did this work?
The following pics are the modification I did to the fender well to allow more cold air to the air intake. It's my feeling that the pathway to the stock air intake port is too long, with too many turns. Here's what I did.
To give you an Idea of where I am working this is a pic of the air intake box
Remove the air filter box to see where your working
By removing the box you can see where the air port leads; in reverse-air filter box-silencer-above fender well-behind passenger headlight-behind fog light-begining just behind the air damn. Looking down the port you will see a bunch of wires, thats the headlight connections. As you can see there isn't a direct path for air to flow to the filter box.
the fender well is the easiest place to access the panel to remove it. You do need to pry it from above to wedge it out, but a good tug will do nicely, but be carefull the panel is made out of plastic.
This is what the panel looks like when you remove it. I have drilled five holes 1/2 inch in diameter. I figure that is more than enough to draw in cold air.
I then stapled and tapped a strip of window screen on the back side of the panel, to block debry such as rocks, etc.
Placing the panel back into the fenderwell is easy, just pop it back in.
What are the gains? How much horsepower + or -? Don't know... All I know is the airbox stays cooler when you drive. Must be good for something and besides it's a free modification i.e. cost efficient mod, i.e. cheap<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>
Next up I'll be posting pics of the under carriage air scoop I've been working on. Need to let the fiberglass/resin dry before I test it out.
Later
