Mel's Monster Garage Fresh Air Intake

[aka1004]

You want to go slower? :dontknow:

more teeth may give better mpg but less teeth will give more bite on first gear.

 

[BajaRon]

more teeth may give better mpg but less teeth will give more bite on first gear.

True, and probably better 1/4 mile times. But we are already turning pretty good RPM at freeway speeds.

6th gear would be the ticket. Then I'd consider a smaller counter sprocket.

 

[aka1004]

I've met Jimmy Mels --- while he's a really nice guy--- I agree about his products - in particular the hitch. Swingarm mounting is just BAD. The 'first and only' got old about a year ago.

I might have the first and only custom cold-air intake that works with the Race Airflow setup.... perhaps I should patent it and sell them on ebay! :roflblack:

i wanna do something like this also but i want to feed the air directly to the barrels (with inline k&n) but i have no way to feed equal amount of air into each barrel. right size pipe with double t joint may work :dontknow:
ken insists that i am not going to gain much by doing cold air intake and there is enough cool air circulating inside the engine compartment to feed the engine once spyder gets rolling but i don't know...
i may just make a box with abs plastic and wrap it with heat shield of a sort

 

[daddydarko]

Only see Firefly's in person and they look great!

 

[Firefly]

i wanna do something like this also but i want to feed the air directly to the barrels (with inline k&n) but i have no way to feed equal amount of air into each barrel. right size pipe with double t joint may work :dontknow:
ken insists that i am not going to gain much by doing cold air intake and there is enough cool air circulating inside the engine compartment to feed the engine once spyder gets rolling but i don't know...
i may just make a box with abs plastic and wrap it with heat shield of a sort

I used heat duct metal and wrapped it in DEI heat shield stuff- the really strong stuff.

My main reason wasn't really for the cold-air as much as it was to quiet things down! Those open throttle bodies let a lot of noise come out when they are wide open.

Ken's setup works well and provides a good seal around the manifold - which would be my main concern if you are making your own setup. His has an aluminum manifold that bolts onto the intake - and then the filter has a rubber base that goes onto the top of the manifold and holds on using a pool-type clamp (screw clamp).

I do feel I get more power when running the cold-air intakes than with just the open filter setup ----

 

[aka1004]

I used heat duct metal and wrapped it in DEI heat shield stuff- the really strong stuff.

My main reason wasn't really for the cold-air as much as it was to quiet things down! Those open throttle bodies let a lot of noise come out when they are wide open.

Ken's setup works well and provides a good seal around the manifold - which would be my main concern if you are making your own setup. His has an aluminum manifold that bolts onto the intake - and then the filter has a rubber base that goes onto the top of the manifold and holds on using a pool-type clamp (screw clamp).

I do feel I get more power when running the cold-air intakes than with just the open filter setup ----

I do have his system and when I dynamatted plastics it did cut the air intake noise a bit. I may build a box around his filter or cut filter out and just use base and inline k&n. I don't know ... Still playing with different ideas