Chris Bemis

Exactly, tommyspark. I think even if I ran a garden hose down the cowl induction, that water would just pool and drain in the bottom of the air box. No way it's getting sucked up through the filter and into the engine. You should see the radical ram air I built on another car and have never had a problem with water.

I'm not sure what we have. I'll pay attention the next time I fill up. I think it's E10 though.

I did consider doing the foglight to air box modification. I still may try that. Greg, I'm not going to risk one of my cameras out on the hood of the car. Revving it up in the driveway wouldn't be the same effect as driving down the road. It doesn't really matter to me at all if the mpg gain is because of pressure or temp. I'm just thrilled to increase the mpg for free, with stuff I already had laying around.

I was just out looking at the car and I don't thing mpg is a valid concern. I'll probably even buy a set myself, but front only. The rear will definitely induce drag.

Our speed limits are 70. And if you're doing 70, you better be in the slow lane.

52.5 is really good. I do a lot of interstate driving at 75 mph. I noticed that the mpg goes way down the faster I go. But, I'm not about to be that guy that goes 50 mph in a 70 zone to save on fuel. I'm going to experiment next with making the wheels smooth. Start with tape and then decide if it is worth it to make some smooth covers out of pizza pans.

I did a 105 mile drive today. Pretty much a square, with a decent wind. Combination of highway and surface street. Average speed around 52 mph. Average air temp 58 degrees. I averaged 43.3 mpg with the cowl induction. On the first leg of my trip, with the tail wind and then a cross wind, averaged 47.1.

It rained a lot last night and the car was in the driveway. I opened up the box this morning and there wasn't a drop of water in it. Getting a nice long highway test drive in this morning.

Plus, water coming down the windshield hits that ribbed plastic first and there is also a smooth ledge right in front of my funnel.

I don't think its of much concern. Even if water got down to the airbox, I doubt it would suck up through the filter into the intake. I'll have to check, but there are likely drain holes in the air box. If not, I'll just drill one or two small ones.

Aren't you guys afraid that mudflaps will create drag and hurt mileage?

Muscle cars have used cowl induction for years.

So far so good. I'll be doing some more driving tomorrow, including highway stretch at 75 mph. If it keeps delivering increased mpg, I'll make a better version, with smooth hose and I'll cut out the section of rubber trim that goes along the top of the hood. I'll also get ride of the orange tape at the air box and make it black.

The warm air intake was NOT successful. All of my testing so far has shown that this car does not seem to like warm air at all. Today, driving with the warm air intake mod, I only averaged 38.6 for 42 miles. The air temp started at 44 and got up to 50 by the time I was done. There was some stop and go, some 50 mph and some 70 mph during this drive. I then pulled over, and put it back to stock, but the resonator taped off. I then drove another 20 miles and averaged 42.5. The air temp was steady at about 50 at this time. There was a little stop and go, some steady 50 mph and some steady 7

I have the other side of the air box sealed, not using the resonator right now.