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MINIAC · Oct 8th, 2007, 07:43 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Richard Crofts (original)

....you have to do some home tweeking on the Alta to make the fit/seal good enough to really shield it from heat....but if you open the whole scuttle pannel up to get cold air it really doesn't struggle...plus an ocari pollen vent scoop would probably help drag some extra air in

Alta makes a top to seal their air box from underhood heat.

The Alta intake is open to the cowl area so I'm not sure what you mean by "opening the whole scuttle panel".

I've not read anything proving the Ociari scoops are good for anything other than "looks".

Oct 8th, 2007, 07:43 PM	#14
MINIAC MINI Profiler Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: City By The Bay Local Time: 02:45 AM Posts: 8,708 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Richard Crofts (original) ....you have to do some home tweeking on the Alta to make the fit/seal good enough to really shield it from heat....but if you open the whole scuttle pannel up to get cold air it really doesn't struggle...plus an ocari pollen vent scoop would probably help drag some extra air in Alta makes a top to seal their air box from underhood heat. The Alta intake is open to the cowl area so I'm not sure what you mean by "opening the whole scuttle panel". I've not read anything proving the Ociari scoops are good for anything other than "looks".