i noticed today as my fan cycled on, it blew hot air directly onto the intake snorkel and airbox, and it was almost too hot to touch!!! im wondering if it was worth placing a heat shield around the airbox?? or would the constant flow whilst driving cool it down eventually? does any of this heat actully conduct to the intake air? im assuming mitsubishi would have placed a shield if it was an issue?? or is it a case of such a minute difference as to be worhtless to fix.

I did some data logging on a drive recently with the help of a mate and a laptop, -I've got the complete factory intake in place. Intake temp (measure by the MAF I believe) sat at about 5 degrees above ambient. So no, the factory intake doesn't introduce a huge amount of heat. I guess with some well-placed heat shielding you might drop that a couple of degrees, doesnt really seem worthwhile to me.

I did some data logging on a drive recently with the help of a mateand a laptop, intake temp sat at about 5 degrees above ambient. So no, the factory intake doesn't introduce a huge amount of heat. I guess with some well-placed heat shielding you might drop that a couple of degrees, doesnt seem worthwhile to me.
Ahh i love it when someone backs up their opinion with evidence/data also, doesnt happen often enough if you ask me.
Also looking at the factory intake, where the bonnet closes over the factory CAI (3rd gen magnas) there is a rubber seal and it looks as if it goes over the front of the CAI a bit, would it be worth cutting this bit of rubber out around where the factory CAI sits to theoretically gain more total airflow?

Ahh i love it when someone backs up their opinion with evidence/data also, doesnt happen often enough if you ask me.
Also looking at the factory intake, where the bonnet closes over the factory CAI (3rd gen magnas) there is a rubber seal and it looks as if it goes over the front of the CAI a bit, would it be worth cutting this bit of rubber out around where the factory CAI sits to theoretically gain more total airflow?

From looking at mine, the rubber seal curves around and over the factory CAI. I'll do some playdoh testing to see the actual line it follows soon.

Ahh i love it when someone backs up their opinion with evidence/data also, doesnt happen often enough if you ask me.
Also looking at the factory intake, where the bonnet closes over the factory CAI (3rd gen magnas) there is a rubber seal and it looks as if it goes over the front of the CAI a bit, would it be worth cutting this bit of rubber out around where the factory CAI sits to theoretically gain more total airflow?

i choped mine away cause it looked like it was getting sucked up the snorkle

the seal flows over the top, all ya do is rub a line of oil or vaseline along the seal and close the bonnet then reopen, it shows how it runs, the seal keeps the intake from sucking in hot underbonnet air, so it draws it from each side near headlights. maybe taking off the front seal would help but i think it keeps water from entering if ya following traffic in the rain.

On the KJ/TJ the seal covers the intake opening which is why i removed mine completely

Here is what I did to mine. L/W series only has one rubber strip.

Pics 1 and 2 show the holes drilled.
Pic 3 shows the rubber seal.
pic 4 shows the holes taken from the grill.