I made some slight measurement corrections. Aluminum tube needs to be 14", not 15.5"

 

Joe,

Don't know if this really applies in your case but have you checked out Home Depot's selection of plumbing and pipes? It's not like you have to worry about heat soak at this point but they have all sorts of elbows and scoops that may work here like those that mount to the side of a house to vent the dryer but not let rain and small animals in.

I'm not getting at anything specific here, only that they have a big selection of parts that can be applied to a custom project. I did something remotely similar a few years ago routing fresh air from below via a tin scoop into a cold-air box behind the driver headlight.

 

I haven't given it much thought really. I am content with my next step of moving it further into the bumper and sealing the wheel well and undertray. More than likely, I will just mock something up, buy a new undertray+splash guard and do a clean install. But that won't be finalized until mid december. Unfortunately, the suspension is taking over all my time for now, and I have events for 2 out of the next 4 weekends.

I will look into it, once I start finalizing the ducting in the area. I reallllly need a 01+ bumper so I can take into account future brake ducting, but thats a whole nother' beast.

 

I hear you. Got too much on my plate right now too.

 

You're right I might do this one day.
Why didn't AEM or some other company make an intake like this?

 

^haha, not sure.

Anyways, to update people on water fears, I ran the intake with the extension further into the bumper this weekend at RA while it rained. had no problems what so ever, and I check once to see if water was on it and didn't see any. I would say this intake is a success.

 

I have a 1990 mazda miata and want to get a cold air i take for it . Im not sure what all to get for it and or how to get around the sensor conected to the air filter.how do i get the cold air intake to work with the whole air map sensor thing. Can i somehow just take it out and dwlete it from the system?

 

the air flow meter is a pia, to delete it you either need to go with a standalone ecu of some sort megasquirts are always good, and a gm intake air temp sensor. could do something like this on the cheap though http://www.flyinmiata.com/support/in...Randall_M1.pdf

 

with a NA, it would be much easier to do a headlight intake and then do some ducting to seal it from the engine.