Cold air box from an old fridge!! - Page 3

I6corp · 11-09-2006, 05:13 PM

10*C drop is great

Well done mate,

Carnt wait until you get it sealed, and looking mint.

**Stav** · 11-09-2006, 05:27 PM

Thanks mate.Its pretty funny,I did not expect any temperature drop being unsealed but it has come down.

Ruger · 11-09-2006, 05:36 PM

i dunno if the au is the same as the ba but i removed the washer bottle and got even more air into that corner! fit another 3" duct pipe.
investigate in that.

and useless do some research on peltier elements and try and get one of those in your box. they a little square plate run off 12v and have a hot and cold side. put a heatsink and fan on the hot side hanging in the engine bay and a heatsink on the cold side inside the airbox. the cold side is 60 degrees C colder than the hot side. keep the hot side at say 50-60 degrees and you got a massive heatsink in your airbox at -10 to 0 degrees
thatll bring temps down

**Stav** · 11-09-2006, 05:50 PM

Ruger ..trust me that I will time this setup when its finished and if it makes the car quicker it will stay.Peltiers draw alot of power.But I have some ideas I want to try first which no one here has tried yet.

JC · 11-09-2006, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by useless

Holy ghost...its dropped intake temps by 10 degrees and its not even sealed yet! Needs to be sealed and a combo of my ideas thrown in.!! Then on to reduce the total underbonnet temps!!

Is that measured on the same day, or an old reading against today's reading?

I have to say, I did a similar mod about 3 years ago on my AU2 V8 Forte - I still have the sheet metal lid and sides, and I had a pod in it. Apart from induction noise, I didn't notice much difference, but when I opened the bonnet, it just looked crap - though I have to say, it looked better than what you have done (sorry, but it's true).

Now, to help you in the cosmetics department, go to Clarke rubber and buy some crimpable rubber/vinyl edging in black. It's similar to the stuff that goes on the inside of the old XD/E door trim. It's basically U shaped, about 10mm wide by 5mm and has a sort of wire/metal inside it which you can crimp to fit any edge. It will tidy up those very dodgy looking edges.

This is the sort of stuff I'm talking about:

**Stav** · 11-09-2006, 07:33 PM

Thanks mate.I have seen this stuff before but didnt know where to get it.Good stuff.

JoesAu · 11-09-2006, 07:34 PM

i reckon i could make one out of the cool room panels i have, there 50mm thick, i should try it but i think im a bit lazy and it sounds like to much work. i dont want a pod either there crap, i would make it to suit the panel. MMm! now im thinking i can do it. coolroom panels are good too.

**Stav** · 11-09-2006, 07:35 PM

Joe...I like your style mate!!

JoesAu · 11-09-2006, 07:42 PM

its a project i will keep in mind. but knowing me i'll be out in me oldmans shed tommorow designing it

**Stav** · 11-09-2006, 08:56 PM

Dammit I am like you.I think I may gointo the shed right now just to get more done.

JoesAu · 11-09-2006, 09:05 PM

so u reckon its worth doing??

JoesAu · 11-09-2006, 09:11 PM

it would be so much easier just to use a pod, i could make a mad setup, its a bit harder with a panel filter...., still can do it, just will take alot more thinking and stuffing around, main reason i dont use the pod is cos my car drinks like a drag car wen its on.

**Stav** · 11-09-2006, 10:08 PM

I have a pod man.I thought pods were poofy.But when I tested them the car went quicker.Ill be buggered if I know why ..but it worked for me.

I6corp · 11-09-2006, 10:30 PM

The induction noise is ****en awesome......... to :P

JoesAu · 12-09-2006, 05:14 PM

yeah fuel economy goes out the window thou

I6corp · 12-09-2006, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by JoesAu

yeah fuel economy goes out the window thou

Only becuase you love the sound of the induction ;)

**Stav** · 12-09-2006, 05:18 PM

Joe what kms are you getitng anyway out of a tank.?

I sealed the box temporarily today and it feeds air from behind the light.For some strange reason the intake ran much much hotter!!

JoesAu · 12-09-2006, 05:21 PM

400 max out of a tank, its running rich , i can smell it.

JoesAu · 12-09-2006, 05:22 PM

oxy sensor must be rooted

**Stav** · 12-09-2006, 05:22 PM

If you can smell it then you have a fuel leak my friend.Id get someone to check the injectors,filter connections etc.

JoesAu · 12-09-2006, 05:27 PM

na i can smell it from the exhaust, not like straight fuel smell

JoesAu · 12-09-2006, 05:27 PM

my car stinks i cant breathe it in i hate the smell

JoesAu · 12-09-2006, 05:28 PM

i cant explain it, but its not straight fuel i can smell. Possible injectors are stuffed How do u check em??

**Stav** · 12-09-2006, 05:37 PM

I would personally remove each sparkl plug and see which one looks wet or really black.This would isolate the problem cylinder.

JoesAu · 12-09-2006, 05:39 PM

yeah the piston rings are probably rooted. But i dont seem to be burning oil that much

JoesAu · 12-09-2006, 05:40 PM

When i removed the plugs last time, they were all black

**Stav** · 12-09-2006, 05:42 PM

Save for an edit mate..its worth it.

JoesAu · 12-09-2006, 05:44 PM

could take it in for a dyno analysis

JoesAu · 12-09-2006, 06:07 PM

well i might try to make this airbox anyway.

**Stav** · 12-09-2006, 06:14 PM

Its all just for fun mate.It is for time on our hands and a symbol of blokehood!!