A2A Supercharged Intake Options

TopgunZ · 01-10-2020, 07:21 AM

You all know I am a huge advocate of outside the box ingenuity. This thing will probably breath very well. It definitely will only be palatable to a certain group of enthusiast who dont care what they need to do to get the job done because the amount of material and support structure that was removed is pretty intense. I hope the hood latch support has enough material to not give way at high speeds and the hood doesnt end up over the windshield. Also, it is going to be tough to get someone to buy your car unless all of that is replaced before selling.

cgr406 · 01-10-2020, 11:19 AM

As for hyrdo-locking, maybe i'm off base, but i'm not sure that it is so easily achieved. I believe one would need to pretty much submerge the entire filter for it to happen. Otherwise, if the filter is just partially submerged, that means a section of it is still exposed to the atmosphere. And considering that water is so much heavier than air, the air will be sucked in much more easily than the water. Plus, if you are driving through a puddle, you would (should) be going slow and at a low engine RPM which means low blower speed which means not a ton of flow through the filter. The less flow, the less likely the heavy water will be picked up. With that said, I would be more comfortable w/ a filter that is a bit higher off the road. Just my 2c.

DrBacon · 01-10-2020, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by cgr406

As for hyrdo-locking, maybe i'm off base, but i'm not sure that it is so easily achieved. I believe one would need to pretty much submerge the entire filter for it to happen. Otherwise, if the filter is just partially submerged, that means a section of it is still exposed to the atmosphere. And considering that water is so much heavier than air, the air will be sucked in much more easily than the water. Plus, if you are driving through a puddle, you would (should) be going slow and at a low engine RPM which means low blower speed which means not a ton of flow through the filter. The less flow, the less likely the heavy water will be picked up. With that said, I would be more comfortable w/ a filter that is a bit higher off the road. Just my 2c.

I have definitely seen a few posts about people hydrolocking with injen intakes which is placed very similarly. However, we obviously don't know the actual circumstances behind it.

Senna-F1 · 01-10-2020, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by TopgunZ

You all know I am a huge advocate of outside the box ingenuity. This thing will probably breath very well. It definitely will only be palatable to a certain group of enthusiast who dont care what they need to do to get the job done because the amount of material and support structure that was removed is pretty intense. I hope the hood latch support has enough material to not give way at high speeds and the hood doesnt end up over the windshield. Also, it is going to be tough to get someone to buy your car unless all of that is replaced before selling.

This car has been all kinds of hacked up. No one should ever need to do this now, but Ben was the 1st do go at it, so good for him. If you watch the other videos he's made, the bumper uses clips and snaps, none of which are stock. All the OE points are gone. The hood also does not use the stock latch. You can see hood pins in red in the video. That should at least prevent any hood snaps.

turtle64b · 01-12-2020, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by TopgunZ

You all know I am a huge advocate of outside the box ingenuity. This thing will probably breath very well. It definitely will only be palatable to a certain group of enthusiast who dont care what they need to do to get the job done because the amount of material and support structure that was removed is pretty intense. I hope the hood latch support has enough material to not give way at high speeds and the hood doesnt end up over the windshield. Also, it is going to be tough to get someone to buy your car unless all of that is replaced before selling.

I agree with this piece, which is why we're trying to do something similar to what you are putting together for your kits, albeit a little more crude. The goal was to hack away as little as possible while freeing up as much breathing surface area as possible.

TopgunZ · 01-12-2020, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by turtle64b

I agree with this piece, which is why we're trying to do something similar to what you are putting together for your kits, albeit a little more crude. The goal was to hack away as little as possible while freeing up as much breathing surface area as possible.

I hear ya bud. There's only so much that is possible in an envelope of dimensions.

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cgr406 Base Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: pittsburgh Posts: 106 Drives: '14 Z Sport Tour 6M Rep Power: 3367	As for hyrdo-locking, maybe i'm off base, but i'm not sure that it is so easily achieved. I believe one would need to pretty much submerge the entire filter for it to happen. Otherwise, if the filter is just partially submerged, that means a section of it is still exposed to the atmosphere. And considering that water is so much heavier than air, the air will be sucked in much more easily than the water. Plus, if you are driving through a puddle, you would (should) be going slow and at a low engine RPM which means low blower speed which means not a ton of flow through the filter. The less flow, the less likely the heavy water will be picked up. With that said, I would be more comfortable w/ a filter that is a bit higher off the road. Just my 2c. __________________ TopGunZ Rotrex SC / CJM RFS / 1300 / Ecutek / Dynosty / F.I. TP & CBE / Z1 / Swift / SPL / Whiteline / Hotchkis / Michelin SP4

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