-LegnumVR4- Air Scoop

[enigma]

OK, so I have had a bit of free time this weekend and I have manufactured Legnum VR4s ram air scoop to try on my car. Using the template he posted:

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I made a paper version

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And trial fitted it to the back of the front grill..............

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Seemed to fit quite well so I transferred the shape to a scrap of steel I had in the garage and attacked it with my trusty jigsaw!

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I then used my sheet metal folder to bend where appropriate and voila an exact copy of a scoop designed in New Zealand!!!

[calum]

Yeah - I'm always using my sheet metal folder too INSERT INTO post VALUES (NOT!!!)

Are there any tools you don't have?

Cheers,

Calum

P.S - where si this going, excatly - can't work out from the pic - and is it mating to original feed?

[enigma]

I have now fitted the scoop to the grill and I am waiting for the silicone sealer to cure before refitting to the car and testing it.

I am not convinced it will make any real difference though. If you take the grill out and close the bonnet you will see that forcing air up through the vent holes in the top of the grill does not actually direct the cold air at the mouth of the intake. The gap which the air must flow through is very small and is restricted by the bonnet prop. I am guessing I will see no difference at all........but I will try most things once!

Will let you all know what happens during testing, but I am not hopeful.

Rhys, I would recommend that you go back to your CAI as it provides a direct route for the cold air to flow, this will however mean that fuel cut occurs at a lower boost level. Remember though cold air at low boost is better than hot air at high boost!

[enigma]

Calum,
the scoop sits just above the VR4 badge in the front grill and scoops the air up through the slots on the top of the grill.....if you open your bonnet and look it will become clear!

As for tools, I have a few bits and bobs that I have collected over the years!!!

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OK here is a pic of it installed on the car.....for clarity I have put a big red ring around it!!

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And here is what it is supposed to do to the airflow.....I am a bit sceptical though for reasons mentioned above......

[Nick Mann]

Dave, you don't live far from Kieran, do you? I think you should allow him to practice occaisonally on your legnum!

Barry - any chance of a polishing smiley?

In the meantime, imagine this little fella with a cloth!

:harro:



Looks like a good idea for the mod, btw. I am curious as to how big a difference it will make.

[Brind]

Your car is dirty! beware of Kieran!!!!!!!! :nono:

Rys, isn't using the original plastic cold air feed so maybe that is why it doesn't look very effective......:shrug:

[enigma]

I think you will find Rhys has swapped back to the original plastic air feed......that is why he asked me to assess the mod for him.

My car IS filhy...... but the weather is not conducive to polishing at the moment! Also I was too busy trying to sort this mod out.....in the rain!

[Brind]

Originally posted by bigdaveakers
My car IS filhy...... but the weather is not conducive to polishing at the moment! Also I was too busy trying to sort this mod out.....in the rain!

Kieran won't accept your excuses! :nono: you wait till he comes on here! :nervous:


Didn't know Rys swapped back..

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[Kieran]

:io:Yes - I did notice the level of muck in those posts, tut, tut...:nono:

The council of highly polished GLSes is considering your sentence as we speak!

:grr:Errect the scaffold!

And what's this rubbish about it not being the weather to clean your car?!?! I managed it today - OK, only a quick wash/rinse & hoover out of the interior, but it only took 1hr30!!

Pah! These people who buy their VR-4s and then don't look after them

[Nick Mann]

You'd be proud of me today, Kieran. I have washed it twice. This morning when it was sunny I grabbed the opportunity. Then went out for lunch to a pub down the muckiest lane in the country, so had to wash it again this afternoon. Then it started raining! Doh!!

[Kieran]

Originally posted by Nick Mann
You'd be proud of me today, Kieran. I have washed it twice....

Now that's just silly

Hmmm... What you need is new Meguiar's anti-country paint sealant! All kinds of country stuff, such as cow ****, pig ****, mud, straw, border collies, ramblers, foxhunters INSERT INTO post VALUES (boo!); etc. etc. just glide off:biglaugh:

[Nick Mann]

:lolz:

[Brind]

Originally posted by Kieran
Now that's just silly

Hmmm... What you need is new Meguiar's anti-country paint sealant! All kinds of country stuff, such as cow ****, pig ****, mud, straw, border collies, ramblers, foxhunters INSERT INTO post VALUES (boo!); etc. etc. just glide off:biglaugh:

How about retarded teenagers with attitude problems ambling across the roads in front of you?