Air intake question...

[Guest]

Hi,

I've got a 99 STI Type R and I've pulled the air resonator box out from the front guard so now I've got the air box just with the opening into the front guard and the pipe coming in from the grill and then stops short of the guard because the resonator box stick out from the guard slightly...

The question is, what now? Is there a replacement part I can buy that will connect the 2 through the guard but still allow a decent flow into the air box or is there a trick I'm missing? In theory there will be some amount of hot air coming into the guard from that hole plus I'm wasting the nice cold air coming in from the grill.

Thanks

[loud_As]

Hey a common cure to this problem to to buy 3 inch flexi tubing that you can get from your local repco or hardware shop and plumb it straight from your bumper or similar to the factory air filter box

[Guest]

Yeah, I thought about that but I'd rather not cut into the bumper or the fog light cover...

[Swindog]

Attach a vent to the bottom of it and and angle it slightly down. The turbo will draw incoming air in aswell. Did this on my old RA and used a second hand brake vent to acheive it taped and zip tied it up so was solid and worked well.

[Guest]

[Guest]

Why doesn't it surprise me that you've come up with a way there Col

What were the sizes and measurements you used?

P.S. Might be worth putting some black mesh in there to stop the big ass leaves going in?

[Swindog]

 Qwerty said:

Or that!

[Guest]

Since i have a version 4 i don't have the measurements for the version 5.

Just have a play around with a 90 and 135? degree bends.

I don't have any mesh, leaves have never been a problem.

[Guest keltik]

This flexi pipe stuff....where can one purchase it? Repco seem to be no help. Now that i have no foglights - just a discreet circular hole - i want to run this setup and get rid of the BH scoop above the radiator

[loud_As]

 keltik said:

This flexi pipe stuff....where can one purchase it? Repco seem to be no help. Now that i have no foglights - just a discreet circular hole - i want to run this setup and get rid of the BH scoop above the radiator

Go to bunnings or mastertrade or pretty much any plumbing shop dont thinks it costs anymore than 20 dollars

[BC5RA]

If your based in wellington then go to Road and Track in Lower hutt they sell it by the meter.

[Stoffa]

I got some aluminium flexi hose from road and track, its easily bent into shape, then it holds it shape, I just cable tied it to my FMIC piping. its good stuff

[Guest]

 keltik said:

This flexi pipe stuff....where can one purchase it? Repco seem to be no help. Now that i have no foglights - just a discreet circular hole - i want to run this setup and get rid of the BH scoop above the radiator

I got my flexi pipe from supercheaps, its all pushed together but flexes out to like 1.5m ish was about $15 does the job really well

[Guest]

it's a 3 inch hole into the airbox right?

What do you use to keep it in place at the bumper?

[DRFVDR]

cable ties and race tape FTW

no serious

[Guest]

 DRFVDR said:

cable ties and race tape FTW

no serious

yup cable ties and race tape lol