CAI

[sweep77]

Has anyone made there own cold air intake? if so what have people done that works? preferably with pics would help i tried searching but apparently the search showed nothing which was strange. maybe my search function just aint working

[SuperMazdaKart]

my DIY copy of the Loch Stewart 2/MX5 Mania/Matty intake.

[Andrew]

Has anyone made there own cold air intake? if so what have people done that works? preferably with pics would help i tried searching but apparently the search showed nothing which was strange. maybe my search function just aint working

There is lots of threads on her about them.

Did you try searching using the google option

..oh an my Mania intake -

[Okibi]

Don't forget the ..

[Fatty]

matty's article on autospeed

http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_0892/article.html

[Fatty]

a cool and very cheap idea from grumpy

http://www.aus-cartalk.com/viewtopic.ph ... sc&start=0

[wun911]

Im also interested in CAI but I dont want to drill holes into the fire wall...

Do you think I will still get noticable performance gains with just a heat shield and a large K&N pod filter???

I kinda wanted one of these

http://www.miatamania.com/Shop/ViewProd ... exID=64132

has anyone got one what did they think???

[GP]

I'm also interested in CAI but I dont want to drill holes into the fire wall...

I mad my own and felt the same as you so have just left it drawing air from under the bonnet.
Can't see much advantage in hacking a hole in my lovely little car to draw in hot air from outside.

[Steampunk]

My retinas have detached.
Thanks alot Oki.

[Juffa]

I'm also interested in CAI but I dont want to drill holes into the fire wall...

I mad my own and felt the same as you so have just left it drawing air from under the bonnet.
Can't see much advantage in hacking a hole in my lovely little car to draw in hot air from outside.

I have run a temp sensor on the side of a pod filter under the hood of my 5. I have temps in excess of 50c and this is the side opposite to the headers.

J

[Steampunk]

I have run a temp sensor on the side of a pod filter under the hood of my 5. I have temps in excess of 50c and this is the side opposite to the headers.

J

Ditto, kinda.

Took temp reading using a laser thermometer after laps at a track day and "cold-side" of pod was just under 40deg celcius. I have a heatshiled protecting just the pod itself, and my extractors are exposed.

[GP]

I checked temps under my bonnet and of course there is no real difference between both sides of the engine bay, Which is what I expected.
It does get hot when commuting but I checked the area in front of the windshield and It got almost as hot as the engine bay.
The only place to get cool air is from the front of the car

[AB7]

My third CAI, this one has stayed in the car the longest by far.
You can't see it from this pic, but the flexible piping goes to the hole behind the headlight. I guess you can do it like 'Mania' style but there's plenty of heat from the extractor.

[Jimmy]

If your wanting a deep throaty induction sound then mania style is the way to go! If your after performance gains, personally i think they are all much of a muchness. (im basing that off running a pod and then the mania style. I didnt notice any difference apart from sound)

[manga_blue]

I checked temps under my bonnet and of course there is no real difference between both sides of the engine bay, Which is what I expected.
It does get hot when commuting but I checked the area in front of the windshield and It got almost as hot as the engine bay.
The only place to get cool air is from the front of the car

There might be another issue here. My car is pushing hot air out through the cabin vents. The heater flap is fully shut so it seems that the heat is coming from the airbox in front of the windscreen.

There's a rubber sealing strip between the engine bay and the air box. This is meant to stop the air that's flowing through the radiator and over the engine from getting into that airbox. On my 12 year car it's squashed flat and does almost nothing. I'm ordering a new one. If it works then I'm hoping to have cool air there at higher pressure.