MazdaRx7Racer4Life

well i decided that im tired of the hot air, and took a look at the z32 my uncle has, it has the filter in the front, right behind the front bumper, so i figure, maybe ill run piping from the afm to the bottom of the front bumper, then put the cone filter there and get more air, sound like a good idea? well, what material should the piping be made of? and most important, will this work, and will it do any good?

Aaron Cake

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It will be easiest to make the piping out of ABS or PVC. You can find bends, pipe and glue at your local hardware store.

Will it be worth the effort? Maybe. You'll definitly get cooler air, and might notice a performance increase. It will, however, go a long way toward curing flooding.

Bigretardhead

why is this?

jon88se

yea, why would there be any effect on flooding if the AFM is in the same place....

marcus219

curing flooding? maybe he means water getting into the engine b/c of where the filter would be placed...

Bigretardhead

but water getting in the engine would not help flooding???? ????????????

now I'm really confused????

dr0x

For an engine to hydrolock the entire intake needs to be submerged in water. Unless you drive thru 1.5ft deep puddles, who cares?

MazdaRx7Racer4Life

yesterday I ran piping from the afm to the front of the grill, but i did it with some u-bend exhaust pipes that were 3", but now i accelerate and it gets to about 7 and the car loses power,m i mean, it won't go farther, and before it was virtually limitles,s what can this be? maybe a leak in the piping?

MazdaRx7Racer4Life

anyone ((bump)

Roy James

Rotaries by design cant get hydrolocked.... can they?

GLHS

Sure it can, water doesn't compress..

Roy James

yeah, cant you just turn the motor backwards and un lock that bitotch?

MazdaRx7Racer4Life

i put the filter back in its place and decided to run it with a cold air box, it wasn't getting enough air.