Has anyone....

Not that I'm aware of. I say "GO FOR IT!"

It has been done before, but why butcher the stock box, lose or relocate the washer bottle, when you can buy a new CAI for $250 and have a nice sealed system. If you start moving a cone filter way up front with an open grille, rain and water will become a a potential engine damaging experience.

sudden urge said:

It has been done before, but why butcher the stock box, lose or relocate the washer bottle, when you can buy a new CAI for $250 and have a nice sealed system. If you start moving a cone filter way up front with an open grille, rain and water will become a a potential engine damaging experience.

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-Stock box would be removed. No butchering involved.
-Relocating the washer bottle wouldn't be to hard since I've got plenty of scrap aluminum laying around.
-A air filter behind the grill isn't going to damage an engine with water. I live in the desert and do not offroad. If a bunch of STS (rearmount turbo'd) Fbodies have no issues picking up water in FL with thier filter 5" off the ground near the rear tire, then I really doubt a filter 3-4 feet off the ground away from the tires will have any issues.

I am going to try it and see how things work out. Filter will cost no more then 50.00 and the AL is free. I like engineering something new/modding our cars/trucks. Also 50 <<<< 250

good luck with the mod, make sure you take some pics and post here.

You know you can also just do the airbox mod and drop in a k&n filter and get good results.

keep us updated. I have acces to AL as well, and this seems like a decent idea....

Thanks guys.

It will be in a week or 2. My wife and i have to go to Vegas(where her family lives) because her Grandmother died around 330am Sunday.

I will take pics and post them up when I am done. Just FYI, there will be no before/after dyno.....other then the seat of the pants.

the custom ram air filter is a good idea, a functional hood scoop would be better but beggers cant be choosers

also i wouldnt worry about getting water into the filter, the only time when water entering the engine is a bad thing is when the intake is completely submerged and you hydrolock your engine