Quote Originally Posted by Craysus View Post
Blech...heap of money for an intake with less intake flow than a stock s8 airbox with a cheap bastard mod...

of course, the ARC hot air intake system isnt great either imho...
How do you know the S8 airbox flows better than the SP intake? Have you tested both back to back on a dyno? Not having a go, just curious how you have come to this conclusion?

The ARC box does have an open panel at the bottom of the box which could soak in hot air and the fact it's an alloy box (and not carbon) means it will retain more heat than plastic or carbon boxes.

However I've thought about making some form of heat shield underneath it to prevent hot air from the radiator finding it's way into the intake. Similar to the cheap bastard intake method.

I do like the AutoExe set up though!

What a lot of people don't realise is that the S8 airbox has an air-guide that takes air in from the back of the bumper (behind the license plate) - provided you have a series 8 reo though... which sadly I don't.