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I know this is probably a pretty lame way of dealing with things... but would it help much if I used some "heavy duty alluminum foil" that you buy at grocery stores and wrap my air intake system to drop the temperature?
Mods I've done so far are... dun dun dun... stp air filter, and NGK iridium IX spark plugs (I'm poor)
I'm trying to see what free mods I can do to boost fuel efficiency, because of the said poverty
i would not worry about it, it will not make a difference if mpg's
it would be completely useless. Plastic is already terrible at conducting heat.
*shrug* it was an idea
it is alright, if you had a little money to spare, a cold air intake would be what you want ($50 or so)
a free mod would be to pull the muffler out of the fender well. Aluminum foil wont do anything. If you had a cai already, for the price of foil you could buy a can of high heat paint but it doesnt stick to the rubber.
pull the muffler out of the fender well?
What do you mean?
this is what your complete intake looks like:
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/3310/factintake.jpg
you take the bottom half out, its the most restrictive of the entire system.
Whats it even do? just make the intake quiet?
How significant of a performance change are we talking here, and with the crappy stock exhaust, will it even help much?
Do you replace that box with a pipe or something?
if you just take the box out it will draw the air from the fender well still you dont need to add anything.
it will improve flow, be a little louder, as a free mod it is worth it. I'm not one to say or guess "it will give you __ hp" but compared to stock, it should be noticeable. Its the narrowest point and most restriction on the stock unit.
I'll give it a shot
If its too loud for me, and not enough improvement to be worth the noise, I'll put it back
i doubt it will be too loud, but take a drive and get the rpms up. you'll feel the difference.
2 weeks ago, when I was replacing the timing belt on my aveo, since I was already in the area, i removed that box, also on my aveo since I dont have fog lights, I got my drill out and drilled some holes in the fog light cover, to help get cooler air into the intake. since then though, I have installed the full AEM cai. removing the resonator box and drilling holes in the fog light cover, the throttle response IMO was a little better