Dont mount it too low though. My friend mounted a cold air intake too low on his accord and it got water in it and flooded the engine. Now the engine is laying in his garage with a broken down accord.

 

Yeah, WEll thats an Accord for you.

 

Accord or no accord; if your engine gets water in it, youre screwed.

 

Yeah, i know.

 

Oldsmobile had a Ram Air setup on 442's that had intakes under the bumper, connected to the air filter assembly by way of 4" diameter hoses. It would be a simple thing to fab a system such as that. GM had larger breathers than Ford did, so you could always get a GM housing and cut it up and weld it to the Ford one you have.

Also thre is a high pressure area at the base of the hood due to the windshield, air kinda piles up there a bit so you can also make a cowl induction system with sqare heater duct or sheetmetal and if you dont mind a 2"x8" hole in the firewall into the cowl, you are all set.

Cool air systems are worth about .2 in the 1/4 if working correctly. I dropped that much in my GTO just by removing the scoops in the hood, they come closed in non Ram Air cars. I also flipped the breather lid, that was it, no extra anything under the hood just cool air gettin to the carb, and it dropped .2 consistently in the 1/4.

Some water wont hurt the engine if its warm and running at the time, infact it is a viable way to clean carbon deposits from the top of the pistons. SeaFoam works that way also, run the engine up to 3000 rpm and pour it in a bit at a time, not so much it bogs the engine down or hydrualic locks it and the steam produced will remove any build up in there. You really dont want to have water going in all the time tho, but there are also water injection kits on the market for boosted applications rather than an intercooler.

 

Yeah, the small amount of water in the combustion chamber may be a good thing. Just not too much. If you check your carb cleaners and such while the engine is running, you don't want to bog down the engine and kill it. However, cleaning the top of the heads and/or pistons with water I have always questioned, as it tends to break loose stuff that may venture into other parts of the combustion system. I am not a fan of water or cleaners in the combustion chamber. But, as stated, a little water in the chamber will probably not hurt it. Now, fess up. How many of you guys have taken your car to a wand spray wash, and got some water in the carb? Most likely all of us have done that at one time or another. The biggest problem with washing the engine is to protect the ignition system, but even with that, it can be started again by drying out the dizzy cap most of the time.