Went out to eastern creek on sunday to watch the V8 supercars, it absolutly bucketed down the whole day, driving back to sydney was like driving down the nile river, now with my old pod setup of the filter behind the bumper I relised it was going to be imposible to get home with out trying to make 'Fuel and Water combust, Luckily I had mooved the pod back under the bonnet that day.
So I came up with a better way, you have the pod heat shielded from the hot engine with a nice thick peice of shiny polished aluminiumand a CAI going to the pod aswell from under where the air box is.
Clamped it between 2 smooth peices of wood and bent it with my hands, came out with a nice rounded corner. Still going to put a rubber strip around the edge of the aluminum.
That alum would still get pretty hot and transfer a lot of heat into the air for the engine I would think. Something more along the lines of plexiglass would be better as it wouldnt transfer anywhere near as much heat.
Spot on Paul, my old set up i used metal and even with insulation, you couldnt touch it, it was that hot.
I went to 6mm Perspex, with a hinged lid.
this with the insulation workes a treat.
Might sound funny, but im using one of those Windscreen sunsheilds, but i have somthing different on the way.
The insulation works really well.
With the XH snorkle and my 3" air intake from underneath, there is very little heat.
why not leave the top open? has the air intake through the side as already done and have the pipe providing the air in the bottom/side or where ever? the pod would get plenty of air and the unwanted hot air could rise away... the engine bay heat wouldn't stand a chance of getting in if the pipe providing the air was big enough and worked well... still working on the whole idea.. i will keep yous posted in how it goes...
dont worry, ive used the same thing before, works well the old windscreen sunshield
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