Thank you for clarifying that, makes more sense now. It's been on my to buy list for awhile but quite frankly haven't been impressed with the cheaper offerings and the $1k units are more than I can cough up right now.
Looks like chassis mounted it'll be for me.
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BMR already has one for the Camaro owners :deadhorse:
On to a serious question / clarification on the chassis vs differential mounted watts link:
I know there's a difference in sprung vs unsprung mass.
I respect norm, but sometimes its like he's speaking Chinese.
Am I understanding...
Heat is transferred by 3 means: Radiation, Conduction, & Convection.
The shield will only block the radiant heat. It is not sealed enough to block the convection which IMHO is the biggest one to be concerned about with air intakes. And the plastic tube will help minimize the conducted heat...
Anytime you can reduce or eliminate heat in intake will usually net some gains. How much is debatable.
The other heat shields are just that, a shield. They don't cover entire filter like they should for optimum heat elimination.
I personally don't think it's that big of a deal. But Id...
C&L Racer CAI without the heat shield.
I bought it used from peetiewonder and haven't even bolted it on yet. I upgraded to a JLT series 3 so I'm selling this exactly as I bought it. It's used and could use a filter cleaning, and has one small wear/rub on the MAF, but is in overall great...