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    Cold Air Intake

    I have seen a couple of threads about Roadsters making modifications for a cold air intake. After seeing some recent post about the coupe having a particularly hot engine bay, I was wondering if there were any popular ways to put in a cold air intake in the coupe, and how much of a benefit that would bring.

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    Might be able to do something with one of the provided scoops. As to benefit, I think the heat issue might be overstated. Yes, with a hot motor idling on a warm, windless day the temp will build up. However, at speed there is so much air turbulence under the hood that it's got to be changing out the air enough to keep the temps down. It'd be simple enough to run a thermometer with a probe to check the temps. There are other changes I can make to get a better benefit for the buck.
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