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Jul 26, 2005 | 06:55 PM

white ice

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has anyone thought or done this in addition to a bfi? my thought was when the paneling is brought down in the front grill to direct the air with a plate or funnel of some sort. my thought was instead of just coming through the grill and air going everywhere, would it be benefical to block it off so it goes directing under the headlight and straight into the airbox? also with a plate in the vertical space b/n the radiator mount and the bumper. any thoughts?

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Jul 27, 2005 | 09:59 AM

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It's sealed off by the rubber molding of the radiator support I believe. Don't quote me on this but I'm almost definite that the entire thing is sealed off.

Jul 27, 2005 | 11:07 AM

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There was a product similar to your idea made by SS Inductions a long long time ago. Unfortunately, the factory burned down and the molds were lost. I remember reading somewhere that there was a clone but I never followed up on it.

Jul 27, 2005 | 06:35 PM

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koza , after further inspection your right that it is sealed off.

the grill intake though brings the air up and the air could go to the left to the airbox, or left towards the battery. what i was thinking is putting a plate vertical near the horn to block off the air from shooting to the right and forcing it all to the right . what do you guys think?

Jul 27, 2005 | 06:54 PM

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This is a must read if you are doing the BFI. Petter Scott is the originator of the BFI.

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Jul 27, 2005 | 07:11 PM

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thanks face ut, for some reason through my research i missed the part talking about sealing off the battery side. appreciate the help.i more quick ?, i have some scrap dynamat extreme lying around, would it work under the hood to help seal eveything?

Jul 27, 2005 | 07:23 PM

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I used Lexan for my cover (Home Depot)

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Small diameter tubing was splt to seal the top edge to the airbox.

I also picked up some pipe insulation at Home Depot (.99!) to fill in the areas where air would leak past the airbox.

Works great!

Also note in the earlier versions of Peter Scott's BFI he opened up the area under the radiator to create an air chamber that flowed across & under the headlight. I elected to forgo this as I was not working around air suspension & turbo piping as he was...

Dynamat may work for sealing areas... I found the temps to be cooler than you might think.