Home made air intake?

[RuFF RyDeR]

I have a friend that made his own custom intake for his Tundra. its works the same way as one you would buy elsewhere. i was wondering if it would work to make my own intake with supplies from home depot?

 

[tbomb]

yup, people do it all the time. try a search for "cold air" or "ram air." im actually planning on doing it too, i just have no time.

 

[leenjen]

if you do plan on doing a cold air intake, make sure it doesnt suck in water when it rains.

i want to make a fiberglass hood scoop for my explorer to suck in cooler air, but i still cant figure out a way to keep the rain out.

if anyone has any ideas, i'd really appreciate it.

 

[espnfreak]

with my cold air intake i dont worry about rain, i have a filter to block most water that comes up a non vacummed tube. I believe i will most always be fine unless i am going 20MPH or faster with that tube underwater. then im gonna be screwed.

 

[BRacing]

leenjen

Hey.
An old muscle car trick that was used on factory ram-air assemblys. Simply drill a couple small holes at the low point of the air intake before the air filter. This allows water (and a little air) to escape before getting to the air filter and causing damage. You do loose a little of the "ram" effect, but the biggest gain from the ram-air assemblies was the cooler outside air rather than the pressurized air from the ram-air. This can be seen on the popular '69 Z-28 Camaro, '70 Olds 442 W-30, '70 Chevelle 454, '70 Buick GSX, as well as the shaker hoods from MOPAR.

I know, because i have restored many of these cars.

-Brad