Mike Rainbird

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As you know, I have been having cooling issues with the car and want to get some cold air into the engine bay. With this in mind, I want to do something like Shonky's with the inner lights removed.

So all the people that have done this, what have you used for mesh and have you ducted the air in anyway?

Pitcures would be most helpful .

rsnissan

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i would have used mesh for mesh and ducted the air into the engine bay by removing the inner lights.

HTH




sorry but it was sinking like a lead baloon......

i'll get me coat

sbd16v

if you did would some rear facein lurves (SP) be a good idea to help a sort of flow across the engine bay

Mike Rainbird

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Andy,
Yes, get your coat .

This is what I want to use, but I was wondering what people use for mesh when they do this. For example, a speaker grill, as this could be bought shaped like the headlight?

Come on peeps, I've seen loads of cars with grills, but have never looked close enough to seee what was done...

Rob,
For the hot air to be removed out of the engine bay, the louvres have to be facing the way they are on the car, as the air passing over then draws the hot air from out of the engine bay (as my scorched vents prove - and that's despite a heavy duty Spec-R heat shield and happened at high speed cruising and NOT with ALA )

Ginge !

what about a eco6 bonnet vent and a jap style front bumper

TIFF

What about raising the rear of the bonnet, ( I know it may be a little chavvy but i does work as it causes a flow through the engine bay)

Ginge !

yeah forgot about bonnet raiser blocks too


or a light weight perspex bonnet, no more hot engine temps as ya can stand beside ya car with ya Mcchicken sandwich meal and tell the other chavs how fast ya car is

Mike Rainbird

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I want to get cold air in as well and I ain't no chav, so the bonnet lifting is out of the question .

I also believe that this puts a strain on the bonnet catch and given how and where I drive, I don't want the bonnet to flip up and I don't like bonnet pins.

Ginge !

but chrome speaker ports from halfords are find then

Mike Rainbird

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Ginge, I was thinking more about two 4" K&N trumpets with some speaker grills as mesh?

Someone must have done this ?

Twins

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Why not use a section of grille the same as what is fitted in the front bumper,cut out to shape and bend the ends around the headlight hole from behind and bond it on

Ginge !

or a few McDonald cups with the bottoms cut out

maybe even get em to sponser you too

Anonymous

...Mike i have a cold air duct from the bottom of the spoiler in the grill bit on the air filter side...you could do both sides???

Billabong

....because the mesh on an EsCos bumper would let seagulls through it

Michael, you can get pliable/mouldable speaker mesh.... Any decent audio place will have, or have access to some.

Alternatively:

A: Direct cold air feed straight to turbo, utilising a pair of your old tights for filtration....

B: Just stick a K&N cone in the inner light aperture straight to turbo...(outside of engine bay so no hot air drawn from engine

PAUL S

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Demon Thieves do a plastic inlet duct for about £15 each which fits behind the mesh fog grilles perfectly, chanel these into flexi spiral wound hoses into the bay around the cooler

They look original as well so no chav appeal. I had them on my 500 bumper feeding into the original airbox with an extra inlet in the base of the box

M.A.D.RST

Here you go Mike, im sure the owner can give you some guidance

Rob M666SCC

I bought a pair of 6" speaker grills from maplins for about £4, they fitted Perfectly......

Behind that i used the wire /silicone ducting pipe that samco make to duct the air in the engine bay

Hope that helps

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Paul J

Dont bother with mesh.

Paul Eggleton

Mike, Shonky told me his came of a rally car. Ask Tim Finch or someone similar if they have any which you could tidy up.

Paul

dave cos4x4

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What about some sort of scoop from enderneath or from the bumper grill.

Some of that alloy duct with some scoops on the end maybe.


Just a thought.




Dave.

Rob M666SCC

They did,

I refitted em and they didn't fit too well, wouldn't be up to Mike's Bufty standards.....

DanS

Mike, I got two 5 & 1/2" speaker grills for my rst, perfect fit and they look sweet as they are domed like a headlight. From Maplins.

Mike Rainbird

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Thank you, some half sensible replies from some people .

Just to point out I can't use the fog-light grills, as the offside one is already utilised to feed cold air to the airbox, as per the OE arrangement on the Escorts.

I like what John has done to his (I knew I had seen it somewhere ), I just need the grills and the ones from Maplins sound ideal.

Any more for any more?

Ginge !

cut out front bumper like the erst boys have

Mike Rainbird

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Ginge,
Why would I do that when I can easily remove the headlights ?

Turbosystems

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act, ect now ubt what next mike

Mike Rainbird

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Tony,
I have no idea, that is the whole point in me having my car. I enjoy finding the solutions to the problems . If I couldn't constantly think of ways to attempt to improve the car, then I would get bored .

Ginge !

mike it would look soooooo cool though

btw mike why not do a 1 off set of NORMAL escos lights with the fog light removed and made to look facotry

stops the idea of getting the speaker grill chav mod like all the corsa boys have

ill show ya a pic of what i mean when i stop being a lazy shite and finish em

Mike Rainbird

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Ginge,
Learn to read

Ginge !

mike i men the headlamps to make a new style scoop and loose the twin headlamps as they look pooh

i ment full bean and not fog lights

RichardPON

I haven't got any pics, BUT.............

I removed the inner headlight and fitted a recessed alloy spun trumpet (that Pipercross sell. I then used a 6" speaker gril, and "modded" it to fit - looks pretty good to me!

Mike Rainbird

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PON,
Post is useless without pictures .

RichardPON

Oh well

foreigneRS

i would doubt the air flow capabilities of speaker grilles at high speed, but as you know, you'd have to test it

Jon(m600)

Hi mike the duct on my car is a Sub port bought from Demon tweaks it looks like a trumpet with one half alloy(the same as on my car) and the other half is plastic(which fits even better and can be painted body colour) i think there made by a company called Vibe Hope this helps m8

Martin-Hadland

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mike,
why not remove the quad headlamp kit and have a light pod on the bonnet instead?!

Mike Rainbird

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Martin,
Hardy-ha . Sensible replies only please .

DanS

Hardly a "chav mod" mate. They fit perfectly and do a fantastic job of stopping stones flying onto oil coolers.

Ginge !

touched a nerve have i dan

what they like for flaying parts of rabbit then