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Old 5th March 2007, 09:15   #51
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Originally Posted by Simon D View Post
We could have a dual-set up in that - as you suggest - allowing the airbox to take air from under the bonnet during winter would be a good preventative measure and then during the summer months allowing a better cold-air feed into the filter box simply by moving some piping around in the engine bay. You could, perhaps, set up a switchable pipe using some sort of valve thingy.
Didn't this used to be normal on a lot of cars (BMC inline A-Series - A35, minor, A40 etc), you just had to turn the air filter "spout" thingy through 90 degs ish so it pointed to the grille in summer, and to the engine in winter?

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