davethecota
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Ok so I was looking at the heat shielding on the Typhoon intake and while it kinda works slightly there were so many areas that were letting a lot of hot air from the engine into the intake especially right at the hole where the intake tube goes through the intake. I would take my hand and move it around that area and could literally feel the heat seeping through the space.
Anyways, I was at Walmart the other day and came across an idea that is really cheap.. really easy to do.. and helps.
For a whole 3 dollars you can do it too! Install takes maybe 5 minutes.
So here is the magic you need.
This is the way the stock intake looks like and you can really see the gaps.
Now a close up of the most troublesome area that really loves to pull in hot air.
Now the easiest way to get this material into place is to start at the base of the filter.. here is a pic right before.
Now you need to wrap the material around the base of the filter and cut it so it wraps fully around one time.
You can now start to pull your material through at any of the area where you have gaps between the pipe and heat shield to get a nice seal.
Now you should have a good amount of material left and you can easily just stop now and call it a day but I decided to go ahead and use around the edges of the heat shield to get a better isolation from the engine bay.
The next area I looked is at the bottom left of the heat shield here.
Just thread a small piece of the foam through the lines there.
I slid another piece from the intake side under to lower right side of the heat shield like so.
The upper right side of the shield has a big gap under the molding there and put a piece there.
Finally I put a small piece on the upper left side of the shield.
My completed project.
Yeah it doesn't look super cool or anything but it works and if it is in the way of anything it comes out and re-installs in seconds. The space on the upper part of the pipe where you see no foam is actually flush with the heat shield so if you are doing this yours might look totally different depending on your gaps you have.
Now as far as looking at intake temps I have noticed much less of a climb from full throttle pulls as well as a quicker drop in temps after an elevated temp event happens such as sitting idle or heavy pulling. I have only tested it a couple of days so I don't have some sort of scientific data but through my observations using my ultra-gauge it has helped.
You will always get a temp hike vs ambient temp though with this intake due to radiant head coming from the heat shield material itself as well as the heat on the pipe itself. My next project might be to see if I can't apply some more head shielding material to the black shield itself so it doesn't put of as much heat into the intake area.
Anyways, hope this gives people some ideas on how to help their heat shield should they want to.
Anyways, I was at Walmart the other day and came across an idea that is really cheap.. really easy to do.. and helps.
For a whole 3 dollars you can do it too! Install takes maybe 5 minutes.
So here is the magic you need.
This is the way the stock intake looks like and you can really see the gaps.
Now a close up of the most troublesome area that really loves to pull in hot air.
Now the easiest way to get this material into place is to start at the base of the filter.. here is a pic right before.
Now you need to wrap the material around the base of the filter and cut it so it wraps fully around one time.
You can now start to pull your material through at any of the area where you have gaps between the pipe and heat shield to get a nice seal.
Now you should have a good amount of material left and you can easily just stop now and call it a day but I decided to go ahead and use around the edges of the heat shield to get a better isolation from the engine bay.
The next area I looked is at the bottom left of the heat shield here.
Just thread a small piece of the foam through the lines there.
I slid another piece from the intake side under to lower right side of the heat shield like so.
The upper right side of the shield has a big gap under the molding there and put a piece there.
Finally I put a small piece on the upper left side of the shield.
My completed project.
Yeah it doesn't look super cool or anything but it works and if it is in the way of anything it comes out and re-installs in seconds. The space on the upper part of the pipe where you see no foam is actually flush with the heat shield so if you are doing this yours might look totally different depending on your gaps you have.
Now as far as looking at intake temps I have noticed much less of a climb from full throttle pulls as well as a quicker drop in temps after an elevated temp event happens such as sitting idle or heavy pulling. I have only tested it a couple of days so I don't have some sort of scientific data but through my observations using my ultra-gauge it has helped.
You will always get a temp hike vs ambient temp though with this intake due to radiant head coming from the heat shield material itself as well as the heat on the pipe itself. My next project might be to see if I can't apply some more head shielding material to the black shield itself so it doesn't put of as much heat into the intake area.
Anyways, hope this gives people some ideas on how to help their heat shield should they want to.
