Engine Drivetrain 1st Gen Cooper S Most liked posts in thread: Cowl Induction Question

Actually yes it is! About 6 years ago a buddy of mine on NAM designed and built a prototype cowl vent panel and tested it, however by the time he added enough height to make it effective the scoop was nearly 5" tall! Needless to say, nobody went further with any kind of production design just because of how but ugly, and flat out dangerous it was... He said he could barely see the road over the scoop!

The best option is to keep the stock pieces, its been prooven that there is nothing you can do there to make any measurable difference.

 

The best option is to keep the stock pieces, its been proven that there is nothing you can do there to make any measurable difference.

^^^this. When you open up the rear of the air box and allow the box access to all that nice cool ambient air, no need for anything else.

 

Many moons ago we taped several pieces of yarn on and around the cowl vent to see which way the air was flowing at speed precisely because of the question raised in the OP. Turned out that the air does flow front-to-back on the MINI. That having been said, there are at best modest gains available from a second source of 'cold' air.

 

Minimum!

 

Nothing beats a cool morning.

But meth is a reasonable substitute. Have been spraying a small amount of meth for cooling for over 100k miles with no issues, other than going through several pumps and solenoid valves.

 

I agree with the advice you've been given. As I understand it, the air pressure generated at the base of the windscreen is such that fresh air is more likely to enter the air box with the stock intake screens, vs. the aftermarket scoops. I think they are nothing more than bling that results in a relative waste of your money.

If you opt to use the JCW air box, you need to open the hole for the air to enter the rear of the box, via the collector that's provided near the firewall. I originally went with a well known aftermarket air box and was satisfied. I chose to go with a JCW air box because I didn't want to have an issue each time I went to have my car smogged...

Good luck on your project.

 

I live in North Texas, and my completely unscientific opinion about getting cool air into your engine really has more to do with external conditions, than what you do to your car.

I know guys who put dry ice in front of their intercoolers to get a good lap time.

As for me, I'll take a 20-degree morning with 20-percent humidity over any mod I can afford to make. When it is 105 degrees here, there ain't nothing I can do to my car to make up for the fact that it is 105 f-ing degrees.

This may seem like a post that offers no help, but after years of trying to get more cool air into my cars, I have come to realize that Mother Nature can spoil my best efforts. So now, I don't put a whole lot of time and money into mods that aren't likely to buy me much performance. Yes, there are reasonably priced mods you can do to improve airflow, and get somewhat cooler air into your engine, but I wouldn't alter my car's bodywork or spend a ton of cash on that quest.

Just my 2 cents.

CD

 

I have the Orciari scoops but I didn't pay anything like the asking price and never would have. I like the look and so do others by the comments I get. Performance improvement, not likely.

I have found the best way to think about getting the air in is simplicity. Make sure it's outside air not from under the hood. Remove restrictions and smooth the flow. With our cars there is no argument about turbulent vs laminar flow because it all goes through the SC. Then you need to cool the compressed air.

I saw a Viper with a system the had the ac evaporator in front of the air intake. The guy claimed to made up the difference plus that the ac took to run. I'll question that.

 

I read the thread title as "Cow Induction" and was confused.