Bonnet scoop

[Wobert]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rich'sFroggy

The thought has crossed my mind. It's a little deceptive, the pic. The screen is composed of flat strands of wire that are angled. So when you look at it head on you see a lot of material, but I suspect the air flow through easily, only being slightly deflected when passing through the wire, but still entering the scoop. I could be wrong. I'm no aerodynamicist......But I'm gonna change it anyways.

From looking at your photos, I reckon you've reduced the flow area through the mesh by around 40-50%..........that's not good.......

You would see a drop off in performance in high ambient temperature, low speed driving, due to the reduction in air flow across the intercooler making the inlet charge increase in temperature.

Robert
(Ex-Lotus Engineering)

[Rich'sFroggy]

Quote: Originally Posted by wobert123

From looking at your photos, I reckon you've reduced the flow area through the mesh by around 40-50%..........that's not good.......

You would see a drop off in performance in high ambient temperature, low speed driving, due to the reduction in air flow across the intercooler making the inlet charge increase in temperature.

Robert
(Ex-Lotus Engineering)

Ya know whut? You're right! It's around 80 deg F here, and she's going sluggish on me. Never done that b4.

[MiniSMan]

hows my mesh? i have never experinced a drop in performance after i fitted a screen to it

[tavis1]

Quote: Originally Posted by MiniSMan

hows my mesh? i have never experinced a drop in performance after i fitted a screen to it

Looks great !
Tavis1