I definitly going to increase the size of the fog light entry point, ive seen scoops to tidy up the hole, usually on a Sapphire Cosworth and Calibra. Any one know where to buy them,
Finishing a smoothed airbox
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J@mes said:when i fitted my FMIC i thought it was too tight!
It is, you may get a flexi down there but the rigid Carbonio and the Forge version won't fit.
When Forge had my car in to fit the FMIC they tried and it didn't work.
Why is it that when I see pictures like this, I think if winter floods and a story from last year when CoxW was caught by a flash flood with water up to Door Sill level 
hope it never an issue for you guys 
hope it never an issue for you guys
I was thinking exactly the same thing. I've seen 2 Megane Coupes recently who've done this. Wonder if they went out in last night's thunderstorms where the puddles were over 1 foot deep in places!
Its something to bear i mind thats for sure. I now in a lucky position that the LCR will only be used for best. With one eye on the weather forecast..
Empi5 said:Its something to bear i mind thats for sure. I now in a lucky position that the LCR will only be used for best. With one eye on the weather forecast..
IIRC correctly for CoxW it was a flash flood under a bridge on a dual carriageway, no way to turn round or avoid the water..........
I've run with my intake 4" the ground for over a year and done over 20k mixed miles. You've got to be sensible and keep an eye out for water, obviously.
Surely it doesnt matter that much about how low it is as the pipe is bent so the water wont travel right the way up it, will it?
CupraTgirl said:Surely it doesnt matter that much about how low it is as the pipe is bent so the water wont travel right the way up it, will it?
The engine would just suck it straight in.
DPJ said:
Hhmm i will have to re-think where i direct my CAI then?
I was going to put it in the bottom section under the fog light where there is no mesh/grille but i dont think that will work now
ibizacupra said:did CoxW injest water then?
Nope he didn;t have this mod but got me thinking, at the time he was mainly concerned about the cat's on his new Miltek exhaust taking a bath
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I'm not trying to scare people, the odd's of this are rare.....As long as you saw the hazzard then worst case scenario you could pull over, rip the feed out the airbox end and drive through I suppose
It always worries me too - and my CAI filter is down there, not in the engine bay.
But I'm careful where i drive. I don't think that there is anywhere i regularly drive that i am not aware of as a flood risk, but those areas i am i avoid in heavy weather.
If it looks even remotely deep, i go round it or turn around. Sometimes i look like a tw*t dodging a 3inch puddle hehe
But I'm careful where i drive. I don't think that there is anywhere i regularly drive that i am not aware of as a flood risk, but those areas i am i avoid in heavy weather.
If it looks even remotely deep, i go round it or turn around. Sometimes i look like a tw*t dodging a 3inch puddle hehe
I was worried at first in heavy motorway spray about the amount of water being ingested, but I've found the car does run even better in those conditions........ 
iv drilled a drainage hole in the bottom of my airbox, found it collected quite a bit from the spray on the roads from cars in front, with the hole it works quite well at keeping it dry
CupraSteve said:
All the time you're running, the airbox will be sucking air up through the hole, not letting water out.
Water doesn't seem to collect in mine, I reckon it's being ingested as water vapour.
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