Cowl Mania intake- NB8A

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Postby sliq » Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:19 pm

i didn't like how the car felt sluggish at low rpm's.. that's my only criticism of it.. it frees up a lot more space in your engine bay though..

if i had money, i'd get the sp motorsport one.. it keeps the tuned length and it gets nice cold air from the passenger side
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Postby RG.net » Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:12 am

irwin83r wrote:
MXHEVN wrote:
Alex wrote:I didn't want to drill a hole that's all


X2

i dont want it to be seen after i use a different setup etc.


nothing masking tape and a can of touch up paint wouldnt hide :wink:

for the nb8a i'd be more interested to get boxed in fillter in the original location and then run ducting up to it from the front mouth from either around the back of the head light down through where fog lights are located or on the cold side having either an air box in the front bumper to keep some intake runner length or have a short intake like mine with some ducting from the front mouth. this way you arnt attacking your fire wall..


not for a show oriantated engine bay.

reason why i did the left side intake is because the other setup i had crossed over the radiator, mine is a cooling pro and can get quite hot, thus transfers heat to the intake pipe and would increase intake temps a fair bit. now i can touch it without getting burnt, also if you were to go to wakie, or the strip even, you can take the drivers headlight and have instant c.a.i! would work better with a sealed airbox, which i am currently in the process of making.
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Postby sliq » Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:20 am

you could always get a radiator cowl cover mxhevn? they're not that expensive.. it keeps some of the hot air from the radiator out of the engine bay.
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Postby RG.net » Sun Oct 26, 2008 5:41 pm

sliq wrote:you could always get a radiator cowl cover mxhevn? they're not that expensive.. it keeps some of the hot air from the radiator out of the engine bay.


nb's come with a radiator cowl stock dont they? i know mine did. its the radiator itself, because of the polished alloy it gets extremely hot, if i remember correctly you recently installed a cooling pro radiator, you were able to touch the stock radiator, try touching the new one.
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Postby sliq » Sun Oct 26, 2008 6:45 pm

there's a radiator cowl that covers the top of the radiator too..

lol i'll turn your offer down of touching the radiator after a drive
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Postby RG.net » Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:18 pm

sliq wrote:there's a radiator cowl that covers the top of the radiator too..

lol i'll turn your offer down of touching the radiator after a drive


i thought they only fitted the stock radiator? either way i like to show off the bling of the radiator :mrgreen:
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