bendy cold air feed pipe

[thewiizard]

lo all,

any recommendations on the best place to get some cold air feed piping as i dont fancy paying £15quid off fleabay.

I guess B&Q but thought id ask on here incase there is a special SCN contact for such devices

 

[thewiizard]

anyone fancy buying 5M of 100mm for a tenner?

Its fire retardant aluminium laminated ducting which should be lovely

 

[MarkJ]

Try here mate http://www.cisdirect.co.uk/products.asp?cat=137

Nor sure how it compares with Ebay prices.

 

[thewiizard]

Cheers pal,

Bit more expensive than what i've found at the moment as they're charging per meter.

I think i'm going to buy 10Meters but as mentioned before, if anyone wants 5Meters for cheap, PM.

 

[MarkJ]

Oh well, worth a try.

 

[Bogwoppit]

You can come and collect this off me for a fiver:

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=130771

 

[edc]

100mm flexi alu extractor stuff is cheap at B&Q. More than enough for the job if you can get it to fit.

 

[Krishen]

Where are you 'fixing' the cold air feed? Are you going to run it all the way to the passenger side or cut out a hole in the splitter?

 

[cozzie121]

i bought a k&n flexi pipe, drilled the box and there was just enough room to take it down the side of the airbox on an 8v and into the front splitter, looks great, sounds good. the pipe is about 1.5" in diameter, works a treat

i trekked round b&q and wickes and couldnt find anything suitable, i bought some alu pipe from halfords, i think it was ripspeed piping, but was way too big, about 2.5" i think. i dont see the point in running the pipe across and down the passenger side as the airflowing in will get heated by the heat in the engine bay, not good, defeats the point of a cold air feed, i found my engine gets really hot as the bonnet is well insulated and heavy.

 

[Krishen]

i bought a k&n flexi pipe, drilled the box and there was just enough room to take it down the side of the airbox on an 8v and into the front splitter, looks great, sounds good. the pipe is about 1.5" in diameter, works a treat

i trekked round b&q and wickes and couldnt find anything suitable, i bought some alu pipe from halfords, i think it was ripspeed piping, but was way too big, about 2.5" i think. i dont see the point in running the pipe across and down the passenger side as the airflowing in will get heated by the heat in the engine bay, not good, defeats the point of a cold air feed, i found my engine gets really hot as the bonnet is well insulated and heavy.

But on the drivers side of the splitter, its solid (if that makes sense). Did you just cut a hole out or is there enough cold air coming in from the bottom of the car to leave the feed there?

 

[thewiizard]

I'm thinking drivers side straight in from the bottom of the splitter.

I'm going to get a guttering 'hopper' and stick that behind the splitter then hook the ducting onto the back of it