Has anyone tried using custom steel tubing for air intake?

Just ignore the honduh emblem. http://www.teamdelsol.com/howto/coldair/diycoldair.htm

I mean it does make sense...steel is not a good conductor of heat.

I tried searching the posts but didn't find any.

it would work, but supposedly the best is to just put a cone filter on the stock tube, it helps keep the low end torque which is sometimes hurt by CAI, I noticed that when I put my iceman on the low end torque suffered but the car sounded better and high end was increased, but many say the stock tube with a cone filter is best

here see http://www.2gnt.com/dcforum/DCForumID13/3999.html

1998 dodge avenger 4 cyl AT
Mods are:
Not enough

I had the AEM CAI be4, for some reason I took it off, now I have the stock intake box with K&N filter inside. I feel I have more low end torque than CAI, does the K&N drop in filter as good as the cone filter at the end of stock tube but it provide more low end torque?


Ken

AEM CAI
Apex'i N1 exhaust
front upper strut bar
cross drill rotors(front)shunk 2 coilover and koni adjustable
17"Enkei wheels
and some ricey mods only,

Ken


5zigen rearsection/Cherrybomb glasspack resonator/Bosal header/injen short ram intake/ported TB/AFX UDP/Fidanza cam gears/Power Stop cross drill rotors(fron

Did you put holes in your intake box?

no you just remove the air box and add a cone filter to it

1998 dodge avenger 4 cyl AT
Mods are:
Not enough

which is better? remove the airbox and add a cone to the end or just drill hole on air box, I want more low end.
Ken

AEM CAI
Apex'i N1 exhaust
front upper strut bar
cross drill rotors(front)shunk 2 coilover and koni adjustable
17"Enkei wheels
and some ricey mods only,

Ken


5zigen rearsection/Cherrybomb glasspack resonator/Bosal header/injen short ram intake/ported TB/AFX UDP/Fidanza cam gears/Power Stop cross drill rotors(fron

The long tubing of the cold air intake hurts low end, but the increase in mid and high range power MORE than makes up for it. They have dyno's of stock tubing with filter vs AEM CAI and the CAI is way better overall. The stock tubing is restrictive, but gives you a bit more low end torque so it feels faster initially.

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