Headlight Cover Intake
01-06-04, 12:07 PM
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Headlight Cover Intake
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oh yess....
www.corksport.com go and look under Other....you will see it like half way down the page....its only 90 bucks.....not bad at all......
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I made mine... Took about a day and it works great... Intake air temps decreased dramatically after the headlight cover was installed. Two things you must do to make it work however 1) you must remove the rubber flap attached to the hood that sits behind the headlight and you must also construct a cool air box that seals the intake off from the engine.
For the headlight cover…. I took a dremel tool and cut a slit across the middle of the headlight cover. Then, I used a ball-pine hammer and a stool with a bean cushion and beat the rear part of the slit up and the front part down to make a scoop. I got the metal as smooth as possible with the hammers and then used bondo to fill it in and round the edges off. I then primered it, painted it and clear-coated it. My car is black so matching the paint was not a problem. People ask me all the time where they can get one.. it looks really good.
For the cold air box, there are many designs out there, but basically I made a three sided plate with a hole in it for the MAF to bolt to, and used one of the MAF adapters for a K&N filter on the inside which bolts through the back plate onto the MAF. The top of the back plate and the side plates have 2” foam glued to them to seal up with the hood. (the box consists of a back plate that uses the old air box mounting points, a side plate which runs from right beside the radiator and makes a right angle with the back plate, and a bottom piece that blocks off any air from coming in from the flat area below were the stock air box sat.)
After these mods, I actually got and average of .35 seconds at the track over just removing the stock Air Box on my GTU.
For the headlight cover…. I took a dremel tool and cut a slit across the middle of the headlight cover. Then, I used a ball-pine hammer and a stool with a bean cushion and beat the rear part of the slit up and the front part down to make a scoop. I got the metal as smooth as possible with the hammers and then used bondo to fill it in and round the edges off. I then primered it, painted it and clear-coated it. My car is black so matching the paint was not a problem. People ask me all the time where they can get one.. it looks really good.
For the cold air box, there are many designs out there, but basically I made a three sided plate with a hole in it for the MAF to bolt to, and used one of the MAF adapters for a K&N filter on the inside which bolts through the back plate onto the MAF. The top of the back plate and the side plates have 2” foam glued to them to seal up with the hood. (the box consists of a back plate that uses the old air box mounting points, a side plate which runs from right beside the radiator and makes a right angle with the back plate, and a bottom piece that blocks off any air from coming in from the flat area below were the stock air box sat.)
After these mods, I actually got and average of .35 seconds at the track over just removing the stock Air Box on my GTU.
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