cold air induction?, ricers benefit would type iv or a six? Options

[G e o r g e]

this maybe a stupid ??? , but if temp. has everything to do with HP in an air cooled engine wouldn't this improve preformance? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif)




George

[Dave_Darling]

It does seem to help. Demick (member on this BBS though I haven't seen him post in a while) did some testing, and he figured it was worth a few HP to route cold outside air directly to the intake on his 2056cc motor. The engine bay--particularly the middle where most 914s draw their air from--is quite warm.

The real question is, where do you get the cold air from? It needs to be somewhere that is fairly well sheltered from rain, debris, dust, etc.

Demick finally tried simply flipping a stock air cleaner around so the snorkel pointed off to the side of the engine bay. He said it worked almost as well as his downspout ducting, and was much easier.

--DD