My cold air intake box
06-13-10, 12:17 PM
#26
Yes that battery cover was missing when I bought the car, although the FD is the only car I've seen where the battery is vented and cooled by incoming air. Although its a non-issue because I'm running a marine bluetop optima battery, even if I weren't, I would have probably removed the battery box and sealed that hole anyways. I'd much rather have the incoming air cooling my intercooler rather than dividing that 1x10" slit to cool the intercooler, battery, as well as feed my intake (as with a stock setup).
that battery cooling hole is not as easy to seal as the intake hole on that shroud though, its a weird shape. I was originally going to fiberglass it but looking at my fiberglass kit, I just got way too lazy. bent slits of sheet metal and rivets was 100x easier to seal with.
like so
sealing the intake hole, the electrical tape is so I don't cut myself
and lastly extending the shroud a little bit because my koyorad causes it to sit higher than stock and it ends up not actually being in direct line of my frontal air flow
I like rivets
that battery cooling hole is not as easy to seal as the intake hole on that shroud though, its a weird shape. I was originally going to fiberglass it but looking at my fiberglass kit, I just got way too lazy. bent slits of sheet metal and rivets was 100x easier to seal with.
like so
sealing the intake hole, the electrical tape is so I don't cut myself
and lastly extending the shroud a little bit because my koyorad causes it to sit higher than stock and it ends up not actually being in direct line of my frontal air flow
I like rivets
06-14-10, 08:51 PM
#27
oh wow you're right! I wonder if I saw that picture before and thats how the idea got into the back of my head ha ha.
Oh well, M2's seems to cost quite a bit more, $10 in sheet metal and some rivets, $50 for the two cone filters, and a bit of elbow grease, I think I'll still be happy with this
The M2's looks like a very slick design though, I would have loved to have that instead but man are they ever expensive...
Oh well, M2's seems to cost quite a bit more, $10 in sheet metal and some rivets, $50 for the two cone filters, and a bit of elbow grease, I think I'll still be happy with this
The M2's looks like a very slick design though, I would have loved to have that instead but man are they ever expensive...
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06-28-10, 07:03 AM
#28
Report back from the track
previous peak IAT 87°C
new peak IAT 55°C
Could probably do a bit better if I sealed the lid better (there was quite a gap when I checked it out later), but 30°+ difference is not bad
overheating issues also 100% gone, track temps steady at 96°C, next thing to address will be oil temps (or at least putting in a gauge to find out what they are)
previous peak IAT 87°C
new peak IAT 55°C
Could probably do a bit better if I sealed the lid better (there was quite a gap when I checked it out later), but 30°+ difference is not bad
overheating issues also 100% gone, track temps steady at 96°C, next thing to address will be oil temps (or at least putting in a gauge to find out what they are)
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