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Originally Posted by NitrousG35
There just isn't a way to get a tube completely straight to the fog light area. It has to take a small bend in order make the hookup to the airbox. Even with slight bends, the vacuum from the box as well as the ram effect that increase with speed, the air velocity will still be quite good.
One of the reasons that I proposed accessing the air from the cowl area is that it would be a direct, straight shot. You would only need a few inches of hose to connect to a duct attached to the firewall.
When I get over this stupid flu that I have, I'll examine my cowl area and try and remove the black plastic where the wipers are. I have a hunch that the space under the black plastic is empty. This is probably where the factory has the intakes for the ventilation system.
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Its empty back there execpt for a big metal rod that I think supports the windshield whipers. That space is separated from the engine compartment because the bottom of the plastic cowl cover thing snaps into a flat metal shelf that runs between the strut towers and the top of the cover snaps into the windshield support. you would have to put a hole in that metal shelf between to access the engine bay.
I don't know if this has be said already, but the difference in angle between the hood and the windshield is not as much on our cars as it was on old muscle cars. I think that this smaller difference in angle would make for less of a high pressure area when compaired to muscle cars of old.