NO LAUGHING.

[graysilverado5.3]

Nice idea, i have the volant scoop. I put it in with the intake so i dunno the effects of having it. Only once has water BARELY made it to the filter cause thats what i was trying to do. I literly went through about a foot of water to check what happens, but nothing happend. BTW, the volant scoop is only about half of the opening. So you have to be getting ALOT more air than i do.

[c1500]

cool idea...looks like it took a little bit of work..nice....

[567234ta]

where do you put in the wet clothes though? j/k

its a great idea really, allen is gonna have to be creative like that on my truck because my intake vent is blocked on the fender lol

[TXsilverado]

pretty clean install...now it will be like a treasure hunt when you clean your filter (about every 6-8,000 now. i find all kinds of random shit in my intake with my ram air setup. cigirette buts, gravel, dragon flies, millions of other un-identifiable spattered bugs, leaves/pine needles, birds, etc. ok so i stretched the truth a lil with a bird but the rest is the usual crap i find in there. it really funks up the filter

[DamnYankee]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(twobit &#064; Mar 20 2007, 10&#58;55 PM) [snapback]86826[/snapback]</div>

Nice work&#33; Speaking of NY, Im going to nyc in April for a few days. First time I have ever been there. Any suggestion on what to do around the Time Square area?
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Just Times Square? Around there there&#39;s a lot to see I guess. But I would branch out. Go into Manhattan and go to Central Station, The Chrysler Building (amazing architecture), and the Empire State Building (bring your camera obviously and there may be a line unless you buy the tickets in advance). Just park in one of the garages (around &#036;32) and hoof it to all three places. It&#39;s a fun time. And get a hot dog from one of the corner vendors - they&#39;re gooood. That stuff is kind of central Manhattan area.

Then head south and check out Chinatown while you&#39;re there - it&#39;s pretty crazy.

From there you should go further south to Lombardi&#39;s - it&#39;s NY&#39;s first licensed pizzeria. Been there since 1905 and their pizza is fresh and good. And they have a couple of local beers on tap. Then you could go over and see where the Twin Towers were.

Those are some of the things I would recommend doing - makes for a fun day.



<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(c1500 &#064; Mar 21 2007, 12&#58;28 AM) [snapback]86843[/snapback]</div>

cool idea...looks like it took a little bit of work..nice....
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Thanks - it was more of a pain than it looks (didn&#39;t have a 4" hole saw to drill through the metal under the stock air box and my DeWalt jig saw is too big to fit in there. I need to do some tweaking to make it look a little better.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TXsilverado &#064; Mar 21 2007, 03&#58;47 AM) [snapback]86849[/snapback]</div>

pretty clean install...now it will be like a treasure hunt when you clean your filter (about every 6-8,000 now. i find all kinds of random shit in my intake with my ram air setup. cigirette buts, gravel, dragon flies, millions of other un-identifiable spattered bugs, leaves/pine needles, birds, etc. ok so i stretched the truth a lil with a bird but the rest is the usual crap i find in there. it really funks up the filter
[/b]

Yeah I was worried about that and the water issue. I may put some sort of fiber/mesh material over the True Flow filter so it will act as a barrier and keep the filter clean. Maybe a slit in one of the pipes to let moisture out...Still got some work to do on it.

[txarkitekt]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(shwarmy &#064; Mar 20 2007, 10&#58;52 PM) [snapback]86824[/snapback]</div>

I would be carefull to not go threw any water. You dont want that sucked up.
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Dude, I was going to say that--but you beat me to it. That was one reason that I shyed away from the Volant CAI because of the thought of water entering my intake. I know that it is a long shot (since my truck hasn&#39;t seen rain since &#39;03), but due to MY luck, ANYTHING can happen.

I would drill some weep holes in the bottom of the collectors before it heads upstairs so that if water gets in there (and it will), it can easily escape through the weep holes.

Also, you might wanna put a 4" dia. filter half way up---maybe take a high-flo air filter you put in your house and cut it into a 4.25 dia. circle and shove it in there. That will help with cleaning your air filter so much---and you can replace that filter all the time---cause if you buy a 20"x20" filter, you can cut out 15 circles to make filters...

And (I can&#39;t tell by the pics) you probably might want to cover the hole with duct tape so you seal off the stock chamber to the fenderwell. The least amount of turbulence, the better. Speaking of turbulence... I may be retarded in saying/recommending this, but you could put one of those Tornado thingys in the tubing so you get that rotation effect which would smooth out the flow through the tubing...Just a thought...

[DamnYankee]

Yeah I think the weep holes will definitely have to be done. I&#39;ll probably do it in the bottom of the elbow before it turns up toward the airbox. That was any moisture trapped int he pipe will run back down and seep out. Hopefully.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(txarkitekt &#064; Mar 21 2007, 09&#58;04 AM) [snapback]86858[/snapback]</div>

Also, you might wanna put a 4" dia. filter half way up---maybe take a high-flo air filter you put in your house and cut it into a 4.25 dia. circle and shove it in there. That will help with cleaning your air filter so much---and you can replace that filter all the time---cause if you buy a 20"x20" filter, you can cut out 15 circles to make filters...

And (I can&#39;t tell by the pics) you probably might want to cover the hole with duct tape so you seal off the stock chamber to the fenderwell. The least amount of turbulence, the better. Speaking of turbulence... I may be retarded in saying/recommending this, but you could put one of those Tornado thingys in the tubing so you get that rotation effect which would smooth out the flow through the tubing...Just a thought...
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Missed a couple of your points - good idea on the filters, I may try that.

As for the openings going to the fenderwell, I duct taped them on both sides, so that eliminates air coming in from a different direction. And I don&#39;t think it&#39;s retarded - I half thought about doing some sort of fan or even the Tornado somewhere in the pipes. Out of sight of course&#33;

[txarkitekt]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DamnYankee &#064; Mar 21 2007, 09&#58;24 AM) [snapback]86860[/snapback]</div>

Yeah I think the weep holes will definitely have to be done. I&#39;ll probably do it in the bottom of the elbow before it turns up toward the airbox. That was any moisture trapped int he pipe will run back down and seep out. Hopefully.
Missed a couple of your points - good idea on the filters, I may try that.

As for the openings going to the fenderwell, I duct taped them on both sides, so that eliminates air coming in from a different direction. And I don&#39;t think it&#39;s retarded - I half thought about doing some sort of fan or even the Tornado somewhere in the pipes. Out of sight of course&#33;
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Ok, maybe the Torando thing isn&#39;t that bad... I put one in the homemade CAI I did for my g/f&#39;s &#39;98 OBS Z71, and I could tell a slight difference. I would not go pay &#036;65 at Autozone for one--go on Ebay--they are a lot cheaper.

And as for the 4" filters---cut the dia. slightly bigger than the tubing so that the filter doesn&#39;t slide up or bunch up. This is kinda uncharted territory in homemade, functional CAI...I wish I had more ideas to help out...

But whatever---I think it looks great&#33;&#33;&#33; And the fabrication of it all looks top notch&#33;&#33;&#33;

[mean05]

you need to put some kind of mesh grill on it to keep crap from going up into it like leaves and bags and what not......and with that kind of modding on your truck and you being in Texas we would like to now welcome you into the Redneck Society...EEEEEEEWWWWWWWW&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; &#33;&#33;

[DamnYankee]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(txarkitekt &#064; Mar 21 2007, 09&#58;54 AM) [snapback]86862[/snapback]</div>

Ok, maybe the Torando thing isn&#39;t that bad... I put one in the homemade CAI I did for my g/f&#39;s &#39;98 OBS Z71, and I could tell a slight difference. I would not go pay &#036;65 at Autozone for one--go on Ebay--they are a lot cheaper.

And as for the 4" filters---cut the dia. slightly bigger than the tubing so that the filter doesn&#39;t slide up or bunch up. This is kinda uncharted territory in homemade, functional CAI...I wish I had more ideas to help out...

But whatever---I think it looks great&#33;&#33;&#33; And the fabrication of it all looks top notch&#33;&#33;&#33;
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Well sometimes you never really know, so you just have to go with the "can&#39;t hurt" frame of mind and try it out.

I don&#39;t think I&#39;ll do a filter directly in the pipe. I&#39;ll probably put a thin gauze over the actual True Flow filter. That way I can just peel it off and replace it when need be. Should keep the True Flow filter clean.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mean05 &#064; Mar 21 2007, 10&#58;06 AM) [snapback]86864[/snapback]</div>

you need to put some kind of mesh grill on it to keep crap from going up into it like leaves and bags and what not......and with that kind of modding on your truck and you being in Texas we would like to now welcome you into the Redneck Society...EEEEEEEWWWWWWWW&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; &#33;&#33;
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Yeah I think I&#39;ll do like a wire &#39;weave&#39; mesh and paint it black and then paint the pipe black.

And I&#39;m sticking with it being Yankee Ingenuity - I refuse to join the Redneck Society (sorry, gotta have some pride in my roots&#33.