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Cold air piping and heatshield partition for pod's

pushead

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I was wondering has anyone managed to add in a cold air pipe for their pod's with stock intercooler? I looked everywhere and couldn't find any place to fit down a cold pipe.

Here's a pic of my pod. If someone can indicate where abouts they have fitted a cold air pipe that would be great :D

Also, has anyone created a template for their heatshield partition? i am in the middle process of drawing one up but if you can post a pic of your template so i can goto a aluminum place to get it cut out would be less work ;)

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Jay95R33 Grand Master

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Here's a link to the one that I've made up.

http://hyperwa.com/sau/cai/

Heaps of people have used it and are happy with it.

Also, do a search, there is a massive thread on this subject in which all the info you need is in it together with heaps of pictures of other peoples cold air boxes.

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JimX Grand Master

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Ah, here's yet another advantage of the front facing plenum mod :D With the front facing plenum you free up a hole under the air box which was previously used by the old intercooler piping, which you can then run your piping down. You can also free up the hole by re-routing your FMIC up and over the radiator instead of through the old pipes.

If you've still got the stock intercooler, or a front mount coming back through the factory piping, then you pretty much have to cut another hole in the same area. Personally, I would do one of the other mods first and then just re-use the old hole, rather than cutting a new one. But people have cut the extra hole with success.

JimX Grand Master

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Aluminium DOES conduct and absorb heat, and rather well. What do you think the heat sink on your CPU is made of? :D Aluminium actually conducts heat better than steel or iron.

(note: I know that some heat sinks are copper or other fancy materials. I'm just playing the odds here. My heat sink is copper :))

Edit: Of all the piping in your intake system, I'd say that the one going to the air box (if you have one) is the one least likely to be affected by heat soak. So you could get away with exposed aluminium there. Hell, I even have exposed aluminium on my intercooler piping and it doesn't seem to worry anything. But PVC is a lot easier to cut and work with, and cheaper. For something you can't really see from the engine bay, PVC is probably going to be a better option.

pushead Veteran

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oppps :)

ok, anyway i have finish drawing up the partition and will head down to my local aluminum place to get it cut out. if it doesn't fit i'll use yours Jay95R33.

@Jay95R33 : so there's 3 plates off your template? bottom of pod, top of pod and 1 on the side?

JimX Grand Master

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I have seen 32's with the over-the-top pipes so I would say yes :D Instead of going back along the front near the cooler, the pipe goes straight up near the washer bottle (I think you need another hole, mine did) and then over the top of the radiator, and then across the top of the engine.

The cold air tube is something I've been meaning to do for ages, I just never got around to it :)

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As far as CAI goes, I didnt bother until I got an aftermarket FMIC, otherwise you have to do some terrible hacking.

But once you remove the factory intercooler, you can use the existing piping from the factory intercooler for CAI and it works and fits beautifully with absolutely no modding. Just need a box heat shield box to seal it in now.

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