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Originally Posted by Si Speed 317
I've read this entire thread and NitrousG35 THANK YOU for wanting to work WITH 8thcivic and not FOR 8thcivic. You're a great guy.
As for this idea, the intercooler area is a high pressure area, right? Well here's my RAM idea, provided there's a conical filter and it's in a sealed box:
Of course please let me know if it's wrong etc. I just figured I took my own knowledge and what I learned in this thread and made an easy possibility I saw.
ALSO, I spoke with my father who is big into the whole automobile industry and he said there is a higher pressure point at the base of the windshield, however on the FG2 I have he said that it's not much of a higher pressure area when compared to 69 camaros etc. So That's why I went downwards with this. Also, there's no snow build up etc. with the above way I pictured. |
This is a well thought out idea. The key is to access high pressure areas, which are natural conduits for the air to be rammed into the intake. You are definitely on the right track.
As for the comparo between the Camaro and the Si, you might be right that it could be greater on the Camaro than on the Si. However, if you look at NASCAR stock cars, they all use cowl induction to pull air into their intakes, and you might notice that they have pretty steeply raked windshields too.
Without being able to get aero numbers on the Si and pressure readings, it is only speculation. To me, the shortest route would still be to access the cowl area.
The biggest stumbling block for all of us whether accessing the lower bumper intake or the cowl area is an air induction box that would enshroud a conical filter. What we need to do is to take measurements of an Apexi filter like X is using and then go and find an existing airbox from another car. Someone mentioned that an Integra GSR from 1994-1998 has a box that will accomodate a conical filter.
Once we find a suitable air induction box, then we just need to plumb it with tubing, either to the cowl or to the lower bumper.
I know that if we put our collective heads together, we can come up with something. The reason companies have not produced something like this is because it is much easier to sell a filter on a stick than to engineer something that really works. My only regret is that we can't get a group of us together to hammer something out together.