First Intake Through Headlight?

[m3f_gregsalpin_cc1089bbfb]

Just wondering if anyone else here runs their intake through their headlight. I love figuring out doing custom things myself and it worked! Granted I have no high beam on the drivers side but who needs em? It's a four inch tube that goes straight to the stock air-box for now, (still fiberglassing the housing for my cone filter). I'll try to put up some pics if you're interested. Warning: if you want to try this at home make sure you have a back up headlight ( You'll need one to pass inspection anyways ) Oh yeah, the "bubble" I'm making for the cone filter will open to **** air from the engine compartment on rainy days, haven't had a problem with rain on the stock setup either.

[m3f_orijinal_p_92d6bcd8a9]

i've seen it done. especially with the bmw race teams

[m3f_SG_M3_d1201712b5]

a couple of e46 guys do it too.

[m3f_PurpleM3Pursuit]

see to me this would be very nice.. but when u have ZKW's u really don't wanna cut the glass.. it looks so beautiful the way it is.. maybe run something from the grill on the E36 or lower opening or even brake duct? any way to get good airfrow is the best way though..

[m3f_orijinal_p_92d6bcd8a9]

lighting at night is soooo overrated. just run w/o the driver side headlight :thumbsup:

[m3f_Sirius_880bd69485]

Kind of curious.. but why do this to a street car? How will you pass safety inspections?

[m3f_PurpleM3Pursuit]

i was over at a buddies place.. his single turbo supra (under construction) has a nice headlight with a cutout.. kinda cool..

[m3f_orijinal_p_92d6bcd8a9]

yea i've seen some setups on MKIV's also & it looks clean

[m3f_The Fly_6a68e922d2]

The gains to be had from a ram air setup are virtually nil, unless your consistently above 100mph. Even then, the ram airbox needs to be positively sealed to hold pressure for any gains. Your time might be better spent finding the coolest air area or insulating the intake tract.







yea i've seen some setups on MKIV's also & it looks clean

[m3f_Eric1855_e8e56eaefb]

Nothing is truly "ram air" until it is at supersonic speeds (see: scramjets) until that point you will never be going fast enough to build a positive pressure or get any noticeable power gain. Its just a great marketing ploy.

[m3f_PurpleM3Pursuit]

damn didn't realize that.. but i would assume that it is still a good idea for the opening to let the colder air in..

[m3f_KUpolo]

Would have made much more sense to run it through the duct next to your fog light.

[m3f_m3s4me]

I ran my car like that for two years. I had to put my light back in for inspection. I just took my high beam out and the lens cover off and used silver mesh to match my kit. Looked hella tight + the more air under the hood the better, right.





Just wondering if anyone else here runs their intake through their headlight. I love figuring out doing custom things myself and it worked! Granted I have no high beam on the drivers side but who needs em? It's a four inch tube that goes straight to the stock air-box for now, (still fiberglassing the housing for my cone filter). I'll try to put up some pics if you're interested. Warning: if you want to try this at home make sure you have a back up headlight ( You'll need one to pass inspection anyways ) Oh yeah, the "bubble" I'm making for the cone filter will open to **** air from the engine compartment on rainy days, haven't had a problem with rain on the stock setup either.

[m3f_gregsalpin_cc1089bbfb]

Bad news, the box for the cone filter I was trying to design seems as though it will be too restrictive, o well, a project for another day. For now I will just be running a heat shield that's just like all the other ones that I fiberglassed myself. You wouldn't get nearly the airflow from the brake duct ( 3 inch tube 12 inches away compared to 4 inch tube 3 inches away) as you do through the headlight and running from the grill would be more restrictive also. If you look it's really a straight shot from the headlight. I wasn't attempting ram air, that would be silly. A street car with an intake through the headlight in my opinion makes it look more like a track car, isn't that pretty much what we all want anyways?

[m3f_gregsalpin_cc1089bbfb]

Oh yeah and two more things, I did the same with having an extra headlight to put in for inspection, ( if it's too much trouble to take out a headlight you might as well be driven around in a cab ) and my lense is still there the tube comes through it. M3s4me , if you took the lense off how did you make it so that the headlight didn't seem like it was way to far back into the car?