Crazy Intake Idea
12-31-02, 07:37 PM
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Crazy Intake Idea
So here it is, My crazy intake idea, maybe it's already been said but here it is nevertheless.
Take an ordanairy house fan, (the kind you use to keep cool in the summer), and wire it up to your ignition. Place it directly infront of your Cone Filter in your intake section of your car. This way when you start your car you have cold fast traveling air directly aimed at your intake.
Whata you guys think, am i crazy or would it work?
Take an ordanairy house fan, (the kind you use to keep cool in the summer), and wire it up to your ignition. Place it directly infront of your Cone Filter in your intake section of your car. This way when you start your car you have cold fast traveling air directly aimed at your intake.
Whata you guys think, am i crazy or would it work?
12-31-02, 07:43 PM
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I think you'd need some massive piping from the front of the car to make it work. In that case, you could just make a ram-air or cold-air intake instead. I think the fan thing would just add weight. sorry.
anyone else?
anyone else?
12-31-02, 07:58 PM
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lol, very well put Wan, though i won't be taking your advice.
I'm not really conscerned about adding an extra 5 pounds of fan, especially if it could inprove my cars performance. Though I agree I would probably need some mega piping but i could probably rigg that up no problem.
I'm not really conscerned about adding an extra 5 pounds of fan, especially if it could inprove my cars performance. Though I agree I would probably need some mega piping but i could probably rigg that up no problem.
12-31-02, 08:04 PM
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The fan would only provide a benefit at very low speeds (ie: under 10 mph), and even then the benefit would probably be so slim and unnoticeable.
Why do you need colder air and extra power when you're sitting in neutral?
Like the other guy said, set up a Ram Air. It would be cheaper to do, less weight, and actually work well.
Why do you need colder air and extra power when you're sitting in neutral?
Like the other guy said, set up a Ram Air. It would be cheaper to do, less weight, and actually work well.
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It's still pretty irrelevant, that fan isn't going to blow as much air to the intake as the intake's going to be sucking in anyway. It might actually create a restriction of some sort, depending on the fan. And in order to be able to direct a fan blowing from a cold source to the filter itself, you could just run the filter to the cold source and save not only weight, but power on an already weak electrical system, and it'll perform just as good.
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Who said i would be sitting in neutral?
12-31-02, 08:47 PM
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because that fan would actually restrict the air potential of the car in motion if you were to duct it in a fasion that it would even be functional at a stand still.
12-31-02, 08:58 PM
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Thank you though for trying to help everyone out!
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Thank you though for trying to help everyone out!
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12-31-02, 09:07 PM
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heh heh, it was just an idea'r, guess it didn't get the rx7 club's approval. Anyways, no hard feelings, but hey common at least the drawing kicked ***
12-31-02, 09:26 PM
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because that fan would actually restrict the air potential of the car in motion if you were to duct it in a fasion that it would even be functional at a stand still.
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There would be too much turbulence, not to mention the extra weight (yea I worry about every little gram of weight) and strain on the electrical system. By the way, what kinda power are you looking to gain (low,mid,high???)
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on ebay a while back they where sellin these fake turbo chargers that did the same thing and the do have te in takes with the fans on the inside forgot who makes them
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Originally posted by mrb63083
if you're going to put a fan somewhere in your engine bay, put it on the radiator at least...
if you're going to put a fan somewhere in your engine bay, put it on the radiator at least...
Nah...Id save the money and mount some fans on my fuel injectors so I could get cooler/denser fuel in the engine.
Hell, maybe I could even route the AC condenser lines on them.
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Originally posted by adamlewis
Nah...Id save the money and mount some fans on my fuel injectors so I could get cooler/denser fuel in the engine.
Nah...Id save the money and mount some fans on my fuel injectors so I could get cooler/denser fuel in the engine.
01-01-03, 02:03 AM
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Originally posted by breesej
What about mounting them in your exhaust to get better scavenging effect and also cooler/denser exhaust.
What about mounting them in your exhaust to get better scavenging effect and also cooler/denser exhaust.
Yeah! And denser exhaust will be thicker going through the turbo so it will make more PSI!
01-01-03, 05:59 AM
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dude, that makes me thing of an awesome idea!! check it... turn your A/C on, then put tubes from all your vents going to your intake! it would be like... a super cold intake! yeah bling it!