Custom Air intake Guide - prova style

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Re: Custom Air intake Guide - prova style

Postby icnfly » Thu May 26, 2011 8:42 pm

hamish_023 wrote:Get's air from outside the car instead of sucking it from engine bay?


exactly
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Re: Custom Air intake Guide - prova style

Postby Kekotic » Thu May 26, 2011 8:46 pm

Removed.
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Re: Custom Air intake Guide - prova style

Postby icnfly » Thu May 26, 2011 10:03 pm

That's what we saying! the air guide will help draw more air into the factory intake snorkel
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Re: Custom Air intake Guide - prova style

Postby Kekotic » Thu May 26, 2011 10:15 pm

Removed.
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Re: Custom Air intake Guide - prova style

Postby icnfly » Thu May 26, 2011 10:53 pm

chaotic2050 wrote:
icnfly wrote:That's what we saying! the air guide will help draw more air into the factory intake snorkel

That does not in any way support your colder air post?

wot u talkin bout willis? read the post properly
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Re: Custom Air intake Guide - prova style

Postby tangcla » Thu May 26, 2011 10:58 pm

chaotic2050 wrote:Take a look at the design of the air intake and tell me how air from the engine bay somehow gets in there while the car is moving, cause I would love to know.

Hence my comment all along about an airbox / heatshield not being necessary. While your car is moving, the air is being pushed back. Hot engine is irrelevant.
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Re: Custom Air intake Guide - prova style

Postby Dropz » Fri May 27, 2011 7:46 am

The factory air guide takes air from behind the grille not the engine bay
Built not bought, it's a way of life.
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Re: Custom Air intake Guide - prova style

Postby cliffo3rb » Tue May 31, 2011 5:52 pm

Had a little tinker in the garage this arvo.Came up with this:

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Made from a scrap bit of perspex i had lying around.
This was only a rough job aswell to figure out measurements.Prob have a better go at it on the weekend,
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Re: Custom Air intake Guide - prova style

Postby stew07gt » Tue May 31, 2011 5:57 pm

we have a winner, that looks heaps effective.
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Re: Custom Air intake Guide - prova style

Postby hamish_023 » Tue May 31, 2011 6:04 pm

nice, strong enough so it wont flap around?
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Re: Custom Air intake Guide - prova style

Postby cliffo3rb » Tue May 31, 2011 6:09 pm

yeh its a little flimsy.This was just a quick muck around.Prob end up bending it into a triangle so its abit stronger.
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Custom Air intake Guide - prova style

Postby Gambit » Tue May 31, 2011 6:31 pm

Nice one!
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Re: Custom Air intake Guide - prova style

Postby teK-- » Tue May 31, 2011 8:01 pm

Cliffo: That's what I'm talking about!

Got any more spare perspex? ;)
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Re: Custom Air intake Guide - prova style

Postby Kekotic » Tue May 31, 2011 8:06 pm

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Re: Custom Air intake Guide - prova style

Postby 3rspecb » Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:32 pm

well done, nice job.
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