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Air Ducts

Post by Pre_luda_Chris » Wed Sep 06, 2017 11:26 pm

Has anyone here seen or tried ducting their engine bay... rads or direct air ram.

I am currently drawing things up and would love to get some inspiration for aspiration lol

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Post by NafemanNathan » Wed Sep 06, 2017 11:39 pm

Do you mean a cold air feed? You don't need to duct the engine bay or even really the radiator.

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Re: Air Ducts

Post by tom023 » Thu Sep 07, 2017 1:08 am

Seeing as I don't have front fog lights I had thought about doing it for the front brakes. I can't really see the point in doing it for the engine bay though. People do fit a blank off plate that stops air going above the radiator and missing it if that is what you mean.

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Re: Air Ducts

Post by Pre_luda_Chris » Sat Sep 23, 2017 7:50 am

tom023 wrote:Seeing as I don't have front fog lights I had thought about doing it for the front brakes. I can't really see the point in doing it for the engine bay though. People do fit a blank off plate that stops air going above the radiator and missing it if that is what you mean.

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I've seen a few projects like that tom would be a good one to do.

I thought maybe to do that or adding some duct pipes from the front to the wanted areas.

Those cooling plates are good but not optimal. I might just start with that and draw something up from there.

I read that having an exit duct or vent improves the air flow and air resistance. Though cutting into my bonnet is going to take a lot of careful planning! Haha



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Post by RattyMcClelland » Sat Sep 23, 2017 10:30 am

On a road car. Completely unnecessary. Even brake ducts. Those will actually do more harm as the brake will be cold permanently. If track car where temperatures are always high then yes.
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Post by Pre_luda_Chris » Mon Sep 25, 2017 9:02 pm

I was thinking more for air resistance than for temperatures

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Post by NafemanNathan » Mon Sep 25, 2017 9:20 pm

Without removing the engine to duct a massive amount of air up over the windscreen, you'd be better off blocking off all vents and channelling the air around the car. But honestly, because race car, not because daily ;)

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Post by Pre_luda_Chris » Mon Sep 25, 2017 9:31 pm

yeah thats the spirit Nafe lol

thought it might be good to emulate the vent set up of the mk1

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Post by NafemanNathan » Mon Sep 25, 2017 9:43 pm

The MK1 what?

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Post by Pre_luda_Chris » Mon Sep 25, 2017 9:48 pm

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