im helping a friend out at the moment with his escort gti the problem is running a cold air feed pipe to airbox sticking to the standard air box with a k&n panel filter as the cone filter isnt his cup of tea, trouble is theres not much room to route it ideally id like run it to lower front grill with a alloy ram trumpet on outer grill but theres no space to feed a pipe in does anybody no if any body does a 90 degree cold feed air pipe to fit a standard airbox to keep it away from the top radiator hoses etc as thats the problem were having the heat) whether silcone or that silver flexable stuff(is that heat prove) or has anybody got a idea of best place to route it and how to keep heat away.....weve done a few mock ups with a pipe to just below lower front bumper and it really does free up the revs and a lot quicker acelaration by removing that air intake plastic top grill pipe,which to me seems way to small in the first place and just by a simple mod of a cold feed to the standard airbox without messing up the maf sensor etc

 

managed to sort it by using a silcone hose as a cold air pipe running down to bottom of engine and a k&n panel filter replacement goes a lot better