Latest Max Power mod?

[shnozz]

I see on a couple of the max power cars local to me that they have removed the light unit on the inside of a 2 pod set-up - if you can work out what I mean...

So BMW style 2 pod headlight units fitted in an Escort and a Civic. Then the inner one (nearest the centre badge) is removed, leaving a gaping hole which sort of looks unfinished...

is this the new trend to replicate the Skylines which remove a headlight on the drag strip? Whats that for? Is it to cool the turbo or something?

Me very confused.

[KITT]

Usually there's a large bore pipe behind it feeding cold air to the (cone) air filter. Lot of racers do this as it gives a cooler feed of air to the engine and hence more power

[anniesdad]

I would have thought, it's to allow extra air into the air filter. Hidden, will be a piece of hozelock, with a trumpet on the end, which "forces" air into the air filter, generating on average an extra 1/2 bhp.

Saw a top Nova on the way home with an awesome neon strip on the parcel shelf....wi.wi.wi.wikkid.

[pdV6]

Often done to install an after-market oil cooler behind the missing lamp.

Obviously quite unlikely on a MaxMuppet-mobile.

e.g.


>> Edited by pdV6 on Friday 17th December 10:01

[chief-0369]

On a race car its fine, but on a road car, especially in this weather (even more so when badly done by some Kev with a piece of tumble dryer vent tube) it simply plasters the entire engine bay with a half inch thich layer of road clag

>> Edited by chief-0369 on Friday 17th December 10:00

[edc]

What's wrong with tumble drier hose?! DIY tuning, cheaper than paying extotionate prices for what is essebtially a bendy bit of plastic from Revotec or other suppliers, function over form and all that

[GreigM]

anniesdad said:

generating on average an extra 1/2 bhp.

and extra half BHP - would it not be easier just to miss breakfast on the day?

[Marquis_Rex]

" I may crash in the dark, along a windy twisty road but at least my oil will be at the right temperature D'Uh"

[pdV6]

Marquis_Rex said:

" I may crash in the dark, along a windy twisty road but at least my oil will be at the right temperature D'Uh"

[sianb]

Don't bother with your DIY mods - enter this competion in today's Metro and win a Punto ready chavved!:
www.metro.co.uk/metro/competitions/article.html?in_article_id=22151&in_page_id=6

[stumartin]

sianb said:

Don't bother with your DIY mods - enter this competion in today's Metro and win a Punto ready chavved!: www.metro.co.uk/metro/competitions/article.html?in_article_id=22151&in_page_id=6

I wouldn't wipe my arse with the metro.

[chief-0369]

Nowt wrong with using tumble drier hose as long as its done properly. Its kevs who use it and make some bodge job that just succeds in coating the filter (along with the rest of the engine) in road shit without producing any gain it power or cooling



>> Edited by chief-0369 on Friday 17th December 12:11

[Buffalo]

I have this set up on my BGT, but have had to remove it due to the carb icing. Mind you i also had the rad surround removed which didn't help, but since early november long runs on damp cold days resulted in icicles forming on the carb which made the engine run lean (not good for superchargers!) and the throttle stick open!

I tell you, you haven't lived until you've tried stopping a 30 year old MGB with a near standard braking system on which the throttle is iced open right where the boost kicks in....!

[JonRB]

sianb said:

Don't bother with your DIY mods - enter this competion in today's Metro and win a Punto ready chavved!: www.metro.co.uk/metro/competitions/article.html?in_article_id=22151&in_page_id=6

Yeah, I saw that too. The list of "modifications" is laughable because it doesn't list anything mechanical - it's all cosmetic.

[shadowninja]

sianb said:

Don't bother with your DIY mods - enter this competion in today's Metro and win a Punto ready chavved!: www.metro.co.uk/metro/competitions/article.html?in_article_id=22151&in_page_id=6

wtf? are metro trying to lose readers?

[catretriever]

stumartin said:

I wouldn't wipe my arse with the metro.

Yep...The Daily Mail is the paper of choice for arse wiping. That is my they use that no-smudge ink isn't it?

I though the Metro was there to protect the floor of the trains on wet days?

[JonRB]

It's a free paper FFS. What do you expect, a quality broadsheet?

[dontlift]

edc said:

What's wrong with tumble drier hose?!

Because the proper stuff is fireproof

>> Edited by dontlift on Friday 17th December 13:12

[stumartin]

JonRB said:

It's a free paper FFS. What do you expect, a quality broadsheet?

I don't expect anything, I'd rather they left the paper where they found it. And it's not free, just 'free at the point of delivery', to coin a phrase.

[cotty]

pdV6 said:

Often done to install an after-market oil cooler behind the missing lamp. Obviously quite unlikely on a MaxMuppet-mobile. e.g. >> Edited by pdV6 on Friday 17th December 10:01

Seen this on E30 BMW's but only on race cars, tube goes to air filter