battery relocation to achieve more power

[b3nsonx]

Well, as you guys know, our intakes are located right behind the battery.
For the stock airbox, it should be fine because it has that hose that directly sucks air from the outside, but after putting on a short ram, the battery seems to block a significant amount of air. Would i notice a difference if i were to relocate my battery?

[pretty_ricky302]

maybe 1hp

[jdm_inspired]

If you relocated the battery, you will have more options on intakes.

EXAMPLE:



Good luck.

[hybrid90accord]

unless your gonna take out the passanger headlight and do a ram air induction, its a waste of time to relocate the battery just to run a different intake.

[Kurobei]

If you relocated the battery, you will have more options on intakes.

EXAMPLE:



Good luck.

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[SoySauceCb7]

by relocating your battery you achieve a couple of things
-less clutter in the engine bay
- better weight balance
-more intake options
Ive done it on a couple of my cars!

[b3nsonx]

im actually not trying to get a different intake.
Planning to keep my AEM short ram intake and just relocate the battery so that air can more effectively reach the filter.
What do you guys think of that?

[19dabeast85]

im actually not trying to get a different intake.
Planning to keep my AEM short ram intake and just relocate the battery so that air can more effectively reach the filter.
What do you guys think of that?

You will notice absolutely no improvement whatsoever......already plenty of air getting to the filter.

I plan to relocate the battery and install a prelude volant someday though!

[Losiracer2]

where is your intake? - in the engine bay

how does a filter suck in air? -from the surrounding environment

Does it matter if a battery is blocking an air filter or not IN the engine compartment? -no b/c the ambient temp doesn't change at all. Its still gonna be hot as Fuc* in there.

[bigpoppa694lyfe]

dude i cut a hole in the front of that big black box behind my bumper and reused 1 of the stock plastic air tubes and kinda made my own ram intake. i have a body kit so i get all the air comin in. i dont think u can with stock bumper.

[johnl]

dude i cut a hole in the front of that big black box behind my bumper and reused 1 of the stock plastic air tubes and kinda made my own ram intake. i have a body kit so i get all the air comin in. i dont think u can with stock bumper.

So are you now drawing all induction through that single stock sized pipe? If so then it's way too small, it simply can't flow well enough and will be strangling the engine to whatever degree...

Even both of the stock intake tubes together add up to a smaller cross sectional area than a single 3" round tube, which is what I'm using on my home made cold air intake, which draws air from high inside the fender cavity, into the OE filter box (modded to accept the larger inlet tube). Of course to draw from the fender cavity the resonance box needs to be removed from the fender cavity.

[gloryaccordy]

So are you now drawing all induction through that single stock sized pipe? If so then it's way too small, it simply can't flow well enough and will be strangling the engine to whatever degree...

Even both of the stock intake tubes together add up to a smaller cross sectional area than a single 3" round tube, which is what I'm using on my home made cold air intake, which draws air from high inside the fender cavity, into the OE filter box (modded to accept the larger inlet tube). Of course to draw from the fender cavity the resonance box needs to be removed from the fender cavity.

Yea but ultimately if ur gonna run a huge intake u gotta upsize the throttle body and portmatch the IM too. So w/a stock TB running a cone filter on stock piping isn't a crime.

Simplest way though would just be to get a cold air intake and pray for no deep puddles.

[johnl]

Yea but ultimately if ur gonna run a huge intake u gotta upsize the throttle body and portmatch the IM too. So w/a stock TB running a cone filter on stock piping isn't a crime.

Simplest way though would just be to get a cold air intake and pray for no deep puddles.

My point is that at the very least you need to be drawing induction through both of the stock inlet tubes, not just one. I don't know whether bigpoppa is actually doing this, but his post suggests that he might be.

Any restriction in the induction is to be avoided, and the affects are cumulative, i.e. if you have a restrictive initial inlet pipe then there will be a pressure drop (below atmospheric) both in and after the restiction, if you then have anopther restriction (say a bad filter) then there will be another pressure drop.

This will lower pressure at the throttle body all the way into the filling cylinder, lower pressure = less cylinder filling thus less power. This is the case whether or not a larger throttle body etc has been fitted. Of course, any improvements upstream will not be very beneficial if flow is strangled downstream.

CAI can be fitted that breath from high up in the fender cavity, you don't really need to be drawing air from lower down, this eliminates the slight chance of drawing a slug of water into the engine...

[92_dr_p]

penis

what kind of car is that whale penis for? i relocated my battery already and i'm looking for a good intake to use. i've wanted to get a whale penis intake forever. if you could P.M. the car it came off of i would be very happy.