Best Place For Cold Air Inlet?

[SkyKC]

Hi Guys,

today I finished making heat shield box for my Pod filter using heat shield matterial from clark rubber ($16 for a meter), ita very doggy job but i think it does what it meant to do.

Anyway now I need to make a cold air inlet. the only place i can think of is just directly under the pod as you can see in the pic. there are no room through headllights. thinking of cutting a hole under the pod and maybe pit a pvc pipe?

Now how can I cut this meatl? tired with a hexo blade but cant, how do you guys do it?

is there any other way to get cold air or is this the best way

(I did search in DIY section, and found two topics, but doesnt help me, )

may be I can get a standerd air snorkel and fit it to my box? as well as cutting a hole in that place too...........

Cheers guys, and thanks in advance

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[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

^^ Did you R33 come with an air feed which just sits under the bonnet? If it did, put it back on to feed air to the pod and where you have circled, YES thats where you can make a hole, thats only if there is nothing underneath.

Cuz you car is N/A you do not have an intercooler to cool the air. So you will have to feed as much cold air as posible.

[SkyKC]

^^ Did you R33 come with an air feed which just sits under the bonnet? If it did, put it back on to feed air to the pod and where you have circled, YES thats where you can make a hole, thats only if there is nothing underneath.

Cuz you car is N/A you do not have an intercooler to cool the air. So you will have to feed as much cold air as posible.

No, it didnt come with a air feed when i bought it. so how can I cut a hole in there....? with what.........shuld i drill it or any other way?

Cheers

[r33cruiser]

yea mate, that is the exact place that i have mine in atm, as i have a free air duct because i fitted a fmic.

it works perfectly, and can easily fit a 3'' pipe to the front grill to get all that cool air..

all i can recommend is to get say about a 52-60mm hole cutter, hook that up to a drill and drill away.

its a good idea man, but make sure u have a pipe going to it eh.

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

Use a small electric saw. The plastic might be a bit hard but you can also try and drill through it... you know the drill bit you use to drill through wooden doors to install door locks... look like a circler piece thingy...LOL damn it only if I knew the name.

[GTS4WD]

nope..

If you want a job done properly.. get the right tool..

Theres a tool what has a drill bit.. fits into an en electric drill chuck and in the middle of the drill bit there is a cirlular saw kind of thing that drills a larger round hole..

So the idea is that the drill bit drills the pilot hole.. and you continue pushing down till it reaches the "crown" of the circular saw kind of thing..

I have seen these in 3"

You can also find them without the drill bit.. just throw it into th chuck of an electrill and its a large circular disk with a saw blade..

Hope it makes sence..

Just run down to a hardware store.. and explain it to them... you may do a beter job than me

you know the drill bit you use to drill through wooden doors to install door locks... look like a circler piece thingy...LOL damn it only if I knew the name.

Lol.. sorry.. didnt see this post.. but yes.. thats whats you want..

Edited February 20, 2008 by GTS4WD

[dori34]

^ its called a hole saw

make sure you get the one that can cut through metal and dont use the wood one

[inthisglass]

its REALLY important that you get one thats designed for metal not wood

i had a look at the one i had and thought it would do the job.

no. it wont.

made a mess of both the drill bit and the cut out

went sweet once i got the right drill bit.

oh and make sure you put some sort of filter over each end of the pipe (i used fly wire)

because the inlet is really close to the ground in the front bar you get a lot of crap flying up there

and thats not what you want..

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

nope..

If you want a job done properly.. get the right tool..

Theres a tool what has a drill bit.. fits into an en electric drill chuck and in the middle of the drill bit there is a cirlular saw kind of thing that drills a larger round hole..

So the idea is that the drill bit drills the pilot hole.. and you continue pushing down till it reaches the "crown" of the circular saw kind of thing..

I have seen these in 3"

You can also find them without the drill bit.. just throw it into th chuck of an electrill and its a large circular disk with a saw blade..

Hope it makes sence..

Just run down to a hardware store.. and explain it to them... you may do a beter job than me

Lol.. sorry.. didnt see this post.. but yes.. thats whats you want..

Yeah you get it LOL!

^ its called a hole saw

make sure you get the one that can cut through metal and dont use the wood one

Yeah thats the one. LOL!

[R338OY]

Awesome idea.

Can someone post pics of the finished job so we can see what it's meant to look like?

Like, for example, how do you fit the cold air 'snorkel' running through the hole so it's sturdily attached to the car?

I'll be doing this when i get a front mount. Will be sweet with a cold air box

Edited February 20, 2008 by R338OY

[inthisglass]

all i did was drill two holes either side of the inlet hole and wire tied the pipe in place

i have a 400r front bar so there was all ready a round hole so i used that..

[SkyKC]

Hi guys,

ok, i did drill it tiday..guess what...what a mess i made , went to supercheap and got hole saw bits, was told its for metal cutting, but it really didnt work tho, it won go thru metal only the drill bit, so what I drew a circle where I want it to be and using just a drill bit, drilled severla holes arround it, then cut with a tin snip hehehe OMG cant belive I put my babe thru that kinda pain...end result is so ugly.....So i dont think I got the right tools...next time hey....

now got a perfect pipe to put in, coming out of old camry, tomorrow will try to fit it in, but im not sure how to secue it in the hole....and same time thinking of putting an funnel(after cuuting the narrow end part) in front of the pipe to grab more air????.mmmmmmmmmmmm

will see how it goes tommow, will let you know..........

[SkyKC]

its REALLY important that you get one thats designed for metal not wood

Now I know what you mean hhehe.........gosh what a mess I mad hey

oh and make sure you put some sort of filter over each end of the pipe (i used fly wire)

because the inlet is really close to the ground in the front bar you get a lot of crap flying up there

and thats not what you want..

Ya I got already the fly screen thingy, gona fix it tomorrow

[GTS4WD]

It looks like a really good set up.. but you have much much filing to be had!

[inthisglass]

that hole.. i cant find the words lol

like he said

a lot of smoothing out with a file ahead of you

but the hose with the 90 degree bend is cool, i just got some flexible hose from bunnings but yours is better..

[Red7 Racing]

Take the time to tidy up that hole, you'll feel better for it!

Get yourself a couple of good quality metal files, you can pick them up at Bunnings or an engineering supplies shop - with the hole that bad you are probably going to want a coarse one to start off with and a smoother one to finish. Some sandpaper too for final prep.

Don't forget to rust proof it too... only costs $10-15 for a can. Recommend the brush on stuff over spray, no hassle with masking and easier to get a good couple of thick coats on.

You could even put a rubber boot around the hole - I used 6mm black vacuum hose on my intercooler hole, slit it open with a knife and siliconed it in. Looks like it was always meant to be there!!

[SkyKC]

Take the time to tidy up that hole, you'll feel better for it!

Get yourself a couple of good quality metal files, you can pick them up at Bunnings or an engineering supplies shop - with the hole that bad you are probably going to want a coarse one to start off with and a smoother one to finish. Some sandpaper too for final prep.

Don't forget to rust proof it too... only costs $10-15 for a can. Recommend the brush on stuff over spray, no hassle with masking and easier to get a good couple of thick coats on.

You could even put a rubber boot around the hole - I used 6mm black vacuum hose on my intercooler hole, slit it open with a knife and siliconed it in. Looks like it was always meant to be there!!

Ya Gotta do it to make it looks good, ooh no, now I feel so bad.. heheh........all of the above im sure can get from bunnings tomorrow...Cheers mate, lets see how I go with this HOLE

[SkyKC]

Its 1.25AM just finished bit of modifying the 90Deg pipe....not finished yet got a old black funnel, so cut it and able to fix it to the pipe.

[davib]

damn skykc!

good thread!

i've been trying to do this for a while now! me and my uncle designed a nice cover...

but i need a pipe feed....

so u got that pipe from a camry... HMMMMM

and was it hard to cut that hole?

[SkyKC]

damn skykc!

good thread!

i've been trying to do this for a while now! me and my uncle designed a nice cover...

but i need a pipe feed....

so u got that pipe from a camry... HMMMMM

and was it hard to cut that hole?

Ya, I got this pipe from a old camry, its the one that connect from air filter to EFI. As for cuuting a hole I made a big mess as i was using the wrong hole saw. rmebr to get a one that designed for METAL cutting from bunnigs, its like 55-60mm drill bit like $18 I think.

the hole I cut was so ugly as you can see, today I grind it to smooth it out, and treated with rust proof paint (white king), applied two coatings. Still look so shit tho , didnt try it with metal filler, cant bother too muvh, so get the rite tool ya, so u dont need to go thru tha pain I have been ya

The desingn I ddi was so doggy, today i didt another one with aluminum .5mm sheet, so now I have aluminuium + heat shield,

will post some pic tomorrow....