06isDriver intake build
06isDriver intake build
Hey 06isDriver-
Your sig has contained the following for a while:
Today is 9/16/2010
So where's the update?
Your sig has contained the following for a while:
coming soon: the first air conditioned intake. By my own design...stay tuned. Parts have arrived! Brackets and hoses...Almost complete. I'm setting a 2 month deadline. call me on it. more info by 9/14/2010 guaranteed
So where's the update?
Last edited by Kurtz; Sep 18, 2010 at 01:44 PM.
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lol.....I knew someone would say something.
I expect to be done with it tonight. I had some parts finally arrive yesterday and i didnt have time to mess with it. Not to mention that I stupidly forced a nut onto some burred threads and got it stuck. So I have to deal with that first, but I still think I'll get it hooked up and fully functional.
Seeing that prototyping this thing has cost me all of my expendable money, I wont be able to have it dynoed until next month at the earliest. Unless there was some sort of dyno fund.....
I'm not sure how I will present it to you guys, the patent process takes quite a bit of time and I am currently speaking with a patent lawyer on some potentiallyl conflicting prior patents (due to VERY broad wording). So, as you can understand I'd rather not spill all the beans until I'm sure I can do something with them.
I'll think of something.
I expect to be done with it tonight. I had some parts finally arrive yesterday and i didnt have time to mess with it. Not to mention that I stupidly forced a nut onto some burred threads and got it stuck. So I have to deal with that first, but I still think I'll get it hooked up and fully functional.
Seeing that prototyping this thing has cost me all of my expendable money, I wont be able to have it dynoed until next month at the earliest. Unless there was some sort of dyno fund.....
I'm not sure how I will present it to you guys, the patent process takes quite a bit of time and I am currently speaking with a patent lawyer on some potentiallyl conflicting prior patents (due to VERY broad wording). So, as you can understand I'd rather not spill all the beans until I'm sure I can do something with them.
I'll think of something.
"I have developed an intake that cost X dollars, takes Y amount of effort/part removal/time/etc to install, and it produces results Z on a dyno"
No need to describe any of the specific workings of the device till you're legally covered on em beyond the above really.
(though I'd be a bit surprised if prior art doesn't make actually patenting an intake a serious serious serious PITA)
No need to describe any of the specific workings of the device till you're legally covered on em beyond the above really.
(though I'd be a bit surprised if prior art doesn't make actually patenting an intake a serious serious serious PITA)
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I'm beginning to think this thread was intended to make fun of me. If thats the case, I dont appreciate it.
Im not patenting the intake. I'm patenting the method of cooling the incoming charge air.
Im not patenting the intake. I'm patenting the method of cooling the incoming charge air.
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Simple as that.
Anyway, as I said, I think folks'll be more interested in the cost, dyno results, and a basic idea of the install involved (like "it'll take X hours to install" or if it'll make any irreversible changes to the intake or anything)
No real need for specifics unless they're really relevant to the install (like "you have to refill it with dry ice daily" or something whacky)
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well lets not put the horse before the carriage, I couldnt even begin to tell you any kind of numbers for price, whp, or install time.
What I can tell you is that I designed the entire system so as not to make any permanent changes to the vehicle. It also incorporates a hood sealed design that fits like a glove. It utilizes the stock snorkel and stock bottom. This was to reduce the cost.
The system sprung a leak in the main cooling apparatus and I had to stop tests tonight. I dont have time to fix it because I have an 8am meeting. Please remember, I'm just a regular guy with regular money and no time.
In fact, I also wonder what hp, if any, this entire system will bring to the table, but I'm in it up to my eyeballs and cant stop now. If it fails to begin with, I'll add it to the elleventy billion other failures along this prototyping path and forge on. I have more ideas to improve the system already. I just dont have the money or time to fly off on every handle I conjure up.
If this does well, version 2 will do much better, and then version three will put them all to shame. It's a process, please be patient.
OH yeah, theres nothing crazy about the install or maintenance. install once, and leave it be.
What I can tell you is that I designed the entire system so as not to make any permanent changes to the vehicle. It also incorporates a hood sealed design that fits like a glove. It utilizes the stock snorkel and stock bottom. This was to reduce the cost.
The system sprung a leak in the main cooling apparatus and I had to stop tests tonight. I dont have time to fix it because I have an 8am meeting. Please remember, I'm just a regular guy with regular money and no time.
In fact, I also wonder what hp, if any, this entire system will bring to the table, but I'm in it up to my eyeballs and cant stop now. If it fails to begin with, I'll add it to the elleventy billion other failures along this prototyping path and forge on. I have more ideas to improve the system already. I just dont have the money or time to fly off on every handle I conjure up.
If this does well, version 2 will do much better, and then version three will put them all to shame. It's a process, please be patient.
OH yeah, theres nothing crazy about the install or maintenance. install once, and leave it be.
Last edited by 06isDriver; Dec 28, 2010 at 09:05 AM.
well lets not put the carriage before the horse, I couldnt even begin to tell you any kind of numbers for price, whp, or install time.
What I can tell you is that I designed the entire system so as not to make any permanent changes to the vehicle. It also incorporates a hood sealed design that fits like a glove. It utilizes the stock snorkel and stock bottom. This was to reduce the cost.
The system sprung a leak in the main cooling apparatus and I had to stop tests tonight. I dont have time to fix it because I have an 8am meeting. Please remember, I'm just a regular guy with regular money and no time.
In fact, I also wonder what hp, if any, this entire system will bring to the table, but I'm in it up to my eyeballs and cant stop now. If it fails to begin with, I'll add it to the elleventy billion other failures along this prototyping path and forge on. I have more ideas to improve the system already. I just dont have the money or time to fly off on every handle I conjure up.
If this does well, version 2 will do much better, and then version three will put them all to shame. It's a process, please be patient.
OH yeah, theres nothing crazy about the install or maintenance. install once, and leave it be.
What I can tell you is that I designed the entire system so as not to make any permanent changes to the vehicle. It also incorporates a hood sealed design that fits like a glove. It utilizes the stock snorkel and stock bottom. This was to reduce the cost.
The system sprung a leak in the main cooling apparatus and I had to stop tests tonight. I dont have time to fix it because I have an 8am meeting. Please remember, I'm just a regular guy with regular money and no time.
In fact, I also wonder what hp, if any, this entire system will bring to the table, but I'm in it up to my eyeballs and cant stop now. If it fails to begin with, I'll add it to the elleventy billion other failures along this prototyping path and forge on. I have more ideas to improve the system already. I just dont have the money or time to fly off on every handle I conjure up.
If this does well, version 2 will do much better, and then version three will put them all to shame. It's a process, please be patient.
OH yeah, theres nothing crazy about the install or maintenance. install once, and leave it be.
Hey, that's all fine... you just said there'd be an update by now, so I asked for an update.
Get it done when you can get it done, and hopefully there's worthwhile gains in it.
Even if there isn't, I think the intake temp data you've already shared in previous testing work you've done was a pretty interesting and valuable contribution so there'll at least be that from the effort.
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As I look at this killer chiller, it does have the similarity that it make the air colder, but it seems to use the stock motor driven ac system to drive its cooling apparatus.
It looks like it connects in series to your main ac lines and siphons that off from your in cabin cooling.
I dunno, that just doesnt seem like a good use of resources. Plus it takes 40-60 amps to run the system and alternator upgrade is required. And its only for super or turbo applications. This does give me great hope that my system on a boosted application would see similar gains. Looks like its picking up about 9.5-10% gains, which is pretty good.
Howd you guys like 25-30 whp? I sure would, although I expect much less but we will see.
My system operates on 18-20 amps, and uses about 240 watts. This is consistent with any aftermarket stereo usage and should be fine for all applications. Its not magic and no pixie dust, just really efficient at turning wasted energy into something useful, hopefully.
It looks like it connects in series to your main ac lines and siphons that off from your in cabin cooling.
I dunno, that just doesnt seem like a good use of resources. Plus it takes 40-60 amps to run the system and alternator upgrade is required. And its only for super or turbo applications. This does give me great hope that my system on a boosted application would see similar gains. Looks like its picking up about 9.5-10% gains, which is pretty good.
Howd you guys like 25-30 whp? I sure would, although I expect much less but we will see.
My system operates on 18-20 amps, and uses about 240 watts. This is consistent with any aftermarket stereo usage and should be fine for all applications. Its not magic and no pixie dust, just really efficient at turning wasted energy into something useful, hopefully.
