Cold air inlet from Corksport

[Lord_Zath]

Is it me or is the passenger side plastic shield hanging down a little?

Product looks good. I agree you'd have to have water all the way to filter level in order to hydrolock the engine. Or drive through a hurricane. I suppose if you were THAT concerned, though, you could always drill some small holes in the bottom and rear of the ramp...

 

[MsP_DeViL]

I'll send Chris home with the beer that's still in the fridge.

I kinda like the name- MSP Puddle Sucker 3000

I will take the frosty (from Wendys) , and the puddle sucker 3000..
I have never had a problem with this on my Mustang had the same thing on a Cobra

 

[tallrd]

Is it me or is the passenger side plastic shield hanging down a little?

It seems to have been molded that way. When I looked under the car pre-purchase I noticed that too, but it just seemed to be a barrier between the road and the stuff above it in the engine bay.

 

[tallrd]

I drove this in a pretty heavy rain a couple days ago and the car ran great for those wondering.

 

[tallrd]

I'll send Chris home with the beer that's still in the fridge.

I kinda like the name- MSP Puddle Sucker 3000

Hey Corksport,
Is this this safe to drive in the Wisconsin winter given it's fiberglass (cracking, etc)? I'll probably end up "corking" that inlet so it doesn't get clogged with all the salt and s***, but I'd like to not have to exchange the whole piece for the stock one and visa versa every season.

 

[orlandomsp]

Would this be less effecive on an 03.5? the lip adds maybe an inch and a half to the bumper.

 

[UnNaturalinc]

Would this be less effecive on an 03.5? the lip adds maybe an inch and a half to the bumper.

It's still pulling in air and that's the whole purpose behind it. It not going to need a direct shot of air to force in.

 

[CorkSport]

tallrd

Hey Corksport,
Is this this safe to drive in the Wisconsin winter given it's fiberglass (cracking, etc)? I'll probably end up "corking" that inlet so it doesn't get clogged with all the salt and s***, but I'd like to not have to exchange the whole piece for the stock one and visa versa every season.

Well I used to spend a fair amount of time on our own lovely MT. Hood and never had any problems with the slush, snow and gravel other than chipping my paint on my other car.
The fiberglass should be fine as long as you are not shoveling snow. If you find that the slush kicks up too much I would suggest gluing a mesh filter on. The same stuff they use on carburated 4X4s to trap some of the dirt and mud.

 

[tallrd]

so the temps won't cause it to crack if it's below freezing for several weeks on end?

tallrd


Well I used to spend a fair amount of time on our own lovely MT. Hood and never had any problems with the slush, snow and gravel other than chipping my paint on my other car.
The fiberglass should be fine as long as you are not shoveling snow. If you find that the slush kicks up too much I would suggest gluing a mesh filter on. The same stuff they use on carburated 4X4s to trap some of the dirt and mud.

 

[Mysta316]

so the temps won't cause it to crack if it's below freezing for several weeks on end?

Do Corvettes crack out in the winter time?

 

[Lord_Zath]

Corvettes hibernate in the winter time

 

[tallrd]

Do Corvettes crack out in the winter time?

not sure when the last time was I saw a Corvette out on the roads during a Wisconsin winter, but thanks for playing.

 

[tallrd]

So the first heavy snow just hit Wisconsin out of the friggin' blue so i didn't even have a chance to create a filter for it. However, to my surprise, the area around the air inlet was totally untouched after driving around in the snow quite a bit with errands and whatnot. Granted, this wasn't slush and all the snow was fresh. Because I'm causiously paranoid, I'll probably end up stretching a piece of torn t-shirt up and wrapping a coat hanger around the outlet securing it like a twist-tie or something ghetto like that.

Corksport: if you made a filter which retrofitted to this and secured somehow (even with simple pre-drilled screw holes or something) to keep slush and s*** out during winter, I would pay up to $40 for it just to not worry about it. Just an idea; don't know if you have enough sales to justify such a piece though.

 

[byohndspeed]

why not get a furnace filter from home depot or lowes. cut it down to fit and epoxy it in. i would think that would keep the slush out.

 

[tekkie]

why not get a furnace filter from home depot or lowes. cut it down to fit and epoxy it in. i would think that would keep the slush out.

the only thing with that is as soon as the slush hits the filter its going to turn into a big chunk of heavy ice

 

[silverspeed03]

I've had mine on for about 2 months, No problems yet. As for performance it was installed the same time that I installed my CAI so I'm unsure of the gains, not much though I would think . As far as installation goes I popped out the clips & screws on the stock piece, bent that stock plastic back towards the rear of the car, slid the new piece up in between the stock piece and the wheel well liner right up to the rivets. Drilled the new in the "intake duct" screwed in the screws. Then took a sawsall and cut the stock piece so it was flush with the bottom of the "intake duct". So I pretty much just left half of the stock piece there because of the rivets and attached the new piece in front of the stock one.

 

[ZenProtege]

I had the same idea for my short ram. I used the vent in the underguard to channel the air towards the filter. There's no noticable change in daily driving but the on the highway I can tell a difference.

 

[cosmo420]

this is what I have done I too went with the home depot dryer duct idea as well but then i took it a step further and utilized the duct where the fog light would be I took my sawzawl and cut the metal behind the duct and sealed the bottom of the panel and inside the wheel well with A/C tape to have a total seal affect except from the front of the factory duct and it works way better espeically when the wet season comes, try this at home you wont be disapointed

 

[Ryoga28]

The puddle sucker 3000 is awesome. What a nicely made piece of fiberglass. Highly recommended.

 

[tallrd]

Although I have since converted my cai to short ram (when I relcated my maf) I can still say this was a great piece to add on. It still channels the ambient air into the engine bay thus lowering the temps in there as a whole.

It spent an entire Wisoncsin winter installed and still looks like new with no cracks or any signs of abnormal aging.