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Guest Lojikl

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Guest Lojikl

Guest Lojikl

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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,

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rev210 Grand Master

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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.

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BigDatto Proficient

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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 !!

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Jay95R33 Grand Master

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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

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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

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