Interest is New Intake Design? Looking for a test car!

4r3s · 08-20-2012, 12:41 PM

so the idea here is to build a cold air intake that lives in the engine bay? I'm failing to see the point of this design otherwise or how it is improvement over existing designs. On that brz you might as well just hook the cone filter up right up to the manifold. Its been a while since I've had thermo dynamics in college and I might be a bit rusty but as far as I can tell that box is doing nothing other than looking awkward. I'm not trying to bash the design, just haven't been able to wrap my mind around how it's better than whats already available and would love to be educated.

Jordo! · 08-20-2012, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by 4r3s

so the idea here is to build a cold air intake that lives in the engine bay? I'm failing to see the point of this design otherwise or how it is improvement over existing designs. On that brz you might as well just hook the cone filter up right up to the manifold. Its been a while since I've had thermo dynamics in college and I might be a bit rusty but as far as I can tell that box is doing nothing other than looking awkward. I'm not trying to bash the design, just haven't been able to wrap my mind around how it's better than whats already available and would love to be educated.

Read my points in first post, click on link to see example of Swift's work. The key is the elliptical bellmouth design for improved flow dynamics and complete enclosure plus OEM ducting for optimal heat shielding. Also, ease of installation and cleaning and pretty underhood bling.

Whether or not it actually outperforms any existing intake is an empirical question, which cannot be answered without building and testing it... hence the thread.

I have no pre-existing relationship with Swift -- just saw the design and thought it would be a great option for us...

eastwest2300 · 08-20-2012, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Jordo!

Read my points in first post, click on link to see example of Swift's work. The key is the elliptical bellmouth design for improved flow dynamics and complete enclosure plus OEM ducting for optimal heat shielding. Also, ease of installation and cleaning and pretty underhood bling.

Whether or not it actually outperforms any existing intake is an empirical question, which cannot be answered without building and testing it... hence the thread.

I have no pre-existing relationship with Swift -- just saw the design and thought it would be a great option for us...

Thanks Jordo, I got both your PM's, I'll be calling them tomorrow to hopefully set something up.

gomer_110 · 08-20-2012, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by 4r3s

so the idea here is to build a cold air intake that lives in the engine bay? I'm failing to see the point of this design otherwise or how it is improvement over existing designs. On that brz you might as well just hook the cone filter up right up to the manifold. Its been a while since I've had thermo dynamics in college and I might be a bit rusty but as far as I can tell that box is doing nothing other than looking awkward. I'm not trying to bash the design, just haven't been able to wrap my mind around how it's better than whats already available and would love to be educated.

Looking at the sketch, they're going for a velocity stack setup. Just do a search on google and you'll learn all you need to know about the science behind velocity stacks.

In for dyno results.

eastwest2300 · 08-20-2012, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by gomer_110

Looking at the sketch, they're going for a velocity stack setup. Just do a search on google and you'll learn all you need to know about the science behind velocity stacks.

In for dyno results.

Is it gonna work?

gomer_110 · 08-20-2012, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by eastwest2300

Is it gonna work?

fwiw the sites I've come across tend to say that a good velocity stack design that is properly tuned for the motor they're on are good for a 2-4% gain. Don't know how true that is but on a Nismo that would be anywhere from 7 to 14 hp.

eastwest2300 · 08-20-2012, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by gomer_110

fwiw the sites I've come across tend to say that a good velocity stack design that is properly tuned for the motor they're on are good for a 2-4% gain. Don't know how true that is but on a Nismo that would be anywhere from 7 to 14 hp.

Nice!! heck yeah man. Thats sweet.

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4r3s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: MD Posts: 2,077 Drives: Touring 370z Rep Power: 25	so the idea here is to build a cold air intake that lives in the engine bay? I'm failing to see the point of this design otherwise or how it is improvement over existing designs. On that brz you might as well just hook the cone filter up right up to the manifold. Its been a while since I've had thermo dynamics in college and I might be a bit rusty but as far as I can tell that box is doing nothing other than looking awkward. I'm not trying to bash the design, just haven't been able to wrap my mind around how it's better than whats already available and would love to be educated.