Custom Duel Air Box Intake..

[TNVIPER]

Little scientific experiment here......this is just a proto-type setup for now...got more work to do on this...the idea here is that I think cooler air can be drawn from the stock airbox than the center mounted air filter provided with the SC kit...and if one stock air box pulls cooler air then 2 should...well...pull more......I will do some air temp comparisons later.........
I drove the truck with this setup for the first time today....I raised the hood several minutes after getting back and felt the metal pipes...cool to the touch...

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[TREKER]

very cool.. you have k&n filters in there?

 

[TNVIPER]

very cool.. you have k&n filters in there?

Passenger side has a K&N...driver side a stock filter...not sure if it was the filters but the K&N side pipes felt cooler than the stock filter side per hand guage..

 

[TREKER]

Passenger side has a K&N...driver side a stock filter...not sure if it was the filters but the K&N side pipes felt cooler than the stock filter side per hand guage..

Definately add the K&N to each side. The air flow alone is worth it, especially with what you are trying to accomplish.

 

[TNVIPER]

Definately add the K&N to each side. The air flow alone is worth it, especially with what you are trying to accomplish.

Definitely plan on that....right now I was just seeing if I could do this...has been a little more intense than I first planned...lot of cutting to get that extra box in....had to remove the windshield washer reservoir...but I have a replacement reservoir going into the passenger side battery holder.....fuse box had to be moved....

 

[RedSrt007]

love the idea and concept, I just dont know how well the "T" will flow, seems like a sharp path for the air flow. For my TT setup,I did a Y which seems to work well....dunno though

A++ for the concept, I think its great we have members that do stuff like this for others to learn from!

 

[wheredwhogo?]

love the idea and concept, I just dont know how well the "T" will flow, seems like a sharp path for the air flow.

A++ for the concept, I think its great we have members that do stuff like this for others to learn from!

thats where you could put something in the "T" to split the air and direct it towards the intake vs...having air collide from both sides....almost like a duct in a duct....does that make sense?

 

[EMT/SRT]

Just make a Y instead of the T. That looks cool as shit Larry! Nice job!

 

[Tooloe]

nice job!

 

[TNVIPER]

love the idea and concept, I just dont know how well the "T" will flow, seems like a sharp path for the air flow. For my TT setup,I did a Y which seems to work well....dunno though

A++ for the concept, I think its great we have members that do stuff like this for others to learn from!

Thanks for the grade from someone who has background... .....I actually had a "Y" to begin with but had to make a sharp curve back to line up with the boxes I decided on the "T".......but Wherewhogo has given me some food for thought...:hmmmm2: ..like I said this is just the "proto".....what I want is suggestions from this forum to refine this project....and that is what I am getting..

 

[attila]

looks really cool!

didn't know there was room for a second air box

you should measure the air temp fro ODBII port: I have the ScanGauge reading that.

 

[ZCx]

awesome idea.
imvho the y-pipe might be nice, but from my experience the t-pipe set up should be fine. i would just make sure that the t part at the TB is as smooth as possible.
after all 10,000's of thounsands Pete's, KW's, etc. have run that same design for many years now. its like runnin no filter at all & lettin the engine get all the air it needs with little work/restriction.
from my dyno days & when i could play a bit on it, usually saw about a 5 horse increase without a filter compared to the intake system installed. & the ones that did have a big increase, 10+ horsepower, would be able to go through the pipin & make sure everything was as smooth flowin as possible.
oh & my personl best dyno run was 675 h.p. & just a tick under 2100 ft. lbs of torque.
so duel K&N's & as smooth as can be equals rock & roll
:rock: :burnout: :rock: :burnout: :rock: :burnout: :rock: :burnout: :rock: :burnout: :rock: :burnout: :congrats:

 

[Floor]

cool setup (looks and performance wise ). Did you have to relocate the fuse box on the drivers side :dontknow:
How's the boost level affected. Could be little less due to T but little more due to the extra available flow. Just curious.

 

[blackviper]

Pretty cool. I would also look into the K&N setup for the Gen2 Vipers. I think it would be a good platform to start from. I've been thinking of doing the same thing. My only concern is the methanol injection. Did you add another nozzle?

 

[VIPR PWR]

What about eliminating the stock air boxes and useing a "Y".

 

[TNVIPER]

cool setup (looks and performance wise ). Did you have to relocate the fuse box on the drivers side :dontknow:
How's the boost level affected. Could be little less due to T but little more due to the extra available flow. Just curious.

I moved the battery to the rear with JMBs kit. The fuse box is now in the battery bin but is not actually attached. This is still a work in process. Boost still pegs at a little over 9 LBs.

 

[TNVIPER]

Pretty cool. I would also look into the K&N setup for the Gen2 Vipers. I think it would be a good platform to start from. I've been thinking of doing the same thing. My only concern is the methanol injection. Did you add another nozzle?

I havent got to the meth yet but plan on mounting it in the TB part of the "T"..

 

[TNVIPER]

What about eliminating the stock air boxes and useing a "Y".

My rationale is that the boxes will allow cooler air to enter than the open filter under the hood. I will do some temp test with this setup compared to the Roe single cone filter. I drove around yesterday evening about 20 miles and when I got back home and raised the hood the metal inatke pipes were cool to the touch..

 

[TNVIPER]

what if you made the T a little bigger and inserted a curved baffle plate inside to help direct the air better?:dontknow: :dontknow: :dontknow:

nice job on it tho...

I will be experimenting with that idea as I go. I want to get the basic setup done and do some temp comparing..maybe even dyno comparison..

 

[jtsdad13]

so this is what you have been up to.when you were wanting another stock air box. looks killer. let us know the gains.