Convert a light to an air intake?

[Wrighty_1988]

Hey, just wondering if this has ever been done. im talking about using one of the main beams on a four lamp grille and making it into an air intake. doing a pretty good job aswell.

[GTI Shaun]

ive been working on this to for my track car. making a air box and was planning on taking 2 cold air feeds, one from each light in to the air box. did a similar thing on my mg and that worked a treat, gave me 3bhp on a rr session

[...joe]

Hey, just wondering if this has ever been done.

yeah is been done, loads of times. seems to wwork as well as any kind of cold air feed.

[Diamond Hell]

Did it on my G2 Syncro, just to see if it made any difference, before it went into the workshop of doom to have surgery.





Although it's carb, you get the idea 

[jase555]

i have been thinking about this too but i could find anything on the market to tidy up the external look. i would want smooth edges and not something that looks like its just been ragged out. anyone know if there is anything available or how to make something?

sorry to hijack the thead dude 

[Wrighty_1988]

i have been thinking about this too but i could find anything on the market to tidy up the external look. i would want smooth edges and not something that looks like its just been ragged out. anyone know if there is anything available or how to make something?

sorry to hijack the thead dude 

You havent hijacked at all, thats really the question i was putting across. But i dont think it has to be too neat. Your goin to have to have some kind of mesh around the foglight hole as to not let leaves and big sh!t in. I was thinking that a large plumbing fitting could easily do the job if you could get one to the right size then reducer it into the airbox.

[Wrighty_1988]

Buy this and i reckon you could be laughing, im taking it as outer lights are 6 inch and inners are 5inch. So by my calcs this should fit. Has a nice rounded edge aswell.

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[stimGti]

How would you secure the cold air feed on so as it couldnt move anywhere,after youve put some sort of mesh over?
Stimmo

[jase555]

glue it maybe?
how would we stand with the MOT it one of the mainbeam lights were missing?
would i have to put it back in?

[c8dhc]

I wouldn't advise connecting straight from light hole to airbox. If you get alot of water into pipe (lots of rain or driving through big puddles) then you could end up flooding the airbox/engine. However, you could put a drain hole in the bottom of the airbox or, like I have done, make sure the pipework runs uphill to airbox (I have ducted up from gap in front bumper)