cold air intake choices....
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So i have decided to put a cold air in take on my x..But with such limeted space and no heat sheild is it just sucking hot air..I am lookin for X owners who already hae one to chime in and let me know what brads they used ,with what result;s and if they needed some custom made pipie or if i can order one some where
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So i have decided to put a cold air in take on my x..But with such limeted space and no heat sheild is it just sucking hot air..I am lookin for X owners who already hae one to chime in and let me know what brads they used ,with what result;s and if they needed some custom made pipie or if i can order one some where![Icon Bike](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_bike.gif)
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I see mina has one that look's like the pipe goes in front of passenger light..Hmmm,not sur if it;s a crappy pic..
So in fact you have gained nothing(exexpat) except an audible diffrence..
Sounds crazy but maybe i should mould some fibreglass to make a peice,that connects to a couple pieces of hose..that then goes to air box..kinda like the old air box mod..but the 2.0 version..and if I cant make it look somewhat factory..i wont bother...Hmmmmmm
So in fact you have gained nothing(exexpat) except an audible diffrence..
Sounds crazy but maybe i should mould some fibreglass to make a peice,that connects to a couple pieces of hose..that then goes to air box..kinda like the old air box mod..but the 2.0 version..and if I cant make it look somewhat factory..i wont bother...Hmmmmmm
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THere would be no point in making the mod Irish if you don't gut the airbox, then run some big (4-6") tube to where you can get more cold air (again in front of the rad down low) because the restriction in the airbox is not the filter type but the fact the ports are those 2 little snoots beside the lock. They gather cooler air but just not enough to make a performance difference. You can get a K&N filter replacement that breaths better but you still don't have enough air. I've seen the adding of more ports via some god awefully ugly rad hose type thing beside the snoots, but the design of the airbox to me is the challenge. If the filter sat lower you could carve a 6" hole in the lid of it and port it with a big tube down to the bottom grill.
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On a I want to copy you note.....the engine covers and battery box. Did you just sand them flat and paint with a nice gloss? And when you removed the airbox, did it leave that perfect space for the air cleaner or was there a bit of modification required.
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see my TRUE cold air intake here : http://www.cardomain.com/ride/225379...-jaguar-x-type
This car was used for auto cross and road racing events. I now have a 2006 X-type Sport
Found comparable gains to the Mazda6 V6 with their cold air intake. Even more with the power programmer and full catback installed.
This car was used for auto cross and road racing events. I now have a 2006 X-type Sport
Found comparable gains to the Mazda6 V6 with their cold air intake. Even more with the power programmer and full catback installed.
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wow..you got that thing performace modded to the nuts..
how's the tranny and xfer case holding up..obviousley u turn wrenceh as at least a hobbie,Me i feed people for a living,just into my jag now bout 2 years...did that cold air intake ever get made so it looks a little better...and where and how much for one....like the fact you have the pipe running down in a "more"proper placement
how's the tranny and xfer case holding up..obviousley u turn wrenceh as at least a hobbie,Me i feed people for a living,just into my jag now bout 2 years...did that cold air intake ever get made so it looks a little better...and where and how much for one....like the fact you have the pipe running down in a "more"proper placement
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the intake was designed purely for performance, so nothing attractive about it! We removed the foglight assembly to get air to it as well as a duct behind the lower mesh feeding to the intake. a proper elbow was later fabbed out of mandrel-bent aluminum at the intake manifold, then we thermo-tec heat-wrapped it to keep underhood temps off the piping.
I do not have this x-type anymore. it was sold to another auto-x'er. Transmission blew,before I ever installed any mods.... but that was covered under the first tranny recall. the transfer case never blew, but my close friend's transmission shop maintained it every 6 months for about $200 each fluid change
I do not have this x-type anymore. it was sold to another auto-x'er. Transmission blew,before I ever installed any mods.... but that was covered under the first tranny recall. the transfer case never blew, but my close friend's transmission shop maintained it every 6 months for about $200 each fluid change
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see my TRUE cold air intake here : http://www.cardomain.com/ride/225379...-jaguar-x-type
This car was used for auto cross and road racing events. I now have a 2006 X-type Sport
Found comparable gains to the Mazda6 V6 with their cold air intake. Even more with the power programmer and full catback installed.
This car was used for auto cross and road racing events. I now have a 2006 X-type Sport
Found comparable gains to the Mazda6 V6 with their cold air intake. Even more with the power programmer and full catback installed.
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Yes and yes (no modification to the covers was required - that filter just fills the space perfectly).
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Crazy... I didn't realize that was yours either. That car was definitely one of the ones i was checking out pretty often before i bought my X. My plans are to beat on mine as a daily driver until the tranny blows, then gut it, swap in a 5 speed, import a Mondeo turbo kit and go racing (until the motor blows.. Haha)!
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did 151mph with ECU tune.
was solid as a ROCK at that speed
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