RexMan

Does anyone in the Austin-Waco-Temple (Central Texas) area know where I could get an air box manufactured for my 91 Rx-7? I want to do the K&N filter swap and remove that factory **** box......The local welders I've spoken with either do not want to do it, can't do it, or want to charge me by the hour with $25 minimum non-refundable fee......anyway, would really like a "cold air" box in place rather than the restrictive factory one.

Thanx..........

clarkrx7

Not to sure what the question is about a cold air box but you can get a cold air intake from a local Place in TX http://www.rx7.com/cgi-local/2catalog.cgi?cat=7&part=1
That should take you to the page

RexMan

Thanks....the link was helpful. Basically what I want to do once I place the K&N filter kit, is keep the air going to it as cool as possible.....I've seen these boxes made out of aluminum that replace the factory box.....I've seen them with hoses that snake all the way down in front by the grille, I've also seen where an extension to the air intake has been made of hoses and the filter is at the bottom of the front grille......The headlight cover looks really cool, but wouldn't you have to direct the air so that it will not go all inside the engine compartment but to the filter only?

SpeedRacer

Mariah Motorsports makes one. I used to have a link to a pic of it from their website, but I can't find it, and I can't find a link to it on their website. But you can look for it at http://www.mariahmotorsports.com/

RexMan

Those are some nice cars.....especially the 10th anniv. Mariah with the 3 rotor engine...sweet. I will have to give those folks a call.....so far my quest for this box is on-going. BTW, that Paxton supercharger kit is awesome.

The Ace

Damn, I'm almost at the same situation as you...

I would like to completely remove all the boxes, hoses etc etc, drop in a huge cone filter, rig up some sort of cold-air box (home-made of course ), and then send fresh air in there from every place possible (the stock intake tube, FTP cover, below the bumper with some sort of tube, the airduct on the lense cover, anything).

But, until I have everything figured out, I wont try anything...

RexMan

I've seen the box in several car pics....all of the drivers stated they had to manufacture the box from aluminum...... I can't find where I saw them, but I will post the pic as soon as I find it. I took my car to one of our local welders and he mentioned that he could manufacture the box, but this guy wanted a $25 non refundable fee....(measuring, drawing the box and all that stuff that comes before the actual fabricating starts), then he would charge me by the hour from the fabricating stage till done....roughly about $250......... No way. I know some welding but no experience with aluminum....

The Ace

Nah, just go here http://www.fc3s.org/ and check out the Cold Air box. Not so good looking (with some work you can make it look perfect), but it seems to get the job done

With this setup, and some sort of inlet duct on the hood (right above the filter), you could reap huge benefits . Going to try this as soon as I can find a decent hood duct for a moderate price

....oh I forgot, I have to buy the cone filter as well...

RexMan

Alrighty then.......you're tha' bomb.. ..Finally!! Looks are abit on the low tech side but I can live with that. Sheet metal is very thin but at least it will not be sucking all the hot air from within the engine comparment. Thanks a bunch...........

RexMan

The Ace

Hey, check out also this very cool box, which I think is made of very hard insulation foam-plastic or something similar...The kind of stuff you would find in a tools shop. Looks a lot better, but may be harder to manufacture yourself.

The Ace

...damn pictures :o


Just e-mail me to send them to you...

jeff88

I have made a box for my k&n filter that is sealed and has 3- 1.5 inch dia hoses that draw air from the air dam.

If you are interested i'll send you pics
e-mail jeff91121@home.com