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[xr2i-mods]

I've put an induction kit on my FRST and I dont like the idea of it sucking in lots of hot air!!!

I'm going to make a heat shielded enclosure around it, question is, do I make a complete enclosure for the induction kit that is as sealed as I can get it and then simply duct cool air into the heat shielded enclosure?

or

do I, for example, make some slats on top of the heat shielded enclosure to allow any hot air that might penetrate the shiled to escape? (As well as ducting in the cool air of course?) Maybe this will give me a better flow of air around the filter as well if I allow some to escape?

Tell me what you think fellas.

Cheers. Steve.

[Kento]

I wouldnt have thought it would make much of a difference as the air goes through the intercooler before it goes into the cylinders neway ?

[xr2i-mods]

Ok, I ve heard this before, forgive me if I'm way off track, but this is how I'm thinking:

Surely the intercooler has a cooling ratio it operates at, say 5:4, by this I mean, if the air going into the intercooler is say 100 degrees, it has the ability to cool it to 80 degrees and pump this into the chambers.

So, if we reduce the temperature of the air it draws in to say 50 degees, then the intercooler must still have the same cooling ratio and now cool this air to 40 degrees. Meaning, if I can reduce the temperature of the air drawn in, I will cool this further, and as cooler air is richer in oxygen molecules, make a bigger bang and more power!!!

If it didnt matter what temperature the air was that was sucked in, basically you can say you can draw in air at 300 degrees and that little tiny intercooler will still cool it to the same temperature??? I cant see this happening!!!

I can be wrong however and will hold my hands up if someone can put me straight, but this is how I'm thinking things work at the minute!!!

So fellas, back to my original question, whats best, totally sealed in or with vents to maybe allow a better flow of air?

Cheers. Steve.

[Project]

Extend the hose between the turbo and filter and mount the cone as low down in the front o/s wheelarch as possible. Avoid deep puddles