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I`ve started playing again, and have now done away with the standard expansion bottle sited in front of the airbox, and after much fiddling have mounted a new smaller one just behind the swirl pot, the top of this fitting nicely up under the rear of the two service bonnet panels, and higher than the top of the swirl pot.
this gives better access to check coolant levels, and more importantly gives me access to run an extra air intake to the front of the airbox, with air taken from the vent under the drivers side headlights, I`ll put up some ics of that side of things next weekend when its finished.
this gives better access to check coolant levels, and more importantly gives me access to run an extra air intake to the front of the airbox, with air taken from the vent under the drivers side headlights, I`ll put up some ics of that side of things next weekend when its finished.
pipe from top of swirl pot goes to bottom of expansion bottle, as per standard set up, pipe from top of expansion bottle goes to ground, the bottle has a 15psi radiator cap on replacing the old vw cap, so if pressure builds up then coolant goes to the floor via the pipe rather than out of the cap and all down the side of the bottle.
finished the air intake today, this is in addition to the standard intake from under the car, hoping to get a nice extra dose of cold air from the front of the car when on the move.
first addition is a lightwieght aluminium duct made at work,
then a pipe fitted inside the front face of the airbox,
duct fitted in place,
finished job, with airhose wrapped in a layer of bubble wrap with heat shield material over the top.
first addition is a lightwieght aluminium duct made at work,
then a pipe fitted inside the front face of the airbox,
duct fitted in place,
finished job, with airhose wrapped in a layer of bubble wrap with heat shield material over the top.
sibo99, are you my wife in disguise? she tells me things 3 times before I take notice......................apparently
hi dean, will give it a go on a dyno later on, a run with and a run with it disconnected, but dont think you`ll see any possible power gains on a dyno to be honest as the amount of air hitting the front of the car at speed would need to be reciprocated by a very powerful fan.
hi dean, will give it a go on a dyno later on, a run with and a run with it disconnected, but dont think you`ll see any possible power gains on a dyno to be honest as the amount of air hitting the front of the car at speed would need to be reciprocated by a very powerful fan.
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