I spent a few hours today making a block off plate to keep hot engine bay air from my air filter. I am hoping this will help the car stall faster on hot days and mabey make a few more horsepower at he same time.
I started by making a cardboard template.
After a few test fits I transfered the template to some scrap sheetmetal I had. And cut ot out with my die grinder. Cutting sucked. I need to gets some electric tin snips.
I bent the sheet metal over the edge of my work bench. Its not perfect but it will do the trick. I then test fit it a few more times and got it to fit nice.
After I was sure I got the fit I wanted I painted it with some Black paint I had sitting around and wraped the edges with some foam tape scraps we throw away at work. it fits nice and tight.
All of this was done with parts I had sitting around. so my goal of not spending any money on the car is still intact.
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