cold air intake

[silver88vl]

hey i know a fair bit about cars but i was wondering wot i would need & how to do a cold air intake on my vl commy

cheers, garth :wave:

 

[jetspin_vn]

This has been covered a few times, you can fashion your own as I and many others have done. I'm not aware of any commercial solutions for 6 cyl VL's in the cold air department but hey what do I know, I hate paying for anything

 

[seventh path]

what i did is cut a hole in the panel with a holesaw get a rubber 90 degree bend a nd a small length of piping and put the pipe through the hole with the rubber elbow underneath and hold it up woth a hose clamp.....got some subber strip the clean up the hole and pipe......it's still a work in progress, but it does the job so far......

 

[vlv8vic]

someone posted a pic on here of what not to do, ducted a feed straight to the lower part of the front bumper - great induction but if road dirt doesnt plug up the air filter first the slightest bit of water will screw your engine.
just be careful where the pick up is.

 

[silver88vl]

thanxs yeh im gettin a walky front bar & might put it comin out of one of the side holes.

 

[jetspin_vn]

someone posted a pic on here of what not to do, ducted a feed straight to the lower part of the front bumper - great induction but if road dirt doesnt plug up the air filter first the slightest bit of water will screw your engine.
just be careful where the pick up is.

I think your talking about my system, and while that was the jist of it, there was quite a bit more to it than that in order to avoid debris and water. It's important to design these things right, otherwise as you say *boom!*

 

[VLACS]

so with a walky front for example. and the air intake on the left. thats the cars left. what would you do to make it not go "boom"

 

[vlv8vic]

nah it wasnt yours jetspin i cant remember the guys name i dont think he posted after a couple of us commented on the setup. had a big hole hacked into the bumper, just to the side of the grille then a pipe straight from the hole with a few kilos of silastic holding it in the original airbox. looked nasty - and i dare say had a fair bit of 'boom' factor....

 

[Bax]

dumped6 it was..

 

[vlv8vic]

thanks bex. oh my 100th post. hooray to me. still only a fraction of some of you guys though!!