There are people who claim to have extracted them without bumper removal but I'm not a believer, unless you cut the snorkel off it!
Certainly the original air filter enclosure/housing is a bit rubbish and the fixed threaded inserts break and its hard to keep it in one piece. I do wonder though that the filter in your picture looks smaller in surface area that the original so if its allowing more airflow it must be reducing the amount of filtering it is doing, so this is a clear compromise. I am also not sure that the 3200 is a car that's screaming for more power, it already struggles with the 420 HP it has, not sure i would want more power on my car, but then i am getting oldI was thinking of doing something like this for my 3200
http://www.speedhunters.com/2011/05/car_spotlight_gt_gt_dandy_maserati_3200gt/
Correct me if I'm wrong, wouldn't that suck in hot engine air?After successful road testing I'll post up the bits required to build your own. Hopefully they will also promote some nice turbo whooshing noises too ;-0
sounds like a decent approach, to me. I am having to modify the Spyder because when it arrived, the entire filter box AND the skid plates were missing, so the air filter is hanging in space with nothing but willpower keeping it attached.Awesome! this is what makes this community amazing!
You do that in the BMW groups im in and they will come and take your car away with pitchforks
Correct me if I'm wrong, wouldn't that suck in hot engine air?
I was thinking of doing a ram air design. get rid if #18 and #19 and put in BMC CDA style filters as close as possible to the openings on the sides of the grill.
That way, cold air from the grille enters the filters without them being cooked by engine heat
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Im happy to hear your thoughts guys
My design is working on the principles outlined in the below link. Essentially I’m working on the basis that the intake air gets heated by the turbo charger, then cooled by the intercoolers before entering the engine. As such, I’m betting that if the air going to the turbo is a little colder (as per your proposed BMC setup) I suspect it’ll be pretty much the same temperature (as the open cone filter) once it’s been through the (heating)turbo and (cooling) intercooler.
however, I won’t know without testing. Hopefully something I can do at some point. To be honest, if performance stays the same, but it makes an awesome noise I’ll be happy. Yeah, I’m a child
Love to see your setup if you go the BMC route!
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