All this cold air talk reminds me of an experiment I did on my '73 Capri V-6.
I copied the air induction system of the factory RS2600 rally cars using
cardboard and masking tape (this was an experiment, OK?), which collected cold
air just ahead of the radiator. I removed the inlet on the air cleaner, and fed
the cold air straight in using a plastic flex tube. I never tried to quantify
any power gain, but I got my best gas mileage ever (with this car) using this
setup. The materials were not exactly robust, so it was back to "stock" in
time for winter, when I really wanted some hot air anyway. I was going to
build it up again using sheet metal, but........well, you know how that goes.
I wondered about doing this with the Tiger, but I never came up with an idea
that wouldn't be really ugly to implement, and I like to keep things pretty
close to stock.
Stu
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