I just installed this onto the 94' tracker. I don't really know if it does anything  as I am still running stock exhaust . I know when you wind it up quickly to about 3 1/2-4K she makes a cool noise. Kinmda like when I used to flip my aircleaner lid over on my 76' monte carlo with a 350 4 barrell . Remember those days ?
Man, we used to drive around and probably get 2 miles to the gallon around town just to hear the wwwuuuuuHHH,WWWWWUUUUUHHHH,WWWWWUUUUUUUHHHHH !

Raz
 

Yeah, I have that setup. I got the cheap Honda kit from Autozone. I ran an additional line from the center of the air filter out behind the fender to help get more cold air. I'm also running the Calmini header, cat, and cat-back system too. I would like to boar out my intake manifold, to help let more air, but just have not got around to it yet.
The old problem I see with intakes like these are water crossings. So far I have been ok, but I could see potential for sucking in allot of water.

my tracker is really dirty rite now

I recently added an intake, My cel came on with an "too lean" error code, when I started looking around I found that my stock airduct was torn.  I moved it slightly and the engine died instantly, so rather the spend money on dealer parts I installed the universal kit from advanced auto.  I've had a noticeable difference in performance, seems I can climb the rpm faster, and I don't bog down as much going up hill.

Go buy some sheet metal and tin snips and make a 4 sided enclosed box for it. This will help lower the engine bay temp. Using the cheapy filter's you buy at autozone are not the greatest. But if you want wanna be cool with the look and WOT noise. HAVE FUN.

on my 16 valve i used the cheapy piping, but then i swapped it in some high temp tape. I used the stock air box with a KN filter. I averaged 3 mpg better on the next tank.

My plans are to add a heat shield and heat tape. I want to wrap my header in heat tape as well (the kind for that obviously ). That's part of the reason I mounted the filter so far back by the firewall and have the extra pipe from the center of the filter out behind the fender to suck in cold air. It just seams like I never have enough time to finish projects that I start.

http://www.heatshieldproducts.com/exhaust_wrap.php

http://www.heatshieldproducts.com/heat_shield.php

The heat shield and tape sounds like a great idea!  If boxed properly...can maybe even deflect a lot of water!

Maybe I'll put mine back on!!!  Got me excited now!   

YaaaaaY for me..lol

So, you are saying that these filters make the trackers get worse mpg ? I thought they would get better mpg . I was hoping for better, because of less restriction .If so, I wish I would have known better.
Thanks,
Raz

You can get better gas mileage, as long as it is done rite. I did my intake, but I also added 35" tires, so I could not really tell. On my Subaru, I gained 5mpg better with just the intake alone. The response is way better. The key is not suck in all the warm air. Having less restriction defiantly helps, but the more fresh air, and the cooler it is, the more it helps(at least to my understanding)
I like the way the intake sounds too. Sounds kinda mean. lol
The kit I did, must have had a longer pipe. My filter is right at my fender wall, lined up with hole for the old intake. I took my fender off and ran a section of PVC facing towards the driver door and connected to the center of the cone filter.(then put my fender back on, so it is all hidden) to get as much outside air as I could

I guess I will keep the stock airbox around and play with both setup for the best mpg.
Thanks,
Raz

All you really need to do, is make something like this, or modify your old box to help keep the heat from the engine to getting to the filter

Funny thing is this is NOT a CAI. This actually pulls in much much warmer air than the stock system. BUT, the stock system is SO restrictive, it still helps. It's silly how many twists & turns, and small holes the intake air has to go through in stock from. I often wonder, however, if someone just pulled the fender, and got rid of the restrictive "pipe" in there, how much better the kick would run.

Looks good guy's and you should notice a difference in power and sound. Add that to exhaust for a few more pony's and passing power. Remember on the 16v to drill a hole in the element boot to install the air temp sensor or codes will flash. Dont toss your old junk if you plan on smog.

Does anyone have a pic of this set up on an 87 Samurai carburetor?

Quote from: RazBarlow on February 27, 2009, 02:42:30 PM

Funny thing is this is NOT a CAI. This actually pulls in much much warmer air than the stock system. BUT, the stock system is SO restrictive, it still helps. It's silly how many twists & turns, and small holes the intake air has to go through in stock from. I often wonder, however, if someone just pulled the fender, and got rid of the restrictive "pipe" in there, how much better the kick would run.

Jeremiah is right.
Lots of people mistake it for a Cold Air Intake but its not.
I had a regular aftermarket and I think I had a tiny drop in mpg.  (But the engine ran better)





CAI (notice how it drops down)