ya i made a kinda heat shield for my intake out of a battery box that i took a dremel to. i also made a ram air inlet that sits in the front bumper n takes in air to the filter from the top half of a stock air box. but....on another note, the air box does allow u take in cooler air, however the intake manifold is still hot, so the air is re heated (but not as hot as it would b w.o the air box). id say the best way to cool the air down is to get one of those heat shield gaskets from hondata or password jdm.