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Dear Noah. Go for an HID kit of some type. Those plastic lenses look great, BTW, but you lose about 30% of the light coming out of them. So says my optics engineer at Sylvania/Osram. Stock bulbs won't hack it in your type of driving. I.E flat out across the veldt..er prarie...and the Ultra bright silverstars only last about 6 months under (what is normal?) driving conditions. At least that's about how long the low beam halogens last. Thinner filaments and a different gas inside give you the bright light. Just a thought. Thanks.
I really want to see how you attack the louvers in the hood...Let me know if you come across a louver puncher that can do about 8-9 inch louvers..Rare as hens teeth AFAIK. thanks.
I am abandoning the ram air concept for now and focusing on aerodynamic turbulence reduction under the body, perhaps some more down force & allowing pressure to escape from the hood.. The nose panel will not stay this way. I shouldn't have done this (didn't think it through).
In order to make it work I would have installed a tough screen for rocks & birds like Buff suggested. Then fabbed a semi-circular aluminum panel that fills under the nose panel, catches the incoming air & directs it to the side into the air intake. The intake snorkel (oem) would be rotated to the inner lhs headlight area & a bit of the headlight back panel & a bit of the porsche triangular nose chassis piece (the 90 degree reinforcement under the nose panel). This would allow the incoming air from the butchered nose piece to enter the intake snorkle.
Maybe I'd build a bit of a shield to stop snow and cover the closest holes that was cut into the nose panel & then put 3 layers of Mrs. Jenner's nylons over the opening of the snorkel. Fine micron filtering... (I was proud of that idea).
Then a few water drain holes in the aluminum semi-circular panel & depending on the angle of the snorkel, make a couple drain holes there.
And that would be ok I imagine for all but the biggest snow dump. The biggest snow dump I think would be problematic.
I must protect this engine & for a daily driver, the factory design is superb.
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Noah-
If you want any sort of "ram air" inlet it would have to be in the bumper face or the valence itself.
The nose panel vents are in a lower-pressure zone than the more vertical bumper/valance.
Look at the 924 turbo that had the vents...they are pretty much for looks with minimal airflow benefit.
If you did want to try it out though, rather than fabbing something, I would honestly just go to Home Depot (do you have those in Canada?) and find a piece of galvanized A/C ducting that is about the right size and make it work. There are lots of interesting bendy shapes available to make the A/C air flow better...
The 944 cars do seem to respond well to louvers in the hood though, to let the pressure out of the engine bay. If you put enough louvers (or large enough ones), you could probably put a flat-bottom panel on the car which would double as a skid plate for your logging roads.
Dear Noah. Go for an HID kit of some type. Those plastic lenses look great, BTW, but you lose about 30% of the light coming out of them. So says my optics engineer at Sylvania/Osram. Stock bulbs won't hack it in your type of driving. I.E flat out across the veldt..er prarie...and the Ultra bright silverstars only last about 6 months under (what is normal?) driving conditions. At least that's about how long the low beam halogens last. Thinner filaments and a different gas inside give you the bright light. Just a thought. Thanks.
You have given me some things to think about brother. Thank you.
In fact after reading this post I ordered 80/100 W bulbs for my ECodes lights. I think the harness I made will handle the amperage.
Sunday. Fall time. This morning was a fog. Now it's nice, if not a tad gusty. Realized I haven't actually had fun with my car for a while. Wilson's been a mule for commuting. A grocery getter. Little workhorse is all. Not that I am complaining. No major problems with him at all.
Heck, it might be snow for 6 months starting next week. Let's get outta here. Drink a coffee. Top up the oil to just under the high line. Kick the tires & Turn the key.
Put the phone in my pocket cause that's there it belongs.
Put the baseball cap on my head to keep the sun out of mine eyes.
Put 94 octane in the tank because Wilson likes the expensive stuff.
Dunno where I'm going... just know I got to get outta here.
Drive on the hilly hiway that goes into British Columbia from the province of Alberta. Noticed this 30 foot cowboy & a sign that says "Bar-U-Ranch. Canadian Historical Site", so I turned in. Black top to gravel... Where the black top ended there was a valley. Within the valley lay a Village. Or whatever is smaller than a village. Early settlers homestead and business raising horses & cattle maybe? They did business in the days when all the buffalo were being erased from the planet... maybe Buffalo was part of their business.
Got outta there & drove on some gravel roads. I saw a lot of hunters & hunter's trucks. Was going to go into some far off roads that lead who-knows-where and try to get lost, but then I remembered I have no more front fender liners. Worried about excessive dust clogging my air filter from the wheel well.
The liners went to someone who needs them and I was looking to get rid of mine eventually.
Drove some fantastic curvy roads hiway speeds. Eventually I ending up in this small town of Nanton & found my way home.
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