Well with all this induction modification being done i have taken the plunge to modifying the XR6 intake. Since the day i saw the EL/AU i was never happy with the intake setup. The one of the EF is heaps better.
Went to an exhaust shop in Alexandria and got the guy to make an induction pipe out of mild steel to suite the EF airbox lid i purchased.
Decided to stick with the gloss black look and to finish the surface off a layer of clear was sprayed on.
I was gonna say the same thing - but not red - neat idea though if you wanna keep the red theme happening. If I got one, it'd be the same as the headers.
I believe the theory of black body radiation relates to visible light not radiated heat, I could be wrong. If i'm wrong then obviously white would be better than any other colour...
However i require some advise. At the moment the pipe is mild steel spray painted in black. What i would like to know is would chroming the pipe or spraying the pipe silver effect the temperature of the air passing through the pipe? Obviously i want it colder.
In my rally car, I have moved the battery to the back seat, and have a ram-pod filter in its place with some 75mm flexible hose ducting air to the throttle. Makes for outstanding throttle response, which is what I need. Never did any tests to see how much better it would be over the standard setup.
The completed setup. This combined with a TSeries intake tube definitly improves the air flow from the stock setup. Very happy with the setup and no doubt a K&N filter will make it breathe even better.
Hmm, gaz - aren't you just replacing a smooth plastic pipe with a smooth mild steel pipe? I don't see where you would get any gains there, seeing as you've left the ribbed corner piece and the rest of the original induction piping as is.
LOL, yeah i put that quote there to make me feel better since i only have a six. I have no doubt that a V8 is better.
From power delivery and gear any time torque to the most important part, the sound..........
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Hmm, gaz - aren't you just replacing a smooth plastic pipe with a smooth mild steel pipe? I don't see where you would get any gains there, seeing as you've left the ribbed corner piece and the rest of the original induction piping as is.
Mark,
The point of me changing the pipe is teh diameter of the hole from the lid on AU's is soo small about 1/2 the size. As well as that the EF lid sucks from the centre of the filter as opposed to teh side. I needed a custom pipe to join existing pipe routing it to the EF lid.
I'm not claiming it makes any kw's but i do feel throttle response is up. I figured if changing to a Tseries tube makes abit of a different then opening up at the filter level would surely make things better.
my dads car is an EF fairmont with a few mods, and after reading in a magazine about this mod and its supposed benifits, we got an exhaust shop to mandrel bend up a 3" pipe from airbox to throttle body and got it HPC coated, total cost a little less than $300 i think, but i know have heard of a crowd who pre-fab these and have a pod filter on the end, im too lazy to check at the moment. (gain on dyno about 3-4Kw)
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