I'm going to make a top mate just waiting for some more sheet alloy.Have you thought of extending the metal over the top of the filter as well Tony? The AFE version I have surrounds the filter, and the cover is removable to get access to the cone if needed.
Very impressed with your metal fabricating skills, nice tidy job all round
I brought my lazer temp reader home from work today and when I backed the car into the garage I put the bonnet up straight away to help prevent heat soaking all over the engine bay. Here's what I found using this,
Well that's some temperature difference, this can only be a good thing so your handy work with the heat shield does workNow the scientific bit
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The oil filter housing was showing 88.8 deg.C.View attachment 62597
The side of the heat shield nearest the Ramair showed 39.6 deg. C.
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The Ramair body showed 33.4 deg. C.View attachment 62599
The bracket from the oil filter housing showed 65.2 deg. C.
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While the end of the mounting bobbin inside the shield showed only 31.8 deg. C.
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As a control of sorts the car bodywork showed 26.8 deg. C.
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So, I'm fairly happy that the air going into the induction will be kept cooler with the shield in place. Next thing is to look into scooping more cold air from the kidney grille area and test again, then fabricate a top and maybe close a gap or two as well and see what effect that has too.
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And people !We'll that's some temperature difference, this can only be a good thing so your handy work with the heat shield does work
I've got one of those infra red thermometers,use it for finding cold spots on radiators, it's also excellent for winding up customer's cats when you wave the red dot about
Very useful for find which brake is getting hot(ter) and tracing the flow of a cooling system when you've got air locks etc.
Absolutely mate,but when you fashion a cold air scoop can you make sure it fits Atlanta blue Z3's as wellAnd people !
Yep, I think it's worth continuing with Steve.
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I can insulate the stay bar by using an 8mm threaded bobbin at the filter housing Roy. I'll get one.Shame that bracket from the engine side to the filter shield is a good conductor of heat, Anyway Tony that's a great bit of info and will help people decide wether it's worth closing the filter in. I'm also wondering what the temp is when actually driving along at say 40mph with the air circulating around the engine bay, got to be cooler surely. How much would that great piece of equipment you used cost.
All we need to do now is test some .org Zs with different setups( i.e. like Bozzy's ) to see how they compare. This is what modifying is all about, love it. Thanks Tony really interesting post.
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I brought one to read the temp of the engine in an rc car. It wasn't expensive about £10 on eBay they work well.Just send me the details and I'll order one Tony. Great bit of kit to get someone like me interested in what it can tell you. Thought I knew a lot but just goes to show. Cheers mate.
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Check this one Roy.Cheers Ant, gonna go on the net and have a look.
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Don't worry I'll get past whatever.A little job for tomorrow if all goes to plan, first nip to Marshall's Yard in Gainsborough to Car Phone Whatehouse for A 32gb memory card then get this fitted (rear view) before next weekend. So if you're behind me, behave !
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I followed this truck home tonight, foreign plates and boy he was not hanging around, 60 mph on a single carriage way A road? I was under the impression they were restricted to 50 on these roads and 60 on Dual carriage ways and Motorways? @Grumps.