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Old 07-27-2004, 03:29 AM
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Exclamation intake heat shield??

does the heat shield for the RE and other kits really make a huge deference in performance??
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... well without it, your K&N filter (and other open filters) will runs like horse hocky!
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hmmm is that so? i thought it would be the same
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Nope. Run a search. There are many many many threads on it. Before the heat shield was added there were idling problems, especially in traffic.
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anyone else have a comment on this?
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I dont know... More metal=more heat.
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metal cools off faster and deflects heat
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anyone have problems with RE intake and how does it sound?
Old 07-29-2004, 02:14 PM
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i know some cars have short rams and they dont have shields, doesnt seem to make any deference........does it>
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The stock intake sucks (!) thru a small oval gap over top of the radiator.
Take it off and put a huge K&N on and all you suck is hot air from behind the rad, you do the math.

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I took my heat shield off today and it did not make one bit of difference
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Bent....

The two models of heat shield I have seen are just bent aluminum sheet, nothing to keep the hot air from the rad out.
So not a 'cold air intake', just an engine bay sucker.

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but my question is, does it make a deference? most of the intake kits they have for our cars dont gain or loose HP, and those intakes are just in the engine bay,..........hey rotor do you have an xtra shield?
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What if you try something even sillier, like adding heat-reflective material to the outside of the existing airbox? Would that improve stock performance at all, you think?
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Originally Posted by EvilRX-8LedZepp
anyone have problems with RE intake and how does it sound?
no problems great buy
sound is incredible i cant wait to get sp2 exhaust and b&b mid pipe.
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Trunk mirror?

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Wut the Sam Hell is a 'Custom Rotary Trunk Mirror'? ? ?
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its a mirror i have in my trunk with a rotor etched on it, ill take pix
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Ive seen it
its very nice
along with your smoked corners
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Originally Posted by mikeb
Ive seen it
its very nice
along with your smoked corners

wassup mike, nice meeting u at the bbq, nice car btw, yeah that mirrors home made, and the corners too, i dont like the clear corners, so i smoked mine =) looks way better with the silver car
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