would like to if possible make some sort of barrier between my engine and cone filter so that the filter only pulls in cold air.

would obviously have to go across the front right corner and have a hole in it for the filter but id also like to make it meet the bonnet when closed with some sort of seal (seal meaning in a bit of rubber like seals on a car door).
basically as air tight as possible.

so any suggestion on what materials to use that are cheap and would be able to with stand the heat??

 

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look on the last page here m8. just a matter of geting some card, cutting templates then making it all out of sheet metal.

stew (axgt_bwaii)

 

sounds cheap but recon i could do that safely with MDF? as not realy got the tools for cutting sheet metal. (althought at work on a rig now i wonder!!)

just realy going for cooling down my whole engine bay wrapping the exhaust aswell.

 

Surely you can cut out metal sheet even with a £10 B&Q jigsaw & a metal cutting blade if you're strapped for cash? Would be a lot better than MDF I think mate.

I was thinking about doing one on mine when I get my new filter and cutting up & repainting some old PC cases so I don't even have to buy any metal!

 

thats my kinda style

stew

 

I made mine from approx 1mm thick aluminium from B&Q cost £10
Cut with a pair of big scissors.
Used some old fuel pipe cut along its length to use on the top as a seal and stuck down with silver foil tape.
I also bought a 90 degree samco as it was easier to box it in at the front near headlight.
You can just see it in this pic.

 

like your header tank m8.

 

cool as **** in the impreza the kind of thing i was thinking of do u notice a difference??
tell u the truth my mod would be for a VR6 but get a good idea from that though. cheers. so guess what im doing when i get home then!!!!!!!!

 

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cool as **** in the impreza the kind of thing i was thinking of do u notice a difference??


Still waiting for my car to be mapped so not able to floor it at the mo, but if I open the bonnet when the engine is hot and put one hand in front of the air filter and the other hand between top hose and header tank there is a BIG diffrence in temp.

 

perfect exactly what i want to hear. will do it as soon as i can.
should make significant difference to my VR6 hopefully as il be fitting a 6-2-1 manifold and induction kit and isolating it all at the same time.

 

how far did u run the aluminium into the engine bay vertically or did u put a bottom on the box?

 

The inner wing itself on a impreza works as a bottom for the box.

 

can't think if it does on a golf aswell will have to have a look and see. cheers mate lets hope it works.

 

same here. think even the new ones do.

stew

 

69WRX

Who makes your strut brace?

 

Sorry mate no idea of the make of strut brace, it was on the car when I got it but I have seen the same one on other scoobies.

 

Think you'll find its an e-tech brace

 

Cheers Morpheous.