Allright, I wanted to put a CAI in my stang, but I don't have that much money, and I don't too much like the idea of a filter in my fender wall, because it would be rather hard to get at to replace it (I think), and I want to be different.
What I was thinking of doing was keeping the MAF in the stock location, using the stock tubes from the MAF to the TB (I gutted the silencer, so it's about a constant 2.5 inch tubing), and adding a cone filter straight onto the MAF. From there, I could grab a couple thin sheets of plastic from any hobby store and fab up a box to attach to the MAF to force the filter to breathe through the fender. (End up with something kinda like this: http://www.airaidsales.com/images/products/450-177.jpg )
The main advantages I could think of would be that it's easy to take the filter out for cleaning, I could still rout the hot air tube that comes off the exhaust mainfold into the bottom of the box, and I think it would look really nice. I could add some soft rubber tubing along the top edge to make a nice seal from the engine compartment, and I could add some insulated padding to keep the engine temp from getting in.
Just a thought... What do you guys think about it?
What I was thinking of doing was keeping the MAF in the stock location, using the stock tubes from the MAF to the TB (I gutted the silencer, so it's about a constant 2.5 inch tubing), and adding a cone filter straight onto the MAF. From there, I could grab a couple thin sheets of plastic from any hobby store and fab up a box to attach to the MAF to force the filter to breathe through the fender. (End up with something kinda like this: http://www.airaidsales.com/images/products/450-177.jpg )
The main advantages I could think of would be that it's easy to take the filter out for cleaning, I could still rout the hot air tube that comes off the exhaust mainfold into the bottom of the box, and I think it would look really nice. I could add some soft rubber tubing along the top edge to make a nice seal from the engine compartment, and I could add some insulated padding to keep the engine temp from getting in.
Just a thought... What do you guys think about it?