Made A Cold Air Induction

[gts-t 4 life]

Made this today. it turned out good i got some pix of how i did it.

First we had to mark out on the hood where we were going to put it.

Then we covered up the car so that we did not get sparks on the paint.

Then we cut out the hole out for the vent.

Then we painted the cut steal so that it would not rust.

Then put the vent on and this is how it looks now.

[Einstein]

bet that makes some cool noise too

[gts-t 4 life]

lmao have not had it at 100 since i have done it lol did not think of that will let you no how it sounds

[MountainRunner]

Neat job.

[WazR32GTSt]

nice

out of curiosity, what's the legality on cutting the bonnet?

PS i reckon spray the mesh black also.. looks a bit funny with the mesh in silver but the vent in black...

[r_speedfreak_r]

i dont know how effective that would actually be. In theory it would suck the air from under the bonnet outside not letting outside air in

[Mud]

you have some big balls cuttin your car like that.

not something I would do.

Looks good,

I hopw you dont get any water in there.

[Al]

Have you ever seen what a mist of water does to a blade/turbine spinning at 20,000+rpm?

Just keep it out of the rain, and you'll be right

[Noy]

looking at it, is the front sitting flush with the bonnet? its so small unless you have an inclosed airbox that seals against the bonnet its not really going to give you much air at all.

[Spook's_Skyline]

well, i dont know about rain being an issue

i ran my pod in the front bar for a few years and never had any dramas

ive since moved it back into the engine bay, due to the pod getting too dirty being down that low

i prefer my airhole below the pod

i already had holes there, so now i suck up cool air from the ground side

Edited December 2, 2006 by Spook's_Skyline

[T04GTR]

hmmm. il keep the angle grinder away from my bonnet lol. it looks pretty good but.

i was going to do that to my dr30. but with a cosworth scoop instead of a hole.

[gts-t 4 life]

nice

out of curiosity, what's the legality on cutting the bonnet?

PS i reckon spray the mesh black also.. looks a bit funny with the mesh in silver but the vent in black...

What i have done is still legal because i have not cut the sub frame out of it. So it has not been weakened in any way.

Edited December 3, 2006 by gts-t 4 life

[gts-t 4 life]

Mud it was so hard doing it thats why i spent so long preping it all lmao.

it took 60 sec to cut it out and like 40 min to get it all set up. it was not something i wonted to rush

[Nismo_Boy]

I’d paint the mesh black.. Or even the same colour as the car.. But that’s just me, other wise looks like a clean job.

I duno if I would worry about rain, I had a custom alloy box with no base in my standard intercooler location with a Pod in it, that pulled air from the ground and wheel well.

The car spent a lot of time on wet roads, with no problems with water getting anywhere near the turbo.

Edited December 3, 2006 by Nismo_Boy

[gts-t 4 life]

yer most of the time if ya get watter in ya turbo ya can hear it. has happend to me befor drive throw a pot hole with watter in it. it was back and running fine after about 60 sec. If i am driveing and it rains relly hadr then i will just put a peace of duck tape over the mesh its only smaal so dont hink i will have to do that

[r_speedfreak_r]

your pod filter should act as a water proof cover to stop water going into the turbo. In saying that if your pod filter gets wet it'll starve the engine of air

[D-limo]

What happened to the black bonnet with speed holes?

[IanB]

id never have the balls to take an angle grinder to my bonnet.

Also, I would be worried with that design of the thing filling up with water when it rains.... The pod should be waterproof right, so wheres the water going to go?

[maxe]

id never have the balls to take an angle grinder to my bonnet.

I think its less about balls and more about retardation

[nF]

haha what the f**k

why cut the bonnet when you can just vent air up from behind the headlight and not cut anything

also "weekend" lol

Edited December 3, 2006 by nF