Re: [DML] K&N Setup from Eurofest

[DMCVegas@xxxx]

Air flow is sucked from the bottom of the engine bay from the 
underside of the car, and is exhausted out thru the engine cover and 
louvers. Takes a little getting used to in the summer when you look 
up in the rear view mirror to see the constant mirage following you 
around :)

Trust me, you do not want to have the fresh air intake for the engine 
located in the engine compartment. Aside from the motor itself, you 
also have the catalytic converter and the muffler in the compartment 
as well that are generating a good amount of heat themselves. Aside 
from water, a motor also rids itself of heat via hot exhaust gases.

I don't know if removal of the louvers would change things by 
allowing air flow to come down from then roof, and across the engine 
cover. If it does, I suppose then that you could go so far as to 
create a "shaker" hood (or engine cover) for an air filter. But the 
bigger question remians: Why bother? There's already 2 cool air 
intakes and plenty of room for innovation around the engine.

-Robert
vin 6585



--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Donald Ekhoff" <ekhoff@xxxx> wrote:
> This poses an interesting question.: When the DeLorean is in 
motion , what
> direction is the net air flow in the engine compartment? It could 
be top to
> bottom in which case the filter location might work just fine.
>