HAILERS

That title was a *Tease*. It was aimed at folk who have not a clue (like me a year ago or so) about just how hot the air coming out of the turbo going to the intercooler is. And how much that air is cooled by that rediculous top mounter intercooler (turns out to do a damn fine job, considering).

It was also AIMED at the supercharger bunch. Compressed air gets HOT. It's not just residual heat from the turbo housing that's drives the heat up.

And I've been trying to jpg more ...jpg's...but this site does not like me to attach jpgs.

One jpg was showing a thermocouple inside a airfilter assy with no air filter to interfere ....and the second thermocouple outside the hood, about three inches from the front of the hood. Driving at 70 mph the diff b/t the two was appox 11 degrees. Out side air temp, OAT, was 71 degrees...the heat in the airbox was 81.

Then later I put one of those airfilter tops on that has a opening with a screen over it. The OAT was 73 degrees and the temp in the airbox was ranging from 103 to 107 degrees. So the open top airfilter idea is just what everyone thought....a VERY bad idea. I picked the box up with a turbo afm off EBAY. NOT my idea to cut the top off and put a screen on the top!

I'll try one more jpg, maybe they'll let me...maybe not. Its the one of the airbox with the screen on top.

NZConvertible

Ah, so now we get the full story. The factory intake is essentially a cold air intake. My comment was aimed entirely at those who've tossed their airbox in favour of an exposed pod filter, which covers about 99% of the modded FC's out there.

HAILERS

I have a K and N pod type filter and have used it in the past. I stopped using it when I realized I'm too damn lazy to keep it clean. It's been in the wood shed for a long time now........and from the figures I posted in my last post about how the outside air temp was 73 degrees and the temp IN the air box with no top on it was 105, it ain't a going back on ever....unless I make a cold air box Slow learner here.