How hot does the 'cold' side of the turbo get?
 

Preparing to drive my newly acquired 930 cross country and have one item that requires attention before the trip per the owner. The cold side of the turbo has a simple cone filter clamped directly to it... hangin in the breeze. If you look closely in the pix, you can see it
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1209176427.jpg

Good for dry cali and great roads, but not so good for driving through a rainstorm in Texas or wherever on the way back east. I have a solution which involves attaching a rubber boot to the turbo inlet (4"), and running flexible aluminum vent tubing into the engine bay, to which of course the air filter is attached (The intake air is warmer, but dry) . My question is, how much temp does the rubber boot need to be resistant to? The problem with clamping the ducting directlly to the turbo, is that the inlet is 4", and too fit the tubing into the engine bay, needs to be 2-3" This is not a permanenent solution, only one to get me and the car home. Thanks guys

On average ~150-200 degrees of so, nothing you need to worry about melting rubber or anything.

BTW...a little water mist in the motor doesn't hurt anything. Think of it as a poor mans water injection system :D

Just buy a 3"-4" silicone transition coupler. They're only like $20 from most GOOD turbo shops online....check out www.vwturbo.com link to part is below


http://www.atpturbo.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=ATP-SIL-053&Category_Code=SIL-TRN

Thanks Adam, will do. Geez, you guys really do know everything!:D

i have mine in the weather so to speak. K&N has a dry sock thing that goes over the filter, it's like a chicks nylon stocking.

bending reducers here, http://www.siliconeintakes.com/index.php?cPath=14&osCsid=9e0cd66f7c8e886be0d29e18 81e28503
maybe cheaper elsewhere, but this is where I've got mine before. I like ATP to

Thanks Jer. Is silicone the material of choice here vs rubber? Is is more heat resistant?

Just be careful with the flexible tubing. Reinforced is better. There is a slight pressure deferential between atmosphere and the inside of the tube due to the pressure drop across the air filter. It's not much, but it could invariably collapse a thin aluminum tube.

Thanks guys...got a bunch of 4" and 3" silicone boots, bends, piping etc for the above sources... should be able to fabricate something when i get out there next week. I cant believe that all that is holding this air filter on the intake side is a simple hose clamp (pix from owner)!!

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1209228335.jpg

That's normal :confused: Aside from using a t-bolt clamp theres no other method of securing a filter to a turbo inlet.

As a related question to juicersr's question - how many of you guys that track your 930's simply have a filter off the turbo like that? I have mine routed up into the engine bay, but have been considering attaching mine to the turbo as pictured above.

Anyone had any issues doing that?

Brian

Hi Brian,
I've thought about doing the same thing. My air filter looks exactly like yours. I am woried about it falling off and a rock getting in there though. I sent you a PM about a Tec3r question.

Les

Unless their EFI converted then none. 930's draw air into the CIS fuel head first then into the turbo inlet. That's how they meter airflow to deliver the required fuel.

Yeah, I'm definitely NOT referring to a factory setup :)
EFI/3.2 Inake

DO NOT drive in the rain with a filter like you have there,period. Controlled water mist is fine but what happens when road dirt on the filter is carried through in the water? lt happened to me,sad to say and l found a thin film of grime throughout my entire intake system from turbo-pipes-intercooler-manifolds.:( This happend because l drove ONE TIME in the rain.Once that dirty water passes through the filter it brings dirt with it,remember it`s being sucked through there at high velocity,the real filtration stops when the filter gets wet. Get the right type of intake ducting from Aircraft Spruce,don`t use the aluminum stuff because it is just not up to the job. just my 2$ but from an engineering standpoint that filter location is total crap for anything but a dragracer.

Raceman, i had the same concerns. i will be using a combination of these boots and clamps and 3" aluminum tubing to bring the intake into the engine bay, similar to Brian. Think this will be ok? http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1209327577.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1209327592.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1209327604.jpg

l think you are right on the money with that set-up....thin wall alloy tubing? Don`t use the aluminum flex tube for anything but a very temporary solution,use the scat tubing instead.

l think you are right on the money with that set-up....thin wall alloy tubing? Don`t use the aluminum flex tube for anything but a very temporary solution,use the scat tubing instead.

That just might be the most **&^%ic filter setup I've ever seen.

whats your plan for getting the tubing up into the engine bay? is there anything blocking the old fresh air tubing hole located on the drivers side of the engine bay?

Should be enought room to slip up a pipe past the engine support bar. Definitely going to require a hole saw to the rear tin or just remove it.

I'd go with a hole saw and then install a grommet or windlacing to protect the pipe.. You don't want to suck any more hot air in than you have to.