air intake and water

[Skull]

hello!

i am about to make a better air intake for my vacuum cleaner, and i want to use the S2 oil cooler intake duct for it.

it sits behind the right grille in the bumper...



but i am concerned about the water it could collect from rain and from water lifted up by cars driving in front of me (i love tailgating).

after the intake duct i would use an U shaped tube, to bring the air directly to the stock airbox.

Q: is there any chance that (rain) water could get to the airbox and trough the filter to the engine?

Tnx!

[A80Avant]

no there is no chance to get too much water in there to cause problems unless you fall into a lake or the sea.

i have been running an air tube config like that for many years now and it is fine. The amount of water the engine consumes on a rainy day is quite a lot and there is no problem with that anyway. I also use an HKS air filter which allows for much more stuff to pass through to the turbo anyway, still no problems. Nice cold intake though!

[Thuppu]

I have the air intake in the same location also, no problems so far.

[Rusty]

Check out my inlet solution from the grille. It's neat and works very well Nice and high too so less chance of water getting in...

http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42663&highlight=cold+air+feed

[Skull]

Rusty: that mod would not work for me, as i have a 4cyl coffe grinder, and i have two radiators covering that area.

[Rusty]

My bad

It's a shame there's not much room behind the fog lights, as some intakes there woud be ideal!

It's been mentioned many times but a direct feed to the inner wing would be a great idea and would work very well for you. A 4" hole and pipe would be a great upgrade!

[quattrostyle]

I love how you tolk about your powerless 4-pot and still want to keep it in the car

[A80Avant]

Rusty, I have that mod now too!

[Skull]

no there is no chance to get too much water in there to cause problems unless you fall into a lake or the sea.

i have been running an air tube config like that for many years now and it is fine. The amount of water the engine consumes on a rainy day is quite a lot and there is no problem with that anyway. I also use an HKS air filter which allows for much more stuff to pass through to the turbo anyway, still no problems. Nice cold intake though!

thanx, that is the reply i was hoping to get

[Skull]

I have the air intake in the same location also, no problems so far.

tnx, i can start working on it

[Skull]

My bad

It's a shame there's not much room behind the fog lights, as some intakes there woud be ideal!

It's been mentioned many times but a direct feed to the inner wing would be a great idea and would work very well for you. A 4" hole and pipe would be a great upgrade!

i have enough space to install a 4" pipe behind the cross member and just up from there in the stock intake in the airbox. will remove the warm air intake, and in its place install a velocity stack (aka thrumpet).

[Skull]

I love how you tolk about your powerless 4-pot and still want to keep it in the car

i have made a few mods to the engine, i think you would be impressed by the accel now...