I could certainly leave the space empty, that's very true. My hope with this thing was to 1) give myself some kind of structure to which I can apply the mesh screen, and 2) help funnel air where I need it.
The 745i actually put the IC behind the valance, technically outside of the engine bay. So different setup.
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I dont know much about aerodynamics and fluid movement.. but I'd search a bit to find out the best way to funnel air cleanly to the IC.
I've seen others delete the same headlamp for similar reasons. Copy them..?
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I also started working on something to take the place of the passenger side high beam, since I can't make it fit with the air filter and intercooler.
I found this 5-3/4" bell mouth thing on Summit. It's designed to take the place of any factory headlight of the same diameter. I had to hack up the black plastic headlight bucket to make it fit, but I was pretty happy with the result...
...until I reinstalled it on the car with the grill, and realized it sits about 1.5" too far back! Looks like shit IMO.
I want it to sit out at the normal highbeam location, but I don't have any way to attach it. The plan was to cover the opening with a fine silver mesh screen that would at least *sort of* look like a stock headlight and not some ricer air funnel, but I think I've failed.
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Received some goodies from Summit to help me plumb my oil feed for the turbo
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I'm going to have to add some of that UV dye to my engine oil when I crank this thing up. There's so many new potential leak spots, I want to make sure I've got them all done right. Oil filter housing, oil temp sensor, oil pressure sensor, turbo feed, turbo drain, etc....Leave a comment:
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