seventhgear

has anyone thought about cutting a small circle maybe 3in in diameter to the right of the passenger ftp lens then cutting a 3in hole right in front of the cone intake in the radiator support then putting a 3 in tube of any sort there such as stainless steel tube or some sort of a/c ducting . well the point of this is if no one caught on b/c i have bad explaining skillz is to run direct air from outside straight to the cone . u would need a cool air box obviously but still i think it would work what do u guys think ?
i think itll kinda look like the new supras when they cut the hole in the light or buy a new light wi th the hole cut for the intake .i know someone before me posted not too long ago about cutting ther hole in the rad. support and putting the cone basically in fron of the grill good idea i just have another one
i thought about rain but i think itll be ok especially if u clamp some sort of screen on either end well enough talking i waan hear some responses
thanks
jack

pip

That would be a great idea, only problem is the entire light assembly is behind the ftp lens when its down. So if you cut that hole it would do no good if you ever put the lights down. =/

seventhgear

no no no it would run next to the ftp lens it would go arouind the whole light setup too bro
u see what i mean?

pip

uhhh next to the light is the radiator, thats a tough one to move. You should measure a 3 in circle in cardboard and put it on your car, thats a meaty size hole. Not trying to be pessimistic but you really will have a tough time finding room for that.

seventhgear

kinda like thAt ok ? running on the side of the a/c condenser or whatever that thing is in the fron of the car lol

BoostedRotors

Why cut a hole? Ive seen people run a tube from the grill to the intake and they dont have to cut anything. I dont think it makes enough of a difference to cut the car up, but maybe thats just me.

seventhgear

i have measured bro 3in. is good. not much room after that but its ok it wont hurt n e thing

seventhgear

its just an idea i have heard the same this is just a straight pipe ( basically ) and not many bends like that one would be . im kinda sketchy myself on whether to do it or not i jus wanted some feedback u know?
jack

BoostedRotors

I dont know of anyone who has done it. If you dont mind cutting your car and are willing to try it, go for it. Id like to see how it looks. How would you make the hole look clean?

seventhgear

as clean as possible ! not trying to make my car look shittier than it already does. lol
jack

Rotorific

iTrader: (1)

The hole he is talking about is where the windsheild washer resivor sits you remove/relocate that and use that hole which is already a 2inches to create a 3 inch opening there are metal cutters for your common drill that cut 3 inch holes i have one. My friend did this and it helped him drop a few tenths off of his quarter mile he now runs a 14.4-14.6 NA engine... I live in augusta 96% humidity all the time so think what it could do somewhere where there is little to no humidity...heheh

seventhgear

but im in florida there is ALWAYS humidity but there is always room for improvements , i just think it might work

GLHS

Dude you need to swing by my house over here in Semi nole, right across the bay, I can show 2 different examples of ducts installed on 2nd gen RX7s.

seventhgear

sweet ! wouldnt mind checkin **** out b4 i try this or possibly something else b/c in this comes a lot of fabricating including griding. cutting .drilling. i dont know maybe too much but i ihave tiome on my hands
jack

Samps

This is how you want to do it. You need to have some stuff removed; but why have that crap anyways. This was my 23 attempt at getting cool air at the filter, but I think this is the one.

dre_2ooo

UMMM....Wouldn't that hurt cooling by taking away radiator air?

RestoTII

i like the way that's set up. I don't know if I could get my TII to work ot like that or not, since I'd need to run it back to the AFM, then down to the turbo. Might end up making more turbulence than the current set-up and just be a waste of time for the turbo guys to run something like that

seventhgear

bad *** bro but i still have an a/c so i can put a slash on that one

seventhgear

i really like that one dude ! good thinking Samps

CrackHeadMel

iTrader: (2)

!!! Ahh i see an air pump!

RestoTII

I as just looked at mine and it looks like you needed to do a good bit of cutting to get that hose through there without hitting the rad or headlight. Nice work, but like I said before, I don't think that would work out too well with my current set-up

seventhgear

LIKE U SAID QUITE A BIT OF CUTTING BUT I THINK IT CAN BE DONE sorry for the caps

Samps

I only needed to cut one 3 inch hole which didn't turn out to be too hard. As far as cooling goes. I have seen no increase in temps since the install, but I also have a preaty strong E-fan, and no AC condensor to suck up air. The filter is only covering up about 6 square inches of the radiator which is not a very large amount. If you factor in the removal of the AC condensor all of the piping and other misc junk I have removed, I would bet there is more usable surface area of the radiator now than before. A major downside is the rain effect. I have tested it out in a light shower with no ill effects but in a heavy down-pour it might suck in water. A little water should not hurt the motor but may rust some of the intake components. Since I do not drive this car in the rain (other than testing, or getting stranded) I have no concern for the rain effect. The air-pump is still on the car to actuate the 6th ports and VDI via a custom setup. Removeing the air-pump to save 10 pounds and a belt is not worth losing the inovative intake setup on these cars. Compare it to a Honda vtec; would disableing the vtec to save a few pounds and excess complexity be worth the loss in power band? Anyways; this cool air setup is by far the best as far as power goes. I have went from stock airbox to a ump-teen number of custom air-boxes and none of them even touch this one. It is not for everyone though. And determining if it will work for you should be thoughtout extensively.

I will find the thread about the whole process.

seventhgear

OK KOOL THAT would be great samps

Samps

here is the link to the original thread with more pics:

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...highlight=whoa