Ordered new shoes, an intake and ram air.

I just ordered a set of these:

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And one of these:

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And it comes with one of these for no extra charge:

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Yes, those are retread tires, but they look awfull mean and from the best in the business. Look for discussions about "treadwright" in this forum.

Yes, I know some of you don't prefer aftermarket intakes, but this is the latest Weapon-R has. I trust them.

As for the RAM intake kit, well its hard to determine, but fitment might be an issue. I wont really be able to tell until the stock airbox is removed, the MAF relocated and intake is installed. But if i cant use the ram air kit, so be it, it came with the intake.

Comments are welcome, flame shield is on.

Ram-air intake looks like it would make a great snorkel. ;)

Nice idea mav...thx!

I want a set of those tires badly, but gotta save money for other things. As soon as I wear out the set on there now I'm gonna order some.

You could run the hose down through the fender and into the opening in the front bumper if you wanted it set-up that way, I personally wouldn't bother with it or like VT said, snorkel!

Seems like running the hose lower just invites water issues.

Yarp, just can't see a way of running it low and still keep it out of the damp.

The only water issues would be if you drove through a puddle (more like a lake) to submerge it. Rain water would NOT get up that.

Fording flood waters and creeks would be my intended purpose. The snorkel idea is sounding better all the time.

If I cant comfortably use the ram kit as a performance enhancement then will look into modding for a snorkel.

Ya, in all honesty, that ram air intake wouldn't gain you that much power to begin with. You could run it in behind the grille but if you plan on having it submerged then the only way to go is a snorkel. I'm HOPING to have a snorkel kit here in the next few weeks to mock up and modify on the VX.

has this air intake been test fit on a VX before? The only model I know fitting without modification on a VX is the Morgan tech

You can mod any of them to work really, drill a hole for the IAT sensor if it's not provided, run the "vacuum" line to the elbow, make a bracket to support the filter end and your good to go.

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Originally Posted by vt_maverick

Seems like running the hose lower just invites water issues.

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Yarp, just can't see a way of running it low and still keep it out of the damp.

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Originally Posted by RamAirZ

The only water issues would be if you drove through a puddle (more like a lake) to submerge it. Rain water would NOT get up that.

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Originally Posted by Grif

Fording flood waters and creeks would be my intended purpose. The snorkel idea is sounding better all the time.

If I cant comfortably use the ram kit as a performance enhancement then will look into modding for a snorkel.

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I just remembered reading on the G35driver board way back in the day that some manufacturer had created a mod for cold air intakes to keep water from puddles, potholes, etc. from getting up into the engine. That might allow you to do both (run it low for street performance - albeit not much - and high for a snorkel when you want to ford a stream). Hmmm... time to do a little research.

You could have a vacuum actuated valve in the tube (easy to do) that would be closed under part throttle but open at full throttle.

Here you go... it's called a bypass valve, and AEM makes it for their intakes. Maybe you could modify it? (Btw, the official term is "hydro-lock.")

http://www.modified.com/tech/0104scc...lve/index.html