sonic hood mount cold air scoop

[whitesmoke]

well while we are waiting for trifecta to send us our new re tune to continue our scr 8040 vs. trifecta test we worked on something else.
after we installed the k&n intake the intake man air temp went ballistic, with stock intake man temp ran about 5-10 deg. above outside air temp at a steady speed aprox 60-70. installed borla exhaust and it dropped to 3-5 above oat. installed k&n intake, cant get the man temp below 11-14 deg above oat. so we developed this small intake scoop that mounts on the back of the hood and wraps around under the hood across the cowl and into the air filter box. it just sticks on, no bolts, no holes in the hood, and wow does it cool. at 50 mph man air temp is 2-4 deg above oat, I took it out on rt 80 and ran at 70-75 and the outside temp was 71 deg and the intake man temp was actually at 68-69 fluctuating, lower than oat, that's pretty good. we are going to try and seal the shield completely to the car so no eng compartment air gets in the intake.[/ATTACH][/ATTACH]

 

[whitesmoke]

sorry

I forgot to rotate the pics lol now we are done testing so we will paint it and take some more pics..oh by the way if you are wondering, we design and build aerospace parts and tooling, manufacture and repair composites, we do stuff like this every day, carbon fiber, Kevlar, this piece is fiberglass because its quick and easy to form.

 

[2014 Blue RS]

I like it. Doing a group for hood with what i believe will be a functional hood scoop. But it won't run air right to the intake like yours! Nice

 

[Breezybro]

I like it. Doing a group for hood with what i believe will be a functional hood scoop. But it won't run air right to the intake like yours! Nice

You COULD probably get him to make a channel from it to the intake if wanted.

 

[RMinNJ]

That scoop design looks elegant. I imagine it works only with the K&N intake shield box? Does it scratch the paint?

I can concur according to my UltraGauge the intake temp run about 10 degree above the outside temp
with the stock airbox.

 

[KPM]

Nice work and impressive result whitesmoke.

 

[whitesmoke]

ok its done

well its painted and installed, man air temp is back to nice and cool, looks pretty good too, kind of factory looking[/ATTACH][/ATTACH]

 

[hammrdwn510]

i suspect you'll have people wanting to give you money...... soon
in exchange, of course, for some scoopness

 

[whitesmoke]

oh no

oh man I hope not, I would have to get 1000 bucks for the time it took to make this lol. wait till you see what we are building next, a cold air box that is completely sealed and insulated, with direct connections to this scoop and the stock intake down on the bottom, dual cold air inlets, made of aluminum and tig welded, it will be trick

 

[Breezybro]

I just got really sad really fast

 

[Swordsmith]

I was hoping you had 3d printed it, so you could just pop out as many more as you wanted for 3 bucks each in materials. Hand forming stuff is so over (says the guy who hand forges swords for a living)

 

[KPM]

oh man I hope not, I would have to get 1000 bucks for the time it took to make this lol. wait till you see what we are building next, a cold air box that is completely sealed and insulated, with direct connections to this scoop and the stock intake down on the bottom, dual cold air inlets, made of aluminum and tig welded, it will be trick

Gets more interesting with each post whitesmoke.

 

[2014 Blue RS]

I just got really sad really fast

Me too . .

 

[whitesmoke]

modern day economics

Yea im going to buy a $ 10,000 3d printer to make a piece that costs 20 bucks, how many do i have to sell before i am back to 0 lol. Thats why i like aviation, we build parts for jets and helicopters that cost us 500 to build and get $ 9,000 for them. But if it makes you guys feel better i now have one done so this means we can make a mold which will make it much easier to re produce. Believe me when i put this on the car the first thing i said to my son who works with me ( mr gti, damn trader lol) is wow we should start makin these and selling em cause it works good, looks good, and it installs easy without messing with the car. So who knows?

 

[whitesmoke]

hand forming is over?

Let me tell you something about that, when people stop hand forming new products its over! Manufacturing will come to an end. Mainly becuse you cant use and test, and make changes and ajustments from a drawing or computer data sheet. Somebody has to make it first to re produce it with other means. Somebody had to build the damn 3d printer lol. Also when somebody asks me where i got that i find it much more rewarding to say " i made it " rather than. " jegs" lol. Pride, something that is diminishing at an alarming rate

 

[whitesmoke]

you could look good

Just a little reminder of how cool you could look with a HAND MADE limited production RENZ MORORSPORTS hood scoop lol

 

[KlassKlown]

^ dat cold air doe..

 

[Breezybro]

If you start selling these I'm totally in for one

 

[PurdueGuy]

Let me tell you something about that, when people stop hand forming new products its over! Manufacturing will come to an end. Mainly becuse you cant use and test, and make changes and ajustments from a drawing or computer data sheet. Somebody has to make it first to re produce it with other means. Somebody had to build the damn 3d printer lol. Also when somebody asks me where i got that i find it much more rewarding to say " i made it " rather than. " jegs" lol. Pride, something that is diminishing at an alarming rate

While I have much respect for the skill involved in hand building parts, I think you have a skewed & unrealistic view on 3D printing. For the hobbyist or small business, 3D printing allows for custom, 1-off, functional parts. The ability to use, test, and make changes is one of the biggest advantages to 3D printing! Some people can picture in their mind the changes quite well from a diagram or computer model, and using the computer for the design process allows tracking changes, and more easily updating, tweeking, or stepping backward in design. And for the person that designed and printed their own custom part, they have a very similar pride of "I made it". Don't hate because someone uses a different tool/approach to do the same thing you do.

 

[whitesmoke]

ok calm down

first off I don't know where you got the idea that I hate 3d printers, we are looking into them possibly for making some of our smaller plastic parts we manufacture. I own a manufacturing company for 30 years now and if you look at our website renzcorp.com you will see some of the things we make, and there is no 3d printer not now or never that will build the type of things we make. they are great for small plastic parts and non structural types of applications. quite a few auto makers are using them to make interior parts. hell i own stock in a few of the 3d printer supply companies. but show me one that will layup a rudder for a jet in carbon fiber that will withstand 10g and 650 mph stress i will buy it tomorrow. and my original comment was only about cost effectiveness of a 3d printer to make a stupid little hood scoops. take it easy, calm down!!