Have been looking at pic's of all the fancy cool air boxes, ice boxes, where there is a shield between turbo and air filter, come on guy's what is wrong with fresh cool air available for engine??? Know it is not that pretty, since I am the only one looking under the hood, no big deal.
Was not intenden to ram it in, since i usualy don't go faster than 80 mph.

 

i think this is a great idea, he is not necessarily forcing the air in, but more-so giving it a much cooler intake air temp, witch infact could in the long run, lower egt's and produce better fuel mileage.

 

I would disagree with the forcing of air arguement. IF that was the case, my Scotty II wouldn't drop my EGT's by over 150F... (It gets "forced" air from the cowl.) Truth is with the paper element filter still in there, you won't be over-feeding the turbo. I bet you still would see -5" H2O draw on the filter at highway speed.

If you are concerned about turbulence, get a TAGIII....

 

I agree completely. With any filter being between the ram air, and the turbo intake air, it's going to straighten out before the turbo. If this works exceptionally well, you could also ditch the "high performance" air filter (k&n, amsoil, and such) and go back to a stocker, that way the ram air will be sitting in the air box waiting on being sucked through by the turbo.

Seems like an excellent idea!!
Good Job.

 

I don't think he's trying to make a ram air, it looks more like he is just making the location it draws the air from further away from the heat of the engine

 

My thinking is, getting cold fresh air from the front, before it is heated by engine and turbo, was not trying to make it ram-forced, just air available for turbo without creating a vacuum in air box.
Remember turbo creates a lot more pressure, than ram air will ever do at 80 mph.

 

u dont get better milage from cold air to an extent as u do with hot air, cold air molocules are small and tight hot air molocules are big , heating your air youll loose perfore but burn more fuel cooling it youll gain performance and burn less of the fuel in the cylinder