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a breath of fresh air - flash - 04-06-2009

this is a project i've been meaning to get to for a while now but have been too busy with other parts projects to work on my own car (i swear i'm going to start calling my car the "cobbler's kid")

as a part of my effort to reduce underhood temperatures, and thereby reduce intake temperatures, i took advantage of an opportunity when i had the car in the air yesterday - i had already picked up the shroud piece for the tranny cooler, but yesterday i added a new 3" duct and a formed plenum and running from the front left (where the tranny cooler would be on a tip and a blank plate is on the manual) to the base of the intake i now have a directed blast of cold air - now nice cool fresh air will run right onto the intake, immediately behind the throttle body, cooling it off and lowering intake temps - we all know that cooler intake is free horespower! woohoo!

here are a couple of pics:

a breath of fresh air - rhudeboye - 04-06-2009

QUOTE (flash @ Apr 6 2009, 08:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>we all know that cooler intake is free horespower! woohoo!

interesting. Do you still have and use your g-tech? I understand a mod like this is giving very little but a quick log with each upgrade will give you some sort of measuring point.

a breath of fresh air - flash - 04-06-2009

i do still have it - however, you are very right - this won't product a lot of power - maybe 2-3hp on a good day - remember that this is only blowing ambient air onto the manifold - it's not like i was freezing the charge or anything - it would be too small to show up on a g-tech

a breath of fresh air - ds968 - 04-06-2009

just develop something that redirects the AC air into the intake, and you'll add another 25 HP [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

a breath of fresh air - flash - 04-06-2009

interesting concept

a breath of fresh air - PorscheDude - 04-07-2009

Any pics of the inlet piece at the bumper?

a breath of fresh air - biotechee - 04-07-2009

I'm going to wrap my manifold inlet with cooling coils and incorporate a misting system....

Actually- what do the new air-conditioned seats use for cooling? Is it a fan or some sort of other electrical device?

Anyhow- nice upgrade you got there! Any worries with heat deteriorating the tubing?

a breath of fresh air - flash - 04-07-2009

porschedude - no pics - it's an OEM piece - came on all tip cars

bio - no worries - nothing that hot there, and it's intake tubing, specifically designed for this

a breath of fresh air - S_Cal968 - 04-09-2009

Perhaps install a few peltier thermoelectric modules to the underside of the intake plenum or, that should cool it down. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif[/img]

a breath of fresh air - flash - 04-09-2009

lol - yes, but where do i get the 20 amps to drive them?

a breath of fresh air - S_Cal968 - 04-10-2009

[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img] I wanted to see if we have any electronic types that would catch my sense of humour... Did you google them...[?] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img]

a breath of fresh air - flash - 04-10-2009

nope - that type of a system has been in use in a few race cars for a few years now - i have actually seen one in action, know a manufacturer, and considered it for the 968 (not on the manifold though) - still can't get past the current drain though (nor the currency drain)