drilling bottom or air box

[amalventano1@comcast.net (Allyn)]

You must still have that factory piece of crap ducting that goes to t=
he lower radiator support. If
you do have that installed you are losing hp cause that thing isnt ex=
actly non-restrictive. Yank
that crap off and you WILL gain a horse or two, even with drawing in =
warmer air.
Al

----- Original Message -----
=46rom: "Marc scirocco Qu=E9bec" <marc_scirocco@yahoo.ca>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 7:31 PM
Subject: RE: drilling bottom or air box


> What is it with you guys, the stock setup does just
> that: it draws cold air from behind the front bumper.
>
> If you think that it goes faster, you had better come
> up with serious numbers, or else it it just snake oil.
>
> As an added bonus, IMHO it looks ugly. I ain't putting
> no kitchen ducting in my Scirocco...
>
> Please get serious, get real improvement to your
> motor, something that will work. Exhaust, Cam,
> porting...
>
> Cheers.
>
> Marc
> '83 Scirocco
> '88 Scirocco Slegato
>
>  --- "Fenton, Shannon" <sfenton@amazon.com> a =E9crit :
> > It does work great under certain circumstances. As I
> > mention in the
> > write up this something your really only going to
> > feel when its nice and
> > cold/dense outside. Hey its like 4 bucks, what have
> > you got to loose.
> > When I switched to the pipercross airbox I took the
> > ram air out since it
> > made difference when it wasnt funneling the air
> > directly into the
> > airbox.
> >
> >
> > Shannon
> >
> > www.scirocco16v.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Scott F. Williams [mailto:sfwilliams@home.com]
> >
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 10:15 AM
> > To: Jeff Toomasson; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Subject: RE: drilling bottom or air box
> >
> >
> > The ram air effect is fairly insignificant. What is
> > critically important
> > is that you pull cold air into the motor. That's
> > really where you get
> > your gains. The set up that you just posted the link
> > for would work
> > great in this respect.
> > --
> > Scott F. Williams
> > NJ Scirocco nut
> > '99 Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS
> > Mazda 323 GTX turbo "assaulted" vehicle
> > Golf GTI 16v "rollycar"
> > ClubVAC: "Roads found. Drivers wanted."
> >
> > Check out our rally team's website!
> > http://www.usrallyteam.com
> > <http://www.usrallyteam.com/>
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff Toomasson [mailto:jtoomasson@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 1:11 PM
> > To: Scott F. Williams; Ryan Ruggles;
> > scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Subject: Re: drilling bottom or air box
> >
> >
> > What about a ram-air ductwork setup?
> >
> > http://scirocco16v.com/tech/ramair.htm
> >
> > I've been eyeing this for a while, but I'm not going
> > to try anything
> > until I get the 2.0 in...
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Scott F.  <mailto:sfwilliams@home.com>
> > Williams
> > To: Ryan Ruggles <mailto:ryanruggles@uniserve.com>
> > ;
> > scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 10:03 AM
> > Subject: RE: drilling bottom or air box
> >
> > Yes, letting hot nasty engine bay air into your
> > motor will help reduce
> > harmful horsepower. In fact, you lose about one hp
> > for ever 10deg
> > increase in air temperature. Go for it!
> > --
> > Scott F. Williams
> > NJ Scirocco nut
> > '99 Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS
> > Mazda 323 GTX turbo "assaulted" vehicle
> > Golf GTI 16v "rollycar"
> > ClubVAC: "Roads found. Drivers wanted."
> >
> > Check out our rally team's website!
> > http://www.usrallyteam.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> > [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of
> > Ryan Ruggles
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 12:55 PM
> > To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Subject: drilling bottom or air box
> >
> >
> > Does drilling out the bottom of the air box really
> > do anything
> > performance wise or is that bs?
> >
> > Ryan
> >
> >
>
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