:bash: Jeeez, I woke up yesterday morning and decided to try the Air Duct mod that Postban had done early on.
I went to Home Depot and bought a 32'' Aluminum tube.
I also picked up 3 hose clamps.
I searched and searched for a screen material to cover the holes... couldn't find anything... but found an aluminum oven range filter and simply dis-assembled it for the screen.
Total Cost of this modification: around $15.00
Cost of labor: 0
Not knowing what the hell you're doing? Priceless.
So Anyway, now I'm at home, fiddling with this. Of course, I don't bother removing anything, (air filter, etc) so my hands are all wrapped up under the bumber and I'm hugging my fascia like a dog in heat trying to get a good body position for the job. :lol:
I get the ducting over the splash guards and to the front plastic cylinder and ready for installation.. I'm happy with the progress so far.
THEN, FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I can't get this damn 3'' tubing to fit around the plastic cylinder! :cuss: I'm struggling, scraping my hands and finally I manage to get the tubing SOMEWHAT around the plastic cylinder, but not with any confidence that it'll stay on.
So, I'm sitting there, dirty, cut and sweaty, thinking, "How, in GODS name, did Postban pull this off... or better yet, pull this ON!"
After a few moments of reflection, I ask another question, "HOW in the WORLD did he get the SCREEN on ALONG WITH IT!" I mean, this fit is already tighter than a virgin on her wedding day, and I'm supposed to get the ducting AND a screen around this thing!? :lol:
I muster up enough courage to keep going... so I'm fighting and I'm LOSING, like a Honda on a dragstrip. :burn:
So, I take a break and try to pull the top part of the ducting up to the intake. That was the easiest part, by far. I pierced the side of the ducting at the top to allow me to hang a plastic draw-tite clip from a vacant hole on the fender. This way, the ducting would hang loose from the top and have some play.
So far, it looked great! BUT, I just couldn't get the ducting to slip completely over the plasic cylinder on the front. I pushed, pulled and cussed until I managed to expand the diameter enough to get it on a bit more, but not all the way. By then, I realize that I need to secure it with a hose clamp but DON'T get me started on that! At this point, since the ducting is not really ON the cylinder that well, I'm thinking, "This is NOT going to work for me today."
I continue to rig this thing by fitting a hose clamp around the tubing enough to consider taking this thing for a test drive. I'm starting to have doubts and fears that my hard work will not payoff.
Then, a thought hits me. What about rain, water, hoses, etc?? I guess I can pierce the bottom to allow runoff of any water that gets in and plug the hole with a rubber sink plug when I'm washing it. Besides, the incline is too step and this is not a forced induction mod, so, I don't worry too much.
Well, in the end, right before I'm about to drive it, I tug on the front of the ducting and it just falls off. I give up and pull the tubing out.
POSTBAN, I give my respect to you for integrating this mod. :beer:
Theoretically, it should provide swift cold air from the front of the car straight to the intake without being pushed around by turbulent hot air under the hood. It has great potential from a engineering standpoint. :read: Can you let us know what pains you had, what exact material you acquired or what you removed to make the job easier? :thumbsup:
I went to Home Depot and bought a 32'' Aluminum tube.
I also picked up 3 hose clamps.
I searched and searched for a screen material to cover the holes... couldn't find anything... but found an aluminum oven range filter and simply dis-assembled it for the screen.
Total Cost of this modification: around $15.00
Cost of labor: 0
Not knowing what the hell you're doing? Priceless.
So Anyway, now I'm at home, fiddling with this. Of course, I don't bother removing anything, (air filter, etc) so my hands are all wrapped up under the bumber and I'm hugging my fascia like a dog in heat trying to get a good body position for the job. :lol:
I get the ducting over the splash guards and to the front plastic cylinder and ready for installation.. I'm happy with the progress so far.
THEN, FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I can't get this damn 3'' tubing to fit around the plastic cylinder! :cuss: I'm struggling, scraping my hands and finally I manage to get the tubing SOMEWHAT around the plastic cylinder, but not with any confidence that it'll stay on.
So, I'm sitting there, dirty, cut and sweaty, thinking, "How, in GODS name, did Postban pull this off... or better yet, pull this ON!"
After a few moments of reflection, I ask another question, "HOW in the WORLD did he get the SCREEN on ALONG WITH IT!" I mean, this fit is already tighter than a virgin on her wedding day, and I'm supposed to get the ducting AND a screen around this thing!? :lol:
I muster up enough courage to keep going... so I'm fighting and I'm LOSING, like a Honda on a dragstrip. :burn:
So, I take a break and try to pull the top part of the ducting up to the intake. That was the easiest part, by far. I pierced the side of the ducting at the top to allow me to hang a plastic draw-tite clip from a vacant hole on the fender. This way, the ducting would hang loose from the top and have some play.
So far, it looked great! BUT, I just couldn't get the ducting to slip completely over the plasic cylinder on the front. I pushed, pulled and cussed until I managed to expand the diameter enough to get it on a bit more, but not all the way. By then, I realize that I need to secure it with a hose clamp but DON'T get me started on that! At this point, since the ducting is not really ON the cylinder that well, I'm thinking, "This is NOT going to work for me today."
I continue to rig this thing by fitting a hose clamp around the tubing enough to consider taking this thing for a test drive. I'm starting to have doubts and fears that my hard work will not payoff.
Then, a thought hits me. What about rain, water, hoses, etc?? I guess I can pierce the bottom to allow runoff of any water that gets in and plug the hole with a rubber sink plug when I'm washing it. Besides, the incline is too step and this is not a forced induction mod, so, I don't worry too much.
Well, in the end, right before I'm about to drive it, I tug on the front of the ducting and it just falls off. I give up and pull the tubing out.
POSTBAN, I give my respect to you for integrating this mod. :beer:
Theoretically, it should provide swift cold air from the front of the car straight to the intake without being pushed around by turbulent hot air under the hood. It has great potential from a engineering standpoint. :read: Can you let us know what pains you had, what exact material you acquired or what you removed to make the job easier? :thumbsup:
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