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Can't find supplier of Kewlmetal Cold air intake or similar- Any help?

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Maybe I'm mildly retarded, but I'm having a hard time finding the Kewlmetal cold air intake kit for my 2018 F3. Failing that, I'm trying to find something else similar. Not a fan of those big external snorkels, but I'd like to eliminate all that plastic (redacted) insulating all that heat on my engine.
I do live in Arizona where the summer outside temperature often exceeds 150 degrees.

Thanks for the help!
Brian
 
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brian10x said:
Maybe I'm mildly retarded, but I'm having a hard time finding the Kewlmetal cold air intake kit for my 2018 F3. Failing that, I'm trying to find something else similar. Not a fan of those big external snorkels, but I'd like to eliminate all that plastic (redacted) insulating all that heat on my engine.
I do live in Arizona where the summer outside temperature often exceeds 150 degrees.

Thanks for the help!
Brian
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Last I heard " Kewl Metal " went out of business more than 7 years ago ...... JMHO .... Mike :thumbup:
 
Ahhh You would think someone would have picked up the slack. Nature abhors a vacuum. Then again, I find most of the old people that own Spyders aren't as into performance as I was hoping.
 
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Ahhh You would think someone would have picked up the slack. Nature abhors a vacuum. Then again, I find most of the old people that own Spyders aren't as into performance as I was hoping.
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I made COLD AIR intakes on my 08 GS, my 2011 RSS, and my 2014 RT. ..... There's pics of the '14 in an album ...... A person is only as Old as they think they are ..... JMHO .... Mike
 
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I looked at your pictures, but I had a hard time figuring out what you did. I'd greatly appreciate a little more detailed explanation if its not a bother. I have an F3, which has the same engine, but I think only the bodywork differs. Sorry for the trouble, I'm mildly retarded.
 
brian10x said:
I looked at your pictures, but I had a hard time figuring out what you did. I'd greatly appreciate a little more detailed explanation if its not a bother. I have an F3, which has the same engine, but I think only the bodywork differs. Sorry for the trouble, I'm mildly retarded.
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That pic is of my white 2014 RT .... the black projection is a cut down 3 in. metal propane tank ( the small kind ) it directs ambient air directly into the air box, via a flexible tube. ... the OEM plastic air intake is now completely gone .... my metal tube is connected where the OEM one was .... I can easily remove my Frunk ( and re-mount it ) because I made the flex connection a slip joint type.... hope this explains it ..... Mike :thumbup:
 
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Thanks for the reply Mr. Knight, I really appreciate that. I was also considering just doing the airbox modification stated for the Monster tune stage 2. Any idea what might be involved with that?
Please type slowly, I'm not too bright. (redacted)
 
brian10x said:
Thanks for the reply Mr. Knight, I really appreciate that. I was also considering just doing the airbox modification stated for the Monster tune stage 2. Any idea what might be involved with that?
Please type slowly, I'm not too bright. (redacted)
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IMHO the way Monster is doing this makes No sense to me .... the Air they are adding is quite limited, and it's going to be hotter than the ambient air .... Because it's heated from the engine air .... The OEM plastic snorkel is extremely restricted because of it's shape. That's why I got rid of it entirely ..... On my set-up the intake tube puts the incoming air directly on to air filter ( a K&N ) ........ Mike :thumbup:
 
Thank you Mr. Remington! I can see it's going to take a lot of work on my part, but you got me off to a great start!
 
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