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Old 12-17-06, 11:12 PM
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intercooler air duct the poor mans way

made this to help get air into the stock intercooler air duct. i put sticky foam behind the patches on the stock air duct to help make it as air tight as possable. feels like it works esspecially on the highway.
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Old 12-17-06, 11:47 PM
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Looks pretty nice, I was actually thinking of doing something simlar next weekend.

Do you have any pictures during the construction?
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not relly i have these pictures. i used a box to make card bord cutouts to then transfer to alluminum.
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thanks for the comment by the way
Old 12-18-06, 08:54 AM
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Better'n my solution! I did a cardboard mock-up of a duct, then I ended up using it for an entire summer ^_^. When my cardboard duct's structural integrity failed at the track, I found a big thick cardboard box that had been tossed and I built a new duct and went back out. One of these days I'll build one out of metal or fiberglass or something... But the ghetto fabulous duct works amazingly well
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Nice work. I have a similar alum front extension, but just bottom and sides. I like the Mad-max pop rivit look.

Now adapt duct to a real SMIC. OEM is tiny .... smaller than a 160 hp saab IC, and has lots of pressure drop, and has been proven almost useless when doing DE events.
Old 12-18-06, 03:09 PM
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I did something like that when I first bought the car and was still running the OEM IC. At first it was covered by the Racing Beat IC->airbox fresh air duct (I'll sell it if anyone wants it.)

Anyway, your craftsmanship was better than mine.
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