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, Thu, 7 Feb 2008 14:22:17
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To jdlincoln and everyone else interested in this topic...
Today I felt like being creative, so I went to Home Depot to see if I could find anything that would seal off (at least partially seal off) the fender wall from the engine compartment. I found the perfect solution. It is a piece of thermoplastic roof flashing with a rubber seal in the middle. I cut it out to my specifications and installed it on the outer wall (inside the fender) on my Genuine Saab open air intake. I suppose you could put another one on the inside (engine compartment side) to prevent even more hot air flow into the intake.
However, since most of the air gets sucked from the inner fender wall, I put it on the inside. I am going to get another roof flashing for the engine compartment too. This is rather difficult to explain, but look here for some pictures. The shots are on page 2, and a picture of the roof flashing is on page 1 of the photo album:
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http://rides.webshots.com/album/562380970gOhrwi
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I'm sure someone else could do this a better way, but this was my $4.29 solution (literally, this piece is cheap). Maybe even a custom fabricated sheet metal piece welded to the Genuine Saab intake.
I drove the car to see if there was a sound difference in the intake, and I could not notice any. It doesn't muffle sound, just does a good job separating the fender wall from the engine compartment. I just decided as I was writing this to go back to Home Depot and grab another roof flashing for the inside. This way, cold air from outside STAYS in the fender wall and hot air from the radiator/engine STAYS in the engine compartment.
Thus, you have a solution, where you can get the best of both worlds: a performance open air intake accompanied by some homemade seals to isolate cold/warm air.
Good luck!
posted by 137.159.120...
, Thu, 7 Feb 2008 07:26:51, Thu, 7 Feb 2008 14:22:17, Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:40:30
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