It's a heat shield. The effectiveness is questionable. With one the
size you're talking about, you're limiting a lot of airflow towards the
filter.
Sandman wrote:
>
> Ok, I asked about a week ago about offroaders having problems sucking
> water when running Quick-D/K&N style intakes. Well, I wanted to get
> some opinions on an idea I just had. I was looking thru a catalog I
> have which sells K&N FIPK systems and I noticed in the pictures of them
> installed that there is a little airdam type thing that goes behind
> them. What I'm wondering is, what if I ran mine all the way to the
> corner of the hood on the passenger side and put such and air dam on
> mine, but also ran a dam underneath it. Just leaving the top and front
> open, but leaving enough space so that air can still get underneath the
> filter as well. This would solve any problems with water splashing up
> into the filter (Which is my main concern), but would it still allow it
> to perform as well?
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