XFR-S Upgraded Air Intake
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However, the main issue with heat soak is the cone filters sucking in hot air from the engine - the factory air boxes do a reasonable job of insulating the intake air from the engine, which at least in mine appears to get positively roasting under my hood and lets off heat like a radiator. It makes sense to insulate air intake from this as much as possible: the hotter the air, the less dense it is - and therefore less fuel, crappier explosion, less power. I think in an engine bay like ours if you don't insulate the cone filters from the hot engine air they could well be losing you more power than they're gaining (admittedly with fairly tasty supercharger whine) with how hot the air around the engine is.
Personally I'm working on shielding the cone filters from the rest of the engine bay with carbon fiber sheeting, and adding additional cold air intakes from the front bumper vents, along with potentially upgraded auxiliary cooling radiators.
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Both. Many will say that the air isn't in the aluminum tube long enough to have an effect, but the fact remains that it does heat the air by some degree, and if you can prevent heat transfer (such as by using carbon fiber, which has reasonably good heat insulation properties) then you probably should.
However, the main issue with heat soak is the cone filters sucking in hot air from the engine - the factory air boxes do a reasonable job of insulating the intake air from the engine, which at least in mine appears to get positively roasting under my hood and lets off heat like a radiator. It makes sense to insulate air intake from this as much as possible: the hotter the air, the less dense it is - and therefore less fuel, crappier explosion, less power. I think in an engine bay like ours if you don't insulate the cone filters from the hot engine air they could well be losing you more power than they're gaining (admittedly with fairly tasty supercharger whine) with how hot the air around the engine is.
Personally I'm working on shielding the cone filters from the rest of the engine bay with carbon fiber sheeting, and adding additional cold air intakes from the front bumper vents, along with potentially upgraded auxiliary cooling radiators.
However, the main issue with heat soak is the cone filters sucking in hot air from the engine - the factory air boxes do a reasonable job of insulating the intake air from the engine, which at least in mine appears to get positively roasting under my hood and lets off heat like a radiator. It makes sense to insulate air intake from this as much as possible: the hotter the air, the less dense it is - and therefore less fuel, crappier explosion, less power. I think in an engine bay like ours if you don't insulate the cone filters from the hot engine air they could well be losing you more power than they're gaining (admittedly with fairly tasty supercharger whine) with how hot the air around the engine is.
Personally I'm working on shielding the cone filters from the rest of the engine bay with carbon fiber sheeting, and adding additional cold air intakes from the front bumper vents, along with potentially upgraded auxiliary cooling radiators.
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Aftermarket Intake
You can use heat retardant gold adhesive tape and you can bring those temps down.
I have a very good vendor and he is located in the UK.
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Funny you should ask, I've been working on an intake for the older MAFs that my car has.
These MAF adaptors pipes off eBay, combined with some M4x8mm screws, fit the older MAF sensors perfectly. And yes, the supercharger HOWLS with them on.
Next job is to fab up some heat shields and improve piping, along with additional Cold Air Feeds that I'm working on. I'd love it if someone could make a Carbon Fiber version of the Mina Gallery intake.
Will be something similar to this
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A year or so ago I fitted the Mina Gallery lower intake system to my F-Type and it has been great, see here: https://minagallery.com/jaguar-f-typ...-tube-filters/
Pretty much the exact same filters as fitted by Dave Tibbs per earlier posts ie oil coated fabric covered by wire mesh.
No worries about engine bay heat for the F-Type or need for any shields or boxes as the filters sit way down in front of the front wheels.
The system has released a big fat pile of SC whine as it dispenses with the baffles in the stock intake tubes.
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any idea what im doing wrong or did wrong to cause this issue
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I've got those "heat shields" from mina too and they don't block much of anything. Take a heat gun sometime after u have been out for a good rip. Pop the hood and shoot the laser at one of the cones, then the surrounding area, then at the engine and over the rad where I see some people still have those factory tubes sucking all that lovely hot air from directly above the smoking hot rad
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And a belated update from me too.
A year or so ago I fitted the Mina Gallery lower intake system to my F-Type and it has been great, see here: https://minagallery.com/jaguar-f-typ...-tube-filters/
Pretty much the exact same filters as fitted by Dave Tibbs per earlier posts ie oil coated fabric covered by wire mesh.
No worries about engine bay heat for the F-Type or need for any shields or boxes as the filters sit way down in front of the front wheels.
The system has released a big fat pile of SC whine as it dispenses with the baffles in the stock intake tubes.
A year or so ago I fitted the Mina Gallery lower intake system to my F-Type and it has been great, see here: https://minagallery.com/jaguar-f-typ...-tube-filters/
Pretty much the exact same filters as fitted by Dave Tibbs per earlier posts ie oil coated fabric covered by wire mesh.
No worries about engine bay heat for the F-Type or need for any shields or boxes as the filters sit way down in front of the front wheels.
The system has released a big fat pile of SC whine as it dispenses with the baffles in the stock intake tubes.
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JSR (12-01-2022)
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Most definitely will be posting more pictures. I made it work with the existing plumbing. It work around it for me . I would have to see your set up . I wanted my stock intake scoops to also continue to function as well without removing or relocating anything