AirRaid Intake Kit - Complete Pics inside!

[fathemi]

Look what my friendly UPS guy brought me!



Here are some more pics if you want details:
box label
packed nicely
kit
another kit view
third kit view
packing list
instructions page 1
instructions page 2

I paid about $170. Not great, but not bad either.

They have the model year wrong, and the model name wrong on the 300. Looks like a fun toy otherwise. I'll get it hooked up tonight sometime and report back.

You heard it here first!

[attydude]

Thanks for info. I want to order one, can you please give ph. # to co. Thanks, Ron

[II kings 9:20]

Looks cool, I want to know about performance once hooked up, if this thing takes in warmer air (ambient under hood) than stock, any flow benefits will be lost due to increased intake temp. I do'nt see any cold air induction with this kit.

[E55 KEV]

Yeah, I looks like an Air Intake Filter alright, but Cold Air Intake? How! Seems like it will suck in all the hot air from the entire engine bay with that open filter element.

[eddyx]

I think that plastic collar is suppose to be a heat shield. But I doubt it is very effective. I put something similar on my Denali, made it sound great under hard acceleration. Was suppose to give a 7-10hp boost due to increased Airflow.

[DrDeville]

Just a WAG, but perhaps that weatherseal is
designed to seal against the hood, forcing the
filter to suck air from the outside.

Best,

George Ferguson

[joey]

Here is another picture.

[E55 KEV]

OK, is it a real "cold air intake" or just a air intake redesign?

[fathemi]

Originally Posted by E55 KEV

OK, is it a real "cold air intake" or just a air intake redesign?

Kinda depends on what you mean. . . it's not strictly sealed from the engine bay, but it's sealed enough that the ambient that it pulls in (from the stock airbox bottom and the space between the hood and frame) is quite a bit colder than the "ambient" under hood air. It's definitely not assured to be colder than the air taken in by the stock airbox, but the flow increase will very likely outweigh that by enough to make a tidy power gain. The dyno numbers quoted me were around 14rwhp, which seems about right.

That sort of intake design (sealed to the hood) is very popular these days. I run something similar (metal divider, not sealed to the fender well) in my 470rwhp '03 Cobra with very positive results.

[II kings 9:20]

I like this but I'll stick with Fathemis original flat panel choice. Sealed to the hood helps, but still air temp probably a bit worse than stock though excellent flow. In fact the flow is so good I worry about water in the cylinders, are there any water baffles in this contraption that might give a ram air effect and keep h2o out?