K & N Filter Hell

[S2central.net]

Graft in some sexy vents on the outer wing at the front - you know you want to... Or a big ol' scoop - country style. Yeeeeeehar

[Rusty]

Louvres on either side of the bonnet would be good to enable air to flow through past the turbo and radiator, the ones Haake (I think) had on his car look mean as hell. A vent on the wing might be an idea, rather like the Golf boys do with the Transporter vent... only prob is that surely that's at an area where the air flows over it at high speed so the air goes the other way, i.e. out? and you have to cut the inner wing... I've seen a few cars with a part of a cone filter sticking out the wing...



Best thing would be to go twin headlamps with the main beam removed and a big fat piece of pipe in its place. Sweet but rather expensive and driving at night might be rather urm Shame there's a boost pipe and metal work to prevent a big pipe to be run from the front. Damned good reason to go reverse inlet in my book :mischeif:

[S2central.net]

I've seen Golfs nicely modified with ducting from the outer wing thru the inner and into a plenum in front of the air filter. Nothing you couldn't get a good metalwork man to bash up on a quiet weekend.

The bonnet vents you speak of are also good - helps stream the hot air on the exhaust side away for sure.

Pau

[Keeper of The Kitten]

Bonnet venting is something I am hellbent on avoiding, but it also provides a chimney for heat to escape while standing (heatsoak) which is otherwise neatly trapped by the insulated bonnet.

I have a smattering of carbon duct pieces which might be turning into a through-the-wing intake at some point ....guess I'll wait and see how that progresses.

[Error404]

Cut the front off your airbox then, chavs up the induction noise a treat!
Cone filters are proper chavvy, my 'modified' airbox is... erm... Officer like

No need i've got a mahoohosive cone on my 7A

some nice subtle little louvres either side of the bonnet to let the hot air escape would work well and not look too "max-power" - i'd probably consider it my car needed it