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Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 17:47:30 GMT
From: "M PLUMLEE" <eplumleenopsamouth.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Air temperature issues using stock air box vs. K&N cone


it sounds like a great idea! take pictures and post on the web! I would like to do the same with my 1991 SPG with red apc! Mark "Dan Schleifer" <stevenopsamcom> wrote in message news:3AED7272.7845B1FBnopsamcom... > So, I was about to order the K&N cone filter kit for my 90' 900spg when > I started thinking about air temperature. The current, slightly > convoluted, airbox takes air from outside the engine bay right where the > APC unit is located. From a temperature perspective, this is great > because it is relativly shielded from engine bay heat, but from a flow > perspective doesn't work very well. There is no clear path for fresh > air to enter above the fender well (besides the gaps around the > headlight), and once it does enter that area, it has to go through all > that piping just to get to the air mass meter. However, if I were to > use the K&N cone right off of the air mass meter, it seems like I would > be getting much warmer air. I know that this is bad for combustion > (even with the intercooler) and may also effect the air mass meter's > heat filiment. > > I was considering taking the air intake from the turbo unit and > rerouting it to the other side of the engine (by the battery) and down > underneath the car where a K&N filter could suck cool air from under the > car. It seems like this would be a shorter route for air than the stock > airbox, with roughly the same number of turns, but I would be getting > cold air, and could also use one of those little air scoops under the > car to help force air into the system. > > Does anyone have any thoughts on airflow/temperature. Can you think of > a reason not to reroute the air intake down past the battery? Has > anyone had ill-effects from the heat issue of taking air from the engine > bay? Am I nuts? > > Thanks, and sorry for the long-winded post (monday morning, first cup of > coffee down, mind scattered...). -Dan > > > > -- > Dan Schleifer | 804.242.5088 | dannopsamis.cc > Fenris Security

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