i'm no newby when it comes to red neck engineering things you know.lol come to think of it i did some thing like that on my 87 pick up. altho i could only find 3in plastic with a sweep in it. the inlet hose on it ripped too,but it had an air cleaner assembly on it like an old carberated car. i used it to draw in out side air instead of hot engine air. i will look into it tonight. i have to go out to pay off the guy i got my sub from.