hmmm, well looks like i have another project on my hands... ill build a heat shield and post pics in a few days.

 

Sounds cool I'll be watching for the pics. Mine won't do too much to protect against water as it only covers the back half of the filter but that's what the filter sock is for.

 

alright, so i literally just whipped this up in like 30 mins. i kinda knew what i was doing cuz i read a thread on it earlier on in the week when i was looking up this whole "DIY CAI" project. but here's the heat shield. ill get a rubber seal for the rim when i can, but for now ill use the wire loom. well, what do you think?

 

WTF?!? You just looked at my post like an hour or so ago and you already have one made and installed? Holy $hit you work fast!

 

well like i said, i already had an idea of what i was doing. and i have a pretty good eye, so i dont measure anything before i cut it. and ive been out in the garage for the past hour fiddling with it. i took the lower intake arm off the lower half of the factory airbox and retro-fitted it to the new heat shield/airbox. so now i get a steady blast of cool air comin up from the bottom, such as you would with the factory airbox.

 

Here's what mine looks like after installing it. (Oh I suggest you never install it after dark, takes too d*** long and yeah . . . LoL I wont be doing that again). I've got my eye on getting a filter sock since winters coming and it seems like we're finally going to get some rain some time in the near future.

And yes at WOT I'd have to say I hear in this order, initial exhaust accel - tb whistle - exhaust 3k+ - then air intake takes over and really roars.

 

Isn't that intake roar just awesome? I love it, it sounds mean and powerful!

 

is that a trash can that you cut up???

 

His mom is going to be mad when she sees that he stole the plumbing under the sink AND the trash can!

 

Hey man, hows that thing getting any air? Open up that front right corner and let the AIR IN Reposition the filter so it points at the opening in the fender and keep the cover towards the front. Thats all you really need for protection to water, the other two sides are for heat protection. Unless you are gonna be a hard core offroader I don't see a problem with water...

Here's mine