Heavy, this is what I been working on for the last 2 weeks... I recently fabbed up a CAI eliminating the poorly designed Procharger hot air intake. I've posted on several other forums as I'm sure people will like this idea.. As many know the Procharger layout for the S-197 is packed under the hood, and we are forced to draw hot air off the motor and hope the intercooler makes up for it. I changed all that and after showing you a few pics here, I can only speak to the intake temp change as I have not gotten back on the rollers. The first shots are my fabbing stages, using dryer duct to map my line and then converting to 3" hard line in the final application.. This change lowered my intake temp by 18 degrees sitting stationary in a garage at running temperature with no fan blowing on the front of the car. With my large industrial fan (similar to a dyno fan) the intake charge bumped down another 6 degrees. 24 netted and that's not rolling down the street. I'm in the midst of fabbing a shield out of sheet metal to protect from water off the street. Here's a few shots of the work as it progressed: Dryer duct: Mock up to Filter location First idea for filter which got scrapped (used 7" filter for mock, used 9" for final version) Dryer duct again for line locaion: Finished product pics with added oil seperator: It was a tight fit, but with a little heating to the long 3" metal hardline I was able to bend and dent in as necessary for a nice transition to the front bumper opening. The shots were from off my garage floor, so I apologize for not having too much detail in the shots. I'm sure you can figure out the orientation though.
Erin...nice work bro!!! I knew it would turn out nice. Thats going to really help you out, especially in the summer! To bad you couldn't fabricate those and sell them as a "Pro Charger True Cold Air Intake Kit" upgrade. Also frees up your engine bay for a little more bling bling!
Very nice. And I love your valve cover color. That's one project I have for the winter, once I get my heater put in my garage (hopefully this weekend).
How hard is it to do the valve covers, did you take them off or can you paint them on the car? I think that looks great.
Those are powder coated.. all of the orange is actually powder... What I did is took Heavy GT's stock ones when he replaced his with already done ones. Sent them in for powder and then swapped them when they came back complete. That way I had no down time.. Don't paint them on the car, it's not worth the risk in over spray, and you'll never cover all the areas.. These OEM covers have numerous dips and crevices, you'll have lots of runs and drips. They look very straight forward in shape, but take a good look around the coil areas, as well as the spots the coils mount to the cam cover..
