My Comptech SRI + ICE BOX intake installation


come on jugbugs explain how teh new intake feels on the car,

i have a 3" bpi flow stack and filter and looking at making something similar to this and the mugen myself out of GRP,
 
Im sure i've seen these forsale on JHPUSA, very recently too.
And whats those wires comming out of the plug cover?! earths?! :s
 
good write up eric! cant believe the condition of that engine bay though!! absoultely amazing...u sure you actually use it? lol
 
:bow: Awesome write-up! :bow:

Great work again. And 3x type-Rs in your garage!! :shocked: :nice:

Thanks again for another top-notch write-up!
 
olly ek9 said:
come on jugbugs explain how teh new intake feels on the car,

i have a 3" bpi flow stack and filter and looking at making something similar to this and the mugen myself out of GRP,
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:secret: What I can say is... the Comptech 3.5" SRI alone is better than the 3" BPI stack.
 
Bon87 said:
Im sure i've seen these forsale on JHPUSA, very recently too.
And whats those wires comming out of the plug cover?! earths?! :s
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Those are the SPOON high tension cables. Each individual plug has its own grounding wire. They are probally the best looking and performing wire on the market. Super high quality piece... I'll post some pics up along with a write up later...:)
 
AndyH said:
good write up eric! cant believe the condition of that engine bay though!! absoultely amazing...u sure you actually use it? lol
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Yeh lol!

Its not that great compared to the other 2 Rs... ;)

I use the usual degreaser and hose + Air gun for cleaning once a while... I'm sure you can get yours looking as good :nice:
 
jugbugz said:
Yeh lol!

Its not that great compared to the other 2 Rs... ;)

I use the usual degreaser and hose + Air gun for cleaning once a while... I'm sure you can get yours looking as good :nice:
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Any chance of a write up of that process sometime Eric? :)

You seem to have been declared the unofficial king of write ups and I'm sure a few people out there would love to know how you got that bay so CLEAN!!!:D
 
Thanks to 'ek9turbo';), I almost forgot about this step since I forgot to take pics at the time. So here's the 2nd last step. :nice:

INTAKE ARM PROTECTION

Theres one more thing to add before finishing it off.

This protection mod was necessary because I didn't use the Ripple Coupler for the filter and opted for the Straight through coupler. This gave me less room to install the Intake Arm. Otherwise the arm could have cleared the strut towers without touching and have a good 1-2cm space in between.

As you would have noticed by now, the Intake Arm sits against the strut tower, therefore causes rubbing and damage to the arm. To provide the arm with some insulation, I used some double sided CLEAR RUBBER tape by 3M.

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At first, it was I patched that contact area with both sides of tape masking pealed but found that dust would start to stick onto the revealed area of the tape.
(As 'ek9turbo' asked me about this, I totally forgot about this step in the write up, I went to take pictures but found the opened side tape had accumulated some dust, and in the long run, it would just change colour.)

So I came up with the same tape but I kept one side pealed and the other unpealed and added some 'WHITE Electrical tape' to cover up the red mask. This worked much better and became barely noticable.

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You could also use WHITE DUCT TAPE for a stronger alternative. For now, I'll wait to see how this goes...
 
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This protection mod was necessary because I didn't use the Ripple Coupler for the filter and opted for the Straight through coupler. This gave me less room to install the Intake Arm. Otherwise the arm could have cleared the strut towers without touching and have a good 1-2cm space in between.
 
Jokeshopbeard said:
Any chance of a write up of that process sometime Eric? :)

You seem to have been declared the unofficial king of write ups and I'm sure a few people out there would love to know how you got that bay so CLEAN!!!:D
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haha I'm flattered! But really guys, its not THAT clean... But I'll take that write up the next time I do some thorough cleaning :D :nice: but might be a while though... hehe
 
thanks for sharing this information! :bow:
 
Nice choice on the icebox Jugbugz :nice:. I have one myself. One thing you could have done was smooth out the inner lip of the tube where the two lower tubes connect. You might notice that there is a significant bump that otherwise disrupts air-flow. I used a dremel and sandpaper to smooth it out.
I think the best differance between this and your Jay's install is that the Icebox is completely isolated from hot engine bay air. On a dyno with the hood open, there might not be much of a difference. But in a street or track situation, a big differance is felt.
 
Dino-Spumoni said:
Nice choice on the icebox Jugbugz :nice:. I have one myself. One thing you could have done was smooth out the inner lip of the tube where the two lower tubes connect. You might notice that there is a significant bump that otherwise disrupts air-flow. I used a dremel and sandpaper to smooth it out.
I think the best differance between this and your Jay's install is that the Icebox is completely isolated from hot engine bay air. On a dyno with the hood open, there might not be much of a difference. But in a street or track situation, a big differance is felt.
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Nice one Dino! Thats a good idea thanks! Every bump removed counts, which adds to perfection lol
 
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where can i buy something like this? i have a intake box with spoon direct flow carbon kevlar and i want to do some custome exhaust
 
any racing shops youd be able to find velocity stacks to place on a pipe.
 
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