Just bought a heatshield air intake

[knucksfirst]

I just bought a 3" heatshield air intake from canadian tire just wondering what kind of sleeves i should use. The sleeves should conduct less heat which is wat im going for... Ill post a pic of the end results might slap it on tonight.

[serega12]

They say ceramic paint works well to keep the cool air in and hot air out of the intake if you have a metal cold air intake piping. Are you trying to heat shield an aftermarket intake or your original one? Post some pictures of what you have ...

[petrified.rabbit]

what serega said, ceramic or at least header (heat resistant) paint, inside and out..

[knucksfirst]

I have a heat shield filter, its a cold intake in like a cone. Im gonna be using aluminum tubing as the sleeve from the filter to the engine. heres a pic of what i bought.

[oscare003]

i have this one on my honda but its so the water that splashes in the wheel well dont get sucked up. works great!! had it for 5 years

[knucksfirst]

You think it will damage the car if I leave it on for the winter. We get like -38 up here sometimes. also does anyone no anymore cheap mods i can do to the car to get more hp?? Ive looked around and searched on here but nothing. i seen the pulley idea but did he make some to buy off him>?

[serega12]

There's a few threads about exhaust (a little less restriction=a little more power)... a combination of intake and exhaust will give you a noticeable increase in HP... You could go ahead and order a header from xiaogary in singapore, but after the shipping and fees it's almost $400 bucks, so it doesn't necessarily qualify as cheap...

[knucksfirst]

wow not looking to spend that much. Yah well so far I have the intake and i have taken off the catalyt converter to relieve some back pressure but still have the stock muffler afraid that if i take it off then I might get some attention from the cops. Itll be pretty loud no cat and turbo cherrybomb.

[serega12]

wow not looking to spend that much. Yah well so far I have the intake and i have taken off the catalyt converter to relieve some back pressure but still have the stock muffler afraid that if i take it off then I might get some attention from the cops. Itll be pretty loud no cat and turbo cherrybomb.

well, replace it with a high flow straight-thru muffler... you should be good. Install a couple of resonators (also straight through, that's what I did) and you're good to go. What did you put in place of the cat? BTW, the cat-less header does make a difference... I'm sure you'd notice some increase in power... And how do you like the smell of that exhaust now? :P

[knucksfirst]

I did not take the catalyt converter off thats on the header..... I took off the daewoo converter underneath the car about half way. I just put a straight piece of pipe to replace it.