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 Post subject: EL XR bonnet scoops
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 6:08 pm 
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just wondering about the stock scoop things on the XR bonnets.
as far as im aware there fake right?

if so, has anyone just the holes out to increase airflow past engine?
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Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 6:24 pm 
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I'll post photos of them tomorrow if ya like?

They aren't necessarily "fake". It's just that they have a plastic catch tray under the vents, therefore blocking 99% of any air that may have got through.

You could quite easily cut the plastic tray to inhance the amount of air getting into the engine bay. Not sure if this would be beneficial???
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Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 6:46 pm 
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yeah, that'd be sweet if you could take a close up from above and below for me..
thanks man.
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 3:45 pm 
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yeah, that'd be sweet if you could take a close up from above and below for me..
thanks man.


Not a problem. I'm at work at the moment. Don't know what time I'll be home (stocktake :twisted: ). I'll post them then. Diaz!
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 5:57 pm 
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i cut mine out to increase air flow, and then added some sequential scoops to ensure super air flow.. will pots pics in a sec,

 

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 Post subject: images
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:21 pm 
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my images are way too big for posting, so ill just put up the photobucket link and you can have a peek there. hope it helps. its the first 3 images.

http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e247/EL8TED/?

 

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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:46 pm 
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Nice looking car :wink: . Just wondering about the Tickford snorkel. Is It an AU or an EL one. I bought an AU one on e Bay and It didn't fit. It wouldn't clear my powersteering pulley.
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 Post subject: Re: images
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:03 pm 
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my images are way too big for posting, so ill just put up the photobucket link and you can have a peek there. hope it helps. its the first 3 images.

http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e247/EL8TED/?


great, thx a lot. what were they werth?
still interested in seeing the stock ones btw
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Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 12:44 pm 
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The idea of the original scoops is to remove air out of the engine bay
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Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:43 pm 
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then why do they have a box underneath blocking airflow? the idea of the vents was to make the car look aggressive
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Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 4:42 pm 
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thats what i thought, but if you put them on the other way around, and cut the bottom out, surly they'll suck air in??
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:27 pm 
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its the AU XR snorkel.. and yes it dosnt fit to begin with.. it requires some modification. you can use a heatgun to heat it up and bend it to clear the pulley, or i didnthave one so i did the Homer simpson method and baked it in the oven till it was soft enough to bend and manipulate, then just drilled some new holes a little further up from the original mounts, so it remained a clearance on the pulley.

 

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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 5:52 pm 
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those scoops are hot, where did you egtthem from? how much??

 

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