Ducting
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Ducting
OK so I am going to make up some alloy ducting to run to my intercooler/radiator.
Should I run it boxed straight to the i/c then back to the radiator so there is no gaps and air forced to go through i/c before rad...or could I just run it boxed straight to the radiator, with gaps around the i/c? Would the air be more inclined to avoid the i/c and go straight to rad or will it be fine?
See pic to help explain what I mean
I also have been looking at options to get my air filter more isolated because it's in a far from perfect place. There is no space to run ducting anywhere to front bumper through where rad/i/c are. So here are my two ideas..
1: Cut out the plastic wheel liner in red, and make a sealed alloy box from and heat and run a cold air duct from the front bumper to it.
2: As in the green, move the battery to the boot, and run the filter where the battery used to be.
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Should I run it boxed straight to the i/c then back to the radiator so there is no gaps and air forced to go through i/c before rad...or could I just run it boxed straight to the radiator, with gaps around the i/c? Would the air be more inclined to avoid the i/c and go straight to rad or will it be fine?
See pic to help explain what I mean
I also have been looking at options to get my air filter more isolated because it's in a far from perfect place. There is no space to run ducting anywhere to front bumper through where rad/i/c are. So here are my two ideas..
1: Cut out the plastic wheel liner in red, and make a sealed alloy box from and heat and run a cold air duct from the front bumper to it.
2: As in the green, move the battery to the boot, and run the filter where the battery used to be.
Opinions?
Last edited by jjoshj; 11-22-11 at 04:43 PM.
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^ The idea would be to have it in a sealed box, with a pipe coming from from bumper so it was sucking only air coming in from front, not the wheel well. But after having a look, pulling it across to where the batt is, is probably a better position, I can get kill two birds with one stone then too, chucking batt to boot.