Lets see those intakes!!!

[Matthewz8a]

Here's a coupling with attachments for the vacuum line and oil cooler line. Don't mind that my MAF is unplugged I sunk it in the river and it won't run too good with it plugged in. The MAF adapter has a small leak where it connects to the filter I'm gonna make a better gasket to fix that. Let me know if you need any more help

 

[UrbanRedneckKid]

FYI to the OP...
That intake would not be possible without the body lift.

 

[Matthewz8a]

FYI to the OP...
That intake would not be possible without the body lift.

Oh ya I completely forgot that. Thanks man I guess I should have mentioned that haha guess I won't be taking the body lift off later on

 

[Surrey]

I would still be skeptical with that design...

If you do get a nice amount of airflow to the cone behind the headlight, how much rain and road spray gets in there too?

I would also mention large puddles or small rivers, but the stock setup doesn't help with that aspect very well.

 

[Matthewz8a]

It's never been wet or damp from rain or puddles. My last ranger did get pretty dirty after mudding so that is a problem. I had water in my cab with the stock box and the filter was completely dry and clean so I need to make some inner fenders to cover up the gap from my body lift and I suspect it would be good enough to mud with just like stock. Not to mention I need a heat shield

 

[Matthewz8a]

The design of this intake was to just help in the city and see if it would help my engine problems(which it didn't) it's not meant for offroading. I'd like a snorkel all in all but don't have time or a need for that right now.

 

[woodyedmiston]

Really guys the stock box does flow just fine....looks like crap, but it works. Flow, vacuum and pressure are all different things. One of my rules restricted engines flowed
enough air to make 480 hp with 2.5 c.i - through a 40mm restictor... Under the right pressure. If you want to understand how much "ram" there is on a daily driver - experiment with an air box out the window on your truck and a low pressure guage...the answer is not much ... Before air can make any pressure it bounces out of the box. Vacuum fromthe engine reduces it on a working motor, and you have to be at a constant speed to get even half an atmosphere of pressure. As for flow through a tube just one bend will cut any increase by 1/3 ... From my experiments on a flow bench. Even F1 cars don't bother trying to make pressure ... Just get an inlet into an airstream. The engine vacuum takes care of the rest. The dynamic changes under the hood in air temp really don't mean much to a city driver. There is little felt difference in what some call the "ass dyno" A good exhaust will probably do more but won't look good under the hood. Heck, if you like chrome and color on your motor hang one on there. The real rule in horsepower is there is no substitute for cubic dollars...and a couple hundred for a chrome air inlet won't buy much.

 

[woodyedmiston]

BTW my experiments with the stock air box do show a small temp drop in the air flowing through the stock box intake cone inside the box....bout 15 degrees as I remember.