Air Intake Problem - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

sonyminidiscman · 06-23-2004, 08:35 AM

I am sure at least one of you out there can help with this one.

I just got a universal cone filter. I tried installing it but I find that there is no place to put my air temp sensor, also, its sucking in real hot air. Anyone know how to make a heat shield for my 94 corolla?

Thanks

88 LE · 06-23-2004, 07:38 PM

You'll need to drill a hole in the piping for the sensor. You can even reuse the grommet on the stock airbox.

As for the heatshield, you'll have to get creative.

The Wolf · 06-23-2004, 10:46 PM

Not like you'd likely want to do this since you already have a cone filter, but you can find them with heatshields. I know Ractive makes them.

SmokingTires · 06-24-2004, 02:16 AM

You could go back to the stock intake, and regain that low-end torque you lost

Or get a hood scoop.

rolla_chink_94 · 07-03-2004, 04:14 AM

i've seen heat shields for cone filters at autozone

SmokingTires · 07-03-2004, 08:04 PM

Heat shield... hmmm... I know someone on here used a street sign

I think someone on the boro crew.

Heat shields don't seem like they would do a lot. I mean, hot air is still going to be floating around under the hood.

Just find some thin metal and bend it.

Ostornadoe · 07-03-2004, 09:08 PM

You can buy a heat shield for a short ram intake on ebay, search for "Heat Shield Corolla"... It's not going to help that much. You could make your own or you could make a custom CAI.... Hehe, try using a pipe from a dryer, as in a washer and dryer. Form a box of some type of metal around the filter and run the pipe from the box to somewhere that it will take in colder air than the engine. It's ghetto, but it works if you do it right.

onephatcracka · 07-06-2004, 07:53 AM

hmm... you have a pic of the engine bay?.... i'm not positive on what that year looks like. maybe there would be a way to direct colder air to it?

sonyminidiscman · 07-06-2004, 09:51 AM

I tried to direct cold air in... but engine space is so tight... if I can move my battery, i would have lots of room

***Silver Streak*** · 07-06-2004, 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by SmokingTiresV6
You could go back to the stock intake, and regain that low-end torque you lost

Or get a hood scoop.

Werd. For 3 years I've been using some type of intake; ram air, short ram, or CAI...I just reinstalled my stock intake and my car rocks again...recovered my low end torque....

Pineapple · 07-06-2004, 12:26 PM

Heat shield won't do anything. The hot air will move around the shield. Use K&N filter with stock airbox or go CAI.
BTW, stock airbox IS a CAI

rolla_chink_94 · 07-08-2004, 09:00 PM

lowes sells a/c ducts. you can cut a hole through your hood and stick the ducts out through the hood. it will look like a snorkle....... It would be different

SmokingTires · 07-09-2004, 01:06 AM

^
And ricey!!!!!!!

Somthing I think would be cool is get Z3 vents in the front 1/4 panels, and then hook your air box directly to that wall. It would work well to take in cold air, and it would still be a shorter passage then the full intake. So it would also give you that deeper sound. And the vent on the other side woulde help to cool the engine bay.

sonyminidiscman · 07-09-2004, 07:15 AM

nono... why do i just take off the hood. take out my filter, and then all cold air will be going into my engine...

haha... just kidding

Thanks for all you guy's help.

Pineapple · 07-09-2004, 08:42 AM

Take a look at my Corolla at Yahoo Photos for more idea.
You'll see what I did to the filter.
Link is below.