I fitted my green open cone last week and although I love the noise it makes, I feel like it's a little more sluggish than it used to be. I'm waitin for a 3 inch air feed to be delivered and I'm trying to think of the best way to get cold air to filter. At the moment I just have the original air feed which is rediculously small.
I know a lot of people either try and fit a bigger air feed down the side of the battery - the same route as the the original air feed, or down to the fog light area, which after just looking at my engine bays looks very difficult!
So I was thinking would it make much difference if removed the original plastic just behind the grill that diverts air coming in around the battery and through the original air feed, and fixed the new bigger air feed there instead and routed it around the opposite side of the battery so that it comes around the back of the filter, and maybe also keep the original air feed where it is. Like this:
It would take air directly from behind the grill and seems like an easy route, the only thing is by routing it that side of the battery will the air feed be too close to the engine?
Let me know what you think, also has anyone tried to re-locate an open cone to a colder part of the engine bay? I've seen it done on ibiza's but not on an lcr.
cheers
I know a lot of people either try and fit a bigger air feed down the side of the battery - the same route as the the original air feed, or down to the fog light area, which after just looking at my engine bays looks very difficult!
So I was thinking would it make much difference if removed the original plastic just behind the grill that diverts air coming in around the battery and through the original air feed, and fixed the new bigger air feed there instead and routed it around the opposite side of the battery so that it comes around the back of the filter, and maybe also keep the original air feed where it is. Like this:
It would take air directly from behind the grill and seems like an easy route, the only thing is by routing it that side of the battery will the air feed be too close to the engine?
Let me know what you think, also has anyone tried to re-locate an open cone to a colder part of the engine bay? I've seen it done on ibiza's but not on an lcr.
cheers
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