI), the now-defunct SMA CAI, and now I'm back to the stock airbox again. Admittedly the KKM was without a heatshield, but really the only noticeable difference between any of these was sound level and a lighter wallet...
that is why just about anyone who knows anything has said that these will for the most part only give you a negligable gain in hp. any extra power noticed is most likely in your head, and the main advantage is simply the sound you get(and of course a re-usable filter)
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Originally posted by esveetee:
Originally posted by louisw:
I wonder, after you're done making this heatshield and sealing it around the filter.. is it really that much better than a stock SVT airbox?
I've gone through the KKM, K&N OEM drop-in, monsterflow foam filter (with and without the SCA CAI), the now-defunct SMA CAI, and now I'm back to the stock airbox again. Admittedly the KKM was without a heatshield, but really the only noticeable difference between any of these was sound level and a lighter wallet...
that is why just about anyone who knows anything has said that these will for the most part only give you a negligable gain in hp. any extra power noticed is most likely in your head, and the main advantage is simply the sound you get(and of course a re-usable filter)
I have an open ITG filter on the car. I have an SVT airbox in the garage. Just need to find time to test and swap.
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