718 GT4 Side Air Mod. Any Data on Performance?
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I am going to ask AJ which kit you purchased because this is the kind of support i love and i want to follow up with a phone call to talk about some stuff! I have another car running the box in South Florida but we installed the blower fans to EXHAUST air FROM the engine bay and he saw big big big drops in oil temps, PDK temps, trans temps, coolant temps, etc. It actually purged air from the car that was so hot it began melting things. It's working! I can tell you what we did as it's not something proprietary like the airbox!
Sure
We are also looking at redirecting air from lower side intakes to deal with oil cooler and PDK temps.
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#62
Alright...talk me out of doing this to my 981 CS........I don't care about running PCA Racing and that sounds like the biggest problem series if I did run this. I doubt IGT/WRL/etc would be a problem. Seems like between wanting to run hard the entire day....and thinking about the longevity of the engine this is likely a wise road to go down. Besides....its going to be a min before I can score a RS CS......and at this point there's not enough of a difference of the 718 to my 981 to make that upgrade worth it.
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Alright...talk me out of doing this to my 981 CS........I don't care about running PCA Racing and that sounds like the biggest problem series if I did run this. I doubt IGT/WRL/etc would be a problem. Seems like between wanting to run hard the entire day....and thinking about the longevity of the engine this is likely a wise road to go down. Besides....its going to be a min before I can score a RS CS......and at this point there's not enough of a difference of the 718 to my 981 to make that upgrade worth it.
Any thing you can do to get heat out of these cars is a big deal. The guys at ZF Germany tell me heat is the biggest issue with pdk failures.
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Anything that reduces heat near engine and trans helps.
CS pdks last 10 -15 k miles if driven hard. Many teams replace before them before they break. ZF will now do a full rebuild and will tell you heat is the major culprit. They also recommend fresh oil and filter far more often than Porsche.
#66
Anything that reduces heat near engine and trans helps.
CS pdks last 10 -15 k miles if driven hard. Many teams replace before them before they break. ZF will now do a full rebuild and will tell you heat is the major culprit. They also recommend fresh oil and filter far more often than Porsche.
CS pdks last 10 -15 k miles if driven hard. Many teams replace before them before they break. ZF will now do a full rebuild and will tell you heat is the major culprit. They also recommend fresh oil and filter far more often than Porsche.
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Originally Posted by BGB Motorsports
That's my kit that i designed during the pandemic when we received an $8,000 box of what looked like industrial drier ducting and 3D printed pieces for the two factory MRs in our shop.
I have since had to re-design this kit 3 times because the box keeps getting discontinued. The reason i have been quiet is because i had to get the box made and a newer, larger, 4" window made. Photos will be coming soon. Installing two kits now in the shop going in 4.2L cars going to the west coast. More information to follow.
Finally, to anyone that gave my kit praise and suggested it as an alternative, from someone who has owned a business for 20 years that gets tired of making the same things over and over and over again for people to copy and sell THANK YOU! A lot of time went into this kit, to the point that i will have to probably sell 50 to recoup any real benefits...but...if you wanna support a small business that has empirical data of why their kit that costs half as much is a great alternative, please don't hesitate to call, email. AJ is almost up to speed after a year but the Rennlist PMs don't get any love and for that i apologize.
Thank you.
John
I have since had to re-design this kit 3 times because the box keeps getting discontinued. The reason i have been quiet is because i had to get the box made and a newer, larger, 4" window made. Photos will be coming soon. Installing two kits now in the shop going in 4.2L cars going to the west coast. More information to follow.
Finally, to anyone that gave my kit praise and suggested it as an alternative, from someone who has owned a business for 20 years that gets tired of making the same things over and over and over again for people to copy and sell THANK YOU! A lot of time went into this kit, to the point that i will have to probably sell 50 to recoup any real benefits...but...if you wanna support a small business that has empirical data of why their kit that costs half as much is a great alternative, please don't hesitate to call, email. AJ is almost up to speed after a year but the Rennlist PMs don't get any love and for that i apologize.
Thank you.
John
Best regards
Jonas
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Yes. You just have to specify whether you want it for a 981 GT4 / 718 GT4 vs. a motor with an X51 manifold!
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Originally Posted by BGB Motorsports
Yes. You just have to specify whether you want it for a 981 GT4 / 718 GT4 vs. a motor with an X51 manifold!
Do you have a picture of it mounted on a clubsport?
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The largest available throttle body on any Porsche is 82mm.
Here is the photo!
Here is the photo!
Last edited by BGB Motorsports; 06-30-2022 at 11:12 AM.
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Originally Posted by thuggo
Do you have an install guide?
Originally Posted by blomman
What about the old intake, just let it be or remove it?
Photos of the latest install below