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Old 09-23-2005, 12:10 AM
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hey ppls i live in a hot area of qld australia and wondering if anyone has tried using air ducts on the car. and if it realy works
Old 09-23-2005, 10:59 AM
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ORIGINAL: bbowl2

hey ppls i live in a hot area of qld australia and wondering if anyone has tried using air ducts on the car. and if it realy works

some pic or link?
Old 09-23-2005, 01:01 PM
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Absoluteley works..... we make a carbon fiber ram air intake for 1/5th scale cars, and have had very very good results.....

http://www.timezoneracing.com/tuning_parts.htm

Take a look

Old 09-24-2005, 03:43 AM
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hey thats pretty cool. Im am going to get some tubing and make a air duck for my dt 10,
thanks any way that pic is sweet
Old 09-24-2005, 04:09 AM
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rocky isn;t hot...

just run it slightly rich and you'll be fiiine
Old 09-25-2005, 02:33 AM
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oh it get up to 40 degrees C in summer, jd where u from
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still not that hot :P, I'm from tully, now in brisbane
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goto longreach in the middle of summer, now thats hot lol... i did that about a year ago, I've never seen my engine so hot lol
Old 09-25-2005, 12:45 PM
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I live in Miami which has the highest average tempurature in the U.S., its hot in the winter and even hotter in summer, and i dont have any rpoblems running my RS4 3 EVO, and know that i got a new heat sink, even in 100+ degerees F my motor doesnt overheat.
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yeah i was thinkin of getting a new heat shrink that should do the job. yeah longreach gets really hot not quite th eplace for running car in summer

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