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Originally Posted by Paul the Duc
Hi guys got ot say this dose look a bit waki sorry ! I dont mean to be rude >
I think the idea is good as to push as much Air in to the engine as possible i have a 4lt Jag and have set up the same kind of thing a waking great air filter with air dams .
the car dose puck up very fast and will go on to 160 but also it only averages 16mpg!! in summer!!
I think with this kind of engine you would need a very big Air ducket But also if you have a Carb engine also a Better SPark .
Any way would love to knowif it give any more go.
regards.
Paul
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Hi Paul, no its not rude mate you say what you think, but you have the wrong end of the stick here matey, this isnt about ram air induction, although the idea came to me when I saw a ram-air kit for the airbox, taking air from the nose fairing slots
No what we have here me ol' china is a cooling thing, you see the 904cc aircooled cylinders run a bit on the hot side, even more so when you have a 944cc conversion as mine is, Now this is usually only a problem when you push the engine hard i.e race
But I am not taken any chances especially when it can get to 40degrees in the summer here, I am fitting an extra oil cooler, which helps the cooling, but this is being mounted on the top valve cover position ala 900 monster, which cuts some of the airflow over the top of the engine to the rear cylinder, hence detracting from direct airflow cooling.
I saw this cooling hose arrangement on a piccy of a racing F1 (or could have been the prototype race 851) which had ducting and shrouding to the rear cylinder, I dont race but as I said I am not going to take any chances... plus the missus says it keeps me busy and out of trouble doing all these heath robinson mods!!
Geo