"Gotts" intake

[blackfx4ny]

I had the hood up on my truck the other day and a coworker noticed the homemade intake. He asked why I did it so I showed him the old snorkel and everything and said that makes sense. Then he asked me why I didn't just take the whole tube part off. From right in front of the airbox all the way to the fender. Told him I didn't want to be sucking in hot engine air. He said that makes sense but your fan is right there blowing air on the motor. Kind of made sense to me but I still think you'd get a lot of hot air. Maybe not so much while on the highway but definitely idling in traffic. Has anyone ran their truck without any of the factory air tube stuff? I thought about doing it for a little bit and logging the IAT's to see if there's a difference but don't really feel confident doing it. If the Gryphon gauges will show up on our work truck I may try it there. Hopefully one of you smarter people can shed some more light on it for me.