gianluigi
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gianluigi
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very interesting concept imo.
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rossnomore
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smart idea
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Nismo
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Oh my days 
I give it 2 weeks till im stood in a carpark laughing at some tits car
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gianluigi
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i dont like the fact it can be used by young drivers to make their car look like a turbo
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Dean_W
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Yep, great place to have your filter bung up with shit in a few weeks. Then you have to take the bumper off to clean the element. Not thought about properly IMO.
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Scotty C
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Clever idea, but what Dean said.
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gianluigi
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quote: Originally posted by Dean_W
Yep, great place to have your filter bung up with shit in a few weeks. Then you have to take the bumper off to clean the element. Not thought about properly IMO.
would probably need to be cleaned on a weekly basis, which is a lot of hassle.
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Butler
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I dont think its clever at all, all those bends arent going to do anything for the air flow. It wil be cold though at least.
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Dean_W
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Probably. It would be a good place to put it for trackdays, strips etc. Not for normal driving.
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gianluigi
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quote: Originally posted by Butler
I dont think its clever at all, all those bends arent going to do anything for the air flow. It wil be cold though at least.
i was thinking this too. good idea, but its crap lol
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Dean_W
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quote: Originally posted by gianluigi
quote: Originally posted by Butler
I dont think its clever at all, all those bends arent going to do anything for the air flow. It wil be cold though at least.
i was thinking this too. good idea, but its crap lol
Depends on the car. On a corsa, there wouldn't be too many bends. Only two or three.
EDIT - If it had an aftermarket inlet.
[Edited on 24-04-2007 by Dean_W]
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antscorsa
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this have been used on civics for over a year now!! only have the pipework on one side tho!!
have got good gains aswell!!!
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gianluigi
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quote: Originally posted by antscorsa
this have been used on civics for over a year now!! only have the pipework on one side tho!!
have got good gains aswell!!!
wouldnt it be in a primary position to suck up exhaust fumes from the car infront? surley that cant be good
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Dean_W
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How far up it's arse would you be sat
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gianluigi
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you know what these chavs are like
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Dean_W
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Cupra Steve
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What about the fact that by the time the air goes through all that metal tubing in the engine bay it will be hot anyway!
It's purely for the looks! And it looks pathetic! It's worse than an alluminium radiator / intercooler trick!
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broster
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quote: Originally posted by Cupra Steve
It's worse than an alluminium radiator / intercooler trick!
ally rads actually do something...........
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Daimo B
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This is has been about for years. Definatly not new.
The previous styled ones only came with 1 air feed into the inlet manifold, not 2 into 1.
If your going to track a car, its a great idea. Just insulate the tubing in heat wrap and your sorted.
Or just get throttle bodies and not worry about it.
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Cupra Steve
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quote: Originally posted by broster
quote: Originally posted by Cupra Steve
It's worse than an alluminium radiator / intercooler trick!
ally rads actually do something...........
I meant when they are used to look like intercoolers, ie i had a mate with a mk4 xr3i and his rad looked like an intercooler!
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Daimo B
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I've never known anyone who's been sensible enough to purchase an ally rad use it as in intercooler?
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Tom
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I know someone who had similar thing on his renault 5 turbo (was literally an airfilter not a FM intercooler (he had a top mount).
Looks a bit stupid imo.
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Butler
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My alu rad has great cooling properties over the old plastic item
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Cupra Steve
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quote: Originally posted by Butler
My alu rad has great cooling properties over the old plastic item
I wasn't saying it hasn't, but my mate only had it as a lok a like intercooler to complete his RST replica, but it just got laughed at.
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