Ever since I saw the thread where someone made a trash can heat shield box I had wanted to do it. For $5 dollars I didn't think I could go wrong. I decided to undergo it. I didn't want to get an aftermarket one because they are too expensive, and I didn't want to have a HAI as it looks bad and isn't separated by anything from the engine bay. *I do not claim any gains from this mod as I feel it is more for looks then anything*

Just to show you how far this intake setup has come I will post the pre-heatsheild setup I had before it.



So now lets forget the old setup...time for the new.

I started out by first going to my local kmart (only thing near my home in small town iowa) and found a black small trash can. I also got a small 3" section of piping that has clamps on both ends, smooth inner wall, and was 5 dollars and a Spectre Filter. In all it costed me around 35ish dollars for everything.



Once I got the materials I started a crude cut of the fit and how I wanted it to look, and made a hole using a compass and cut it out. To cut I simply used some tin cutters and a ruler and a pencil to draw in where i wanted my cut marks. I took plenty of time in my cutting, but it is very short from perfect. I'm sure someone could do better then I did in this stage, but I was limited on tools.





From here I just fiddled around with what fit best. It took several attempts to get the airbox cut to the correct size and where I wanted it to be. I tried to position mine as far away from any heat source as I possibly could.



Once I got it into correct position I did some final trimming and made holes so I could zip-tie the heat shield in. I used 3 holes (if someone wants pictures of how I did this I can get close ups). The center hole holds up the filter so it doesn't sag downwards and touch the bottom. If anyone is wondering where I put the PCM it is zip-tied to the frame under the heatsheild box.

So here are my final pictures, I am going to get some foam to put on top much like the aftermarket CAI's have. Hope you all enjoy the pics and hope this maybe inspires some ppl to try.





If anyone wants a write-up I could make one. I drove it around for about 30 minutes and everything was great. I have no ways to measure gains/loses so I don't know how this performs over a standard Hot air intake, but this looks better and is a better method to hold up the intake piping and filter then using zip ties.

Please tell me what you guys think of this.

I also didn't want to start a seperate thread to this so I will add it to this. I got my SC decals in and got some pics of it.



*Update*

I drove the car for about an hour today, the heat shield itself was warm on the outside but the filter was cold to the touch, however this could be due to 39 degree weather. I'm glad I didn't put the filter in the fenderwall because there was some splash up in there from the road and it had gotten up into the engine bay as well (around close to my filter)

*UPDATED PICS*

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Great job!

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I wouldn't believe it if I didn't see it!!!

Real nice!!!

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Nice work. You should call it the Trasher Air Intake to play on the name of a certain company.

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Ya lol I think Thraser Air Intake is great name for it lol. Plays on Thrasher heh:D

I haven't seen anyone do this yet on a grand prix (The Trash Air intake) but I am assuming someone has tried it already. I think instead of everyone considering just HAI/CAI/FWI they should also include TAI (Trash Air Intake):D

In a way though I understand the heatshield probably doesn't do much at all so it technically is still probably a HAI (Mutant Hybrid offspring).

Any suggestions on materials I could use to block heat good on put around this trash can? (I'm already on getting some foam or weather stripping to go around top to help seal it off better)

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I am procrastinating while studying for a heat transfer exam and the material with the lowest thermal conductivity is "aerogel, silica, opacified"...whatever the hell that is. Hope this helps lol

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http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3808127

Link to said materials, Orange Envy:D

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There was one person on one of the forums that used silver heat shield stuff from the local hardware store. It looks like silver bubble wrap almost. I'll try to find it again as it should be in my favorites, but just wrappying the trash can in some sort of heat reflector should work very well. Anything that will reflect the heat away from the filter will help, but you won't be able to completely get rid of heat from convection.

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Appedix C in my textbook lol

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http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3808127

LOL!

Sounds like I may need to take a trip to the hardware store tomorrow.

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Wow! That is not what I expected it to look like. Nice work!!

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Found it!!!!! http://www.clubgm.com/wrappingcustomcai

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Interesting wrap that guys has on that box, but man that is UGLY! I want to keep the nice look and somehow reflect heat, I will need a material that isn't shiny and is black,hmm.

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Ceramic coat the shield?

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Where can I get ceramic coating for it?

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That's a good question. I have no idea.

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Ask your local paint shop?

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I went on some BMW Forum and looked around at some guy who had made a custom intake. What was recommended was rubber spray. Weird..

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krylon bbq spray is good up to 1100 degrees or somethan like that

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Very nice work!!!

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I looked around today for some good materials to block heat. There was nothing that really striked my fancy. I want to find a heat wrap (not spray) that can be easily put on and is black not shiny like you have tinfoil under the hood.

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If you like the carbon fiber look, this stuff might work for you: Lava Mat Heat Shield

That stuff looks a bit interesting, but quite expensive.

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every one on the F series ford truck boads do this. the amount it lowers the AIT is un belivable there is even a dyno that showed a 5 RWHP and 19 RW FT-LBS of tourqe just from the wrap and a drop in K&N filter.


ok here is the intake wrap AIT comparisone http://www.performanceunlimited.com/pro ... rtemp.html

here is the HP tourqe increase with the diffrent CAI and boxes. the thermal tape was not the best HP but it was the best for tourqe and MPG http://www.performanceunlimited.com/pro ... eaner.html

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maybe get another trash can and completely enclose the filter so its only drawing air from the fender well then wrap the inside of the trash can in duct work insulation material
the air temps will be as low as they will every be with that setup

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2007 Pontiac Grand Prix
CAI, HV3, ER Rockers, PLOG, Overkill Tune
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