air flow to air box

[denniselbows]

hi has any one got any ideas or have do any mods to get some air flow to the air box. i'm trying to make a cowling to gide air in to my new rs2 air box but there dosen't apear to be any real room and there is a headlight rightin front of it all. any body got round this or is a hole saw called for

[Jamo]

Theres an air deflector at the front that routes air to the airbox as standard

you could try doing this

http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=731&page=2&pp=15

[denniselbows]

thanks jamo that is a great help thanks and has given me an idea of what i am going to do

[jameswkr]

FWIW. I Added a second intake to the standard airbox by drilling round the circumference of a 2.5" Marley drain join and then using it as the basis to form a second intake bellmouth ( the original is smaller in area than the MAF) . As you look at the airbox it lies below and to the right of the original intake. I discarded the original "still air intake" behind the headlamp long before this, as both the WGFV and DV were getting ground away by it. I think the airbox runs cooler ( as it is now exposed to direct airflow) and the car runs better. YMVV.

[ericd]

FWIW. I Added a second intake to the standard airbox by drilling round the circumference of a 2.5" Marley drain join and then using it as the basis to form a second intake bellmouth ( the original is smaller in area than the MAF) . As you look at the airbox it lies below and to the right of the original intake. I discarded the original "still air intake" behind the headlamp long before this, as both the WGFV and DV were getting ground away by it. I think the airbox runs cooler ( as it is now exposed to direct airflow) and the car runs better. YMVV.

I know others in the past have just drilled a lot of holes in the airbox, or cut a large chunk out of it (as seen in Franks car at the last Baschurch meet)

[Rusty]

I just removed the front off mine. Bodgetastic linky. Caused a bit of outrage, especially Jamo as it was his old airbox! Make sure yu've got all the fixing points in place as the trunpet on the front does a lot of the location of the airbox when ou have no rubber bungs in the wing! This bodge must work as th car runs very well and sounds a bit meatier than standard.

I also removed all the plastic from behind the headlight and due to a removed aux rad, I have managed to stretch the deflector open wider by about 2" and cable-tied it to the slam panel. Not very neat but every little helps.

You could also look into a 90deg bend leading to the inner wing from the front of the 'box or fettling the trim below the headlight, although there's no clear path for the latter option so might be a waste of time.

[denniselbows]

just to let you all know i have managed to get a length of pipe to fit in the plastic trim just behind the headlamp at the bottom and down into the air scoop for the oil cooler like doug did but not as big piping would put a pic up but it's not that tidy job yet. another thing i managed to make a new plate to fill all the holes around the air intake with the old heat sheild that was bolted to the old 3b air box