Miata Mailing List: October 1993, Message #136
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   From: RMCELEARNEY@delphi.com
Subject: Air Intake
   Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1993 06:06:10 -0400

After a lot of deliberation over the pros and cons of rerouting the intake
to the left edge of the fan shroud v.s. cutting a 2" hole in the firewall to
get cold air from the cowling, I'm inclined to route the intake to the
cowling area, especially since the air pressure in that area will tend to
be higher than ambient.  There were also comments about the possibility of
water getiing in if one starts mucking around with the intake location and I
believe I have paid heed to these warnings in planning how to do this.  The
following is a left side view of the cowling area and what I hope will be
the answer to fresh cold air sans water, even on the rainiest of days:

                        I
       _________________I________
                                 \
                                   \
                                     \
       ____________________            \   
                        I   \            \
                        I     \           I        
        FIREWALL ---->  I       \         I
                        I         \__   __I
                        I             /\
                        I             /\
                        I                 INTAKE
                        I___________________________________________
        
I want to connect the end of the intake hose to a wet/dry vac nozzle. I
believe this will spread the vacuum created by the engine over a wider area
and prevent water from being sucked in during a rainstorm.
 
Any comments will be appreciated!

Rick McElearney
Classic Red 92