Ordered new shoes, an intake and ram air.

[RamAirZ]

official term for sucking water in? That's a sweet valve. Basically it's like my idea but "reversed haha, didn't even think about the water creating that "seal" to creat a vacuum in the tube and open the valve. And I will add that a small amount of water isn't bad for an engine (small!), as it'd get burned up in the combustion process (evaporate since it isn't combustable), alot of boosted cars run a water injection kit that sprays a small amount of water (or sometimes alky/meth mix or any combination) to cool the heated intake charged from being compressed. It allows you to run more boost on pump gas while lowering the risk of detonation.

[vt_maverick]

Detonation like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWYyUdruQK4

Make sure you listen all the way through, the voice track is the funniest part of the video.

[Grif]

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

It was sold by a reputable seller on ebay and advertised as compatible with the VX. http://http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290410295208&viewitem= &sspagename=ADME%3AL%3AOU%3AUS%3A1123

Here it is listed on the Weapon-R website: http://www.weapon-r.com/products/195...-weapon-intake

[vt_maverick]

I'm suspicious of any manufacturer who advertises their product as for the "Honda VehiCROSS".

[vt_maverick]

Btw, first link doesn't work (says "http://" twice). When I fix the link I get redirected to Wikipedia.

[RamAirZ]

I like that vid, that's funny. I like that Charger in the background!

[Grif]

Btw, first link doesn't work (says "http://" twice). When I fix the link I get redirected to Wikipedia.

Sorry, my bad, link fixed.

[Triathlete]

I would run the air intake hose (ram air as you refered yo it) into the cabin. No worries of water or dust and you get nice cold air conditioned air into the intake. Of course you would need to upgrade your stereo system to drown out the sucking woosh sounds!

[Grif]

I would run the air intake hose (ram air as you refered yo it) into the cabin. No worries of water or dust and you get nice cold air conditioned air into the intake. Of course you would need to upgrade your stereo system to drown out the sucking woosh sounds!

HAHA! You funny!

[vt_maverick]

I would run the air intake hose (ram air as you refered yo it) into the cabin. No worries of water or dust and you get nice cold air conditioned air into the intake. Of course you would need to upgrade your stereo system to drown out the sucking woosh sounds!

Would be great for vaccuming the interior too.

[Triathlete]

HAHA! You funny!

Not trying to be funny...take a look at a trophy truck or a lot of hardcore wheelers

[Grif]

Honestly, that makes no sense to me whatsoever. Using the power of the engine to cool the air to increase the power of the engine. I don't think you would see any net gain in power to the wheels in fact, probably a net loss because cooling the air is very inefficient. The laws of thermodynamics still apply. Am I missing somthing here?

Granted the intake tube would stay dry.

[Triathlete]

Well if you are wheeling with the windows up and the air conditioning on anyways....some of us live, drive and wheel in the desert.
But in all reality it is to keep water, dust, mud, etc. out of your intake. I have seen first hand what WOT and water in the intake will do...just glad it wasn't me.

[Grif]

If you are driving in hot/dry ambient environment, then perhaps its feasible to have a lesser impact, but still the theory is wrong. You will not gain any performance from feeding air conditioned air into an intake when the very air conditioned air you are feeding it is made by the energy from the engine.

My environ is hot/wet. Much of the energy lost in cooling the air is lost from condensation of water from the A/C coil. In a high humidity environment much of the energy is lost due to external condensation of the A/C coils and its sloughing off of condensed cooled water. This is an inherent inefficiency of all common vehicle cooling systems.

In a dry/hot environment, the water from the coils are dispersed via ambient latent energy in the air much more readily.

Also, I don't need my engine sucking my cool/dry air from the cabin either! Us humans need cool air as much or more than the engine does! At least where I live ...

[Triathlete]

Apparrently you haven't figured out the meaning of the whole smiley thing yet!
Oh and thanks for the pm! I guess you didn't feel the need to share your true colors with the rest of the forumee's.