[Es2] things that tend to break on es2's at the track

[Dave K.]

A buddy of mine makes bolt on louvers.  CNC machined from aluminum.

I don't know about the hood but maybe in a little more subtle places.

Adam Ordway wrote:

>Good point Elijah, I almost forgot about my toasty feet from the 300
>mile ride that day.  The fan just blows/sucks that hot air right against
>the backside of the foot well.  Need to add to the shopping list the
>most vented sneaks I can find (and some odor eaters).  I do have a spare
>B4 hood I could experiment with, hmmmmm.
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>Thanks everyone for all of the tips, I'll do my best to hit everything I
>can.  Elijah has already done a hell of a job building the car with the
>track in mind.  
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>Elijah, with rain in the forecast and the intake still in the same spot
>do you think I should pick up a MAF or 2? 
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>Adam
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>From: elijahallen92 at aol.com [mailto:elijahallen92 at aol.com] 
>Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 5:43 PM
>To: Adam Ordway; chris.miller at infofoundry.com; pcschulz at comcast.net;
>richard.tanimura at gmail.com; davekase at pdqlocks.com
>Cc: es2 at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: [Es2] things that tend to break on es2's at the track
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>Adam,
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> Ducting to the radiator was always something I wanted to do but never
>got around to. What I really wanted to do was vent the hood behind the
>radiator because if you look behind it there is not really anywhere for
>the air to go even if you do get it ducted better. It will just make an
>air dam like if you are wearing a coat with a hood that covers your head
>out in front of your face. Even when you walk into the wind the air will
>barley touch your face. Sorry, that was the only example I could think
>of, hehe.
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>Elijah 
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Adam Ordway <adam.ordway at boston.ehr.com>
>To: Miller, Chris <chris.miller at infofoundry.com>; Peter Schulz
><pcschulz at comcast.net>; Richard Tanimura <richard.tanimura at gmail.com>;
>David Kase <davekase at pdqlocks.com>
>Cc: es2 at audifans.com
>Sent: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 11:32:18 -0400
>Subject: Re: [Es2] things that tend to break on es2's at the track
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>I guess it will be a somewhat easy test given the weather forecast but
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>it currently has no ducting to it with much tubing in front but does
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>retain a fan and shroud on the backside.  
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>http://quattronuts.com/bay.jpg
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>The only day I have really driven it more than 5 minutes it ran between
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>80 and 90 on a warm day of easy highway cruising.
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