ghetto air box mod

aceler88 · Post by **aceler88** » Fri May 16, 2008 1:10 am

after installing the srt hood i bought off my friend I decided to take off the lid to the stock air box. lets alot more air in and sounds great with the srt rear section. all i need now is a drop in K&N filter to finish it off.

kplaya186 · Post by **kplaya186** » Fri May 16, 2008 9:27 am

You are probably losing power because you are sucking in hot air from the engine bay instead of air from the wheel well. Basically you made yourself a hot air intake. You want to get the coldest, most dense air into the combustion chamber as possible. That is why Cold-Air Intakes (CAI) are available. The SRT-4 hood scoop was designed to take air back to the turbo to cool it off.

joseph_hac · Post by **joseph_hac** » Mon May 26, 2008 11:20 pm

You should look up 'PVO hood mod'. That's what I am planning on doing. Ram air FTW!

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Mon May 26, 2008 11:56 pm

I want to see the evidence of the differences in air temperatures between intakes. I'm pretty sure it doesn't affect anything.

Donkeypuncher · Post by **Donkeypuncher** » Tue May 27, 2008 1:12 am

It really depends on the temp in your area of the country/world. If it's cold most of the time then it's fine with no top and a K&N filter. If you live in the south with hot summers then it's better for a real CAI the routes to the fender.

jake_tim · Post by **jake_tim** » Tue May 27, 2008 6:53 am

just try taking the intake resonator out, its inside the drivers side fenderwell. You should see similar results soundwise and not lose power, possible gain with a K&N filter.

-Jacob

oklamopar · Post by **oklamopar** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:22 pm

If you cut the hood above the air box its cooler air when moving.
here's my winter breather.

and here is my summer breather with K&N.

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Wed May 28, 2008 6:44 am

On an SRT the hood mod does not make that much of a difference as tested by PVO, also on an SRT, unless you plug the vents in the hood above the turbo, at a stop your going to suck in the hot air its generating.
Now on a N/A motor the hood mod actually works and has a ram air effect over 55mph....

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Wed May 28, 2008 9:42 am

kplaya186 wrote:You are probably losing power because you are sucking in hot air from the engine bay instead of air from the wheel well. Basically you made yourself a hot air intake. You want to get the coldest, most dense air into the combustion chamber as possible. That is why Cold-Air Intakes (CAI) are available. The SRT-4 hood scoop was designed to take air back to the turbo to cool it off.

So are you saying that all Short Ram intakes are Hot Air Intakes?