Cold Air Box

[Guest Lojikl]

Ok, I'm sure its been posted a hundred times b4 but since I got no luck from the other forums i'll try again.

Does anyone have a template (or even some decent instructions) to build a cold air box around my pod filter.

I'm pretty mechanically challenged so if anyone has some good tips, that would be great.

Cheers,

[rev210]

mate its pretty easy to make one from the aluminium foil backed foam from clark rubber. $23 per m.

After you cut that stuff out to fit, you have a template for a metal one should you want it to look pretty, or you could just cover the foam one with fibreglass resin and paint it.

The foam is a fantastic heat shield.

[ix9]

take a look what killer-t has done with his cold-air box/thinggy mabob. absolute PRO!!!

[Jay95R33]

Loj - I can email you the one I have done up. Just let me know what your email address is (it'll have to take about 2meg).

[ix9]

Jay...

I'd LOVE a template if you've got one...

i can host it for you too, if you want

[Guest Lojikl]

Could you email one to [email protected]

Cheers

[BigDatto]

Lojikl,

If scissors & tinsnips aren't too challenging, read on..

Make a template around your pod from cardboard, ensuring that the corrugations are vertical. trim it so when u close the bonnet there is say 1/2 - 1 inch clearance. Then at intervals of about 1/2" around the top edge insert 2" brads ( small bullet head nails) where your template meets the bonnet. GENTLY close the bonnet - pushing the brads further into the cardboard. You now have a PERFECT profile ! carefully remove your template, carefully unfold it, trace it onto sheet alloy, play "connect the dots" - to get the top edge & hey presto - full sick, custom, and SEALED. BTW the best stuff for the top edge is neoprene pipe lagging - same stuff used on air-con lines. $2.50 a metre from Clark rubber !!

I've done 3 like this on different cars & it's simple - just takes time...

here's my Proton GTi..

note the neoprene has taken the shape of the bonnet... airtight !!

[ix9]

Thanks to Jay, I have posted his templates up at http://www.hyperwa.com/sau/cai if anyone's interested.

Thanks Jayson!

[Guest Lojikl]

Good work fellas

[Jay95R33]

[Mr Squiggle]

SWEET

[JH32]

BigDatto: I spoze there is a vent in your bonnet above that cold air box! Since you said it was airtight

Sweet looking job though well done!

[JH32]

And Jay: I don't suppose your template would fit an R32 would it?

Are R33s and R32s the same in that area?

[Jay95R33]

Originally posted by JiMiH

And Jay: I don't suppose your template would fit an R32 would it?

Are R33s and R32s the same in that area? [/quoteJ

JiMiH - naaa, totally different. They look the same until you hold the template upto the R32 then you just scratch your head

J

[JiMb0]

Does anyone have any actual pictures of their installed cold air boxes ?

Also has anyone ventured into the induction side of things, eg drawing cool air from the front bar etc ?

Would love to see some different installs

[Guest KILLER-T]

YEp i have a jay95r33's cold airbox design in my car it was simple to make from his templates i used tin to make a test fit one and then used stainless steel and foam from clark rubber to seal it:D

[Guest KILLER-T]

and one from the top so you can get a idea on the size of it and for cold air induction i just let it suck cold air through the holes were the factory I/C pipes went through. i tried some of that silver flexi duct but once i reached 1bar it would start to fold up and become restrictive

[Jay95R33]

Killer-T - nice engine bay. Did you do the polishing??

How did you go with the template? Did you have any problems with it??

J

[Guest KILLER-T]

No problems at all with the template mate and i did the polishing while the engine was in pieces after someone blew it up but thats another storie :uh-huh:

[JiMb0]

Very very nice. Out of interest, how much did all the material cost ?

Did you do anything different to Jay's deisgn ?

Also any tips on polishing I'm looking at polishing my bay up, bit by bit, but have no idea on the correct technique to achieve the results you have.