muhuhahahahahaaaa!!!
now I really am getting silly, but hey when you 140bhp into a QPOD... 'sensible' is definitely in the rear view mirror...
If you look closely at the first picture showing engine in place will have realised just how close to the engine cover that the throttle bodies are located and therein lies a potential problem...
Well when I queried that, the engineer advised that some kind of scoop would be employed to fix this problem.
Now, its a 50:50 OCD/personal preference but...
I think that cars always look better when symmetrical, to that end I said that i'd rather have twin (left and right) scoops so that the car looked symmetrical.
I thought about what this scoop might look like, and began looking online for options and then happen upon (what I think is) a pearler of an idea! Which I've decided to implement for my loopy project...
And that is twin stacks!!!
it occurred to me that the easiest solution would be to use a curved exhaust tip to facilitate an air-scoop, this would be both a neat solution and (at just £10 each) a cheap solution too!
Then realised that I would now no filtration for the air intake... not good, so thinking cap back on, more reading and researching and realised that the throttle bodies are 57mm so if I went for a 70mm exhaust tip, I could fit a small conical air filter snugly inside the exhaust tip at the base and presto! problem solved with a super neat solution!
and to feed my OCD-ness the right hand pair will feed the throttle bodies, the left hand pair will provide extra airflow into the engine bay and/or airflow for oil cooler.
And of course a bit of a nod to the quad exhaust set up ha ha!
Now don't laugh at my 3D drawing skills this is just a quick mock up...
But all the bits have now been ordered and shipped to the engineer!
Can't wait to post pics of the finished article!
But thought I'd share anyway