AUT Cooling Plate
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i have one of these, i like the fact that after a stint of driving my intake box is cold to the touch where as it used to be hot.
as a side note i left my stock stuff inplace and just used this like a "cap" to grab any extra air floating around. seems to work out ok
as a side note i left my stock stuff inplace and just used this like a "cap" to grab any extra air floating around. seems to work out ok
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Originally Posted by Clemsons2k,Apr 24 2008, 03:45 PM
I just have one question left that I am curious about.
Would cutting a hole in the oem radiator plate screw up the needed pressure it creates? Or would a hole under the airbox create better airflow?
Would cutting a hole in the oem radiator plate screw up the needed pressure it creates? Or would a hole under the airbox create better airflow?
Here is my setup and I kept the OEM plate under the Carbing plate.
I actually think the $40 heatshield does more than the cooling plate just because the difference in temperature on either side of the shield is so drastic after a long drive.
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Originally Posted by Saki GT,Apr 24 2008, 03:21 PM
It seals against the hood, but its not air tight - there are gaps on the sides and bottom.
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Originally Posted by Clemsons2k,Apr 24 2008, 05:06 PM
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showt...=0&#entry848181
This guy did dyno testing with the fipk and stock airbox. Idk if he did the airbox mod with a k&n filter in the before testing, but the fipk gave him 4.9 whp.
But I see what your saying with it probably not being too much different than the stock airbox with a k&n filter in it. They are both sealed off from heat and both have the same filter. Only difference is that the fipk gets a more direct flow of air it seems.
This guy did dyno testing with the fipk and stock airbox. Idk if he did the airbox mod with a k&n filter in the before testing, but the fipk gave him 4.9 whp.
But I see what your saying with it probably not being too much different than the stock airbox with a k&n filter in it. They are both sealed off from heat and both have the same filter. Only difference is that the fipk gets a more direct flow of air it seems.
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Originally Posted by Saki GT,Apr 24 2008, 03:51 PM
This was OEM filter and K&N, so maybe K&N does add some power. Either way, I doubt the pipe from the filter to the intake manifold is doing anything to effect hp.
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The FIPK does get better air than the stock box. It seals with the hood and then gets more cooler air from the fender hole. I mated it up with the AUT cooling plate you mentioned and I think it is a good set up. No intakes are going to give significant gains, but I'm sure there are a little bit there. Gains with the AUT and same with the intake air duct etc will only have gains where a dyno can't tell, going around 60 MPH on the highway where there is a lot more airflow that can be directed right at the filter.
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Originally Posted by Saki GT,Apr 24 2008, 07:51 PM
This was OEM filter and K&N, so maybe K&N does add some power. Either way, I doubt the pipe from the filter to the intake manifold is doing anything to effect hp.
The gains come from when you switch out the old dirty clogged up oem paper filter, to a free flowing clean k&n filter. I guarantee if you dyno a stock intake with a k&n vs a fipk you will not see a difference. I too am running the stock airbox with a K&N filter and its doing just fine for me. The sound IS great and everything but I rather put that money towards something that I KNOW will produce power or whatever else.
Clemons: You might want to look into a snorkle from ebay, or spoon if you wanna spend 4x as much for the name. Not sure if your familiar with it but it goes from right in front of the bumper to directly inside the stock airbox. Gets you cold rammed air into the airbox and the faster you drive the more air is getting rammed into the box. Throttle response is increased dramatically and the car just seems to pull harder as the speeds go up. The best intake setup IMO is the gutted airbox, K&N filter, and a snorkel. You will have to cut the oem radiator plate but it shouldnt affect anything since the snorkle will fill that hole up.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Honda-S2000...sspagenameZWDVW
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Originally Posted by qbmurderer13,Apr 24 2008, 08:25 PM
Clemons: You might want to look into a snorkle from ebay, or spoon if you wanna spend 4x as much for the name. Not sure if your familiar with it but it goes from right in front of the bumper to directly inside the stock airbox. Gets you cold rammed air into the airbox and the faster you drive the more air is getting rammed into the box. Throttle response is increased dramatically and the car just seems to pull harder as the speeds go up. The best intake setup IMO is the gutted airbox, K&N filter, and a snorkel. You will have to cut the oem radiator plate but it shouldnt affect anything since the snorkle will fill that hole up.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Honda-S2000...sspagenameZWDVW
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Honda-S2000...sspagenameZWDVW
I do agree though with spending the saved money on the FIPK for something else. Paying $200 for sound isn't worth it when I can just remove the airbox top if I want to be noisy. I'd rather put that money towards some CF goodies