[SilverSpear]

Originally Posted by GRAVITYMAN

Cool. Is the copper going to come into contact with the engine? This was what I was concerned about. The ambiant temperature of the engine bay is not as much of a concern as the engine transfering heat through direct contact into the manifold.

The best way to design a manifold is to remove ALL heating capabilities, in other words prevent any hot air from getting into the intake. There is really no way to remove heat lower than ambiant temperature from the intake air, this includes intercoolers. Intercoolers lower charged temps to ambiant temp. The only real way to lower the intake charge are methods like methanol, alcohol, ice pack ect.

Look at all the new intakes on the 2.5 GT, they are made of composite. The reason for this is to keep all the engine temperatures whether it be direct contact or radiation heat from getting into the intake charge.

Tell you the truth I hope your method works! I have been studying intake designs and intake temperatures for quite a while now and I plan on going with a carbonfiber intake for its strength and its low temperature transfer rate.

What i will do is to try to isolate my copper system as much as i can from engine heat. The system may still fail on the level of the intake manifold, i mean that heat can still be generated to the copper intake and heat it up, but if the thing i am having in mind now works well, along with that small fan I installed (this is why i put it there to push that remaining amount of heat away by more cold air coming from outside) I will find for sure great results from it.

I am also hoping that this thing works. If not, I could say that i have at least tried, or explored another possibility. I will also keep half of the system i made:

Originally Posted by svxxx26

I'll start off by saying I have NO idea about the science being applied relative to Silver Spear's intake mod - other than agreeing that cooler intake air is better.

My question is, in a real world setting, how much of an improvement can this mod really give, or in other words is it worth the work? I'm assuming that any car engine sucks in a LOT of air when it's running, meaning high volume that doesn't stay in the intake plumbing long enough to effectively cool it assuming you have the means.

Am I wrong?

How much improvement? I frankly do not know... but it will be higher than all the others, that's for sure... if it works.