INCREASED HORSEPOWER AND TORQUE FROM COLDER INTAKE AIR TEMPERATURES AND INCREASED AIRBOX PRESSURE 
REDUCTION IN INTAKE AIR TEMPERATURES IN EXCESS OF 25F DEGREES!

EQUATES TO + 25rwhp + 18rwlbft WHEN AMBIENT TEMPS EXCEED 75F!!!

INCREASED INTAKE SOUND IN COCKPIT BY 20db 


THE PORSCHE CAYMAN'S MID-ENGINE PLATFORM FEATURES THE ENGINE IN THE PREFERRED LOCATION FOR HANDLING, DIRECTLY BEHIND THE DRIVER; THIS HOWEVER CREATES A PROBLEM IN A MOTORSPORT ENVIRONMENT, LEAVING LITTLE OPPORTUNITY TO EXHAUST RADIANT HEAT FROM THE CAR'S ENGINE BAY.  

FRONT ENGINE CARS BENEFIT FROM FRESH AIR TO THE NOSE, THE VENERABLE REAR ENGINE PORSCHE 911 GETS MORE FRESH AIR FOR ITS ENGINE BAY BUT THE MID-ENGINE ORIENTATION RUNS THE HOTTEST AND REQUIRES THAT ENGINE AIR BE SOURCED VIA TWO SIDE 'GILLS' BEHIND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER.  (THINK BACK TO THE STYLE CUES OF THE PONTIAC FIERO AND FERRARIS 348, 355, TESTAROSSA AND MONDIAL). THAT AIR BEING DIGESTED CAN BE VERY DIRTY AND HOT IN A RACING ENVIRONMENT AS BRAKE DUST FROM THE FRONT AXLES AND ROAD DEBRIS COVER YOUR INTAKE SCREENS.  THE AIR MUST THEN SNAKE THROUGH THE CAR'S BODY AND INTO THE ENGINE BAY WHERE THE TEMPERATURE HAS NOW INCREASED BY OVER 25F DEGREES FROM WHERE IT STARTED.  

THE DRY CARBON FIBER WINDOW DUCTS WERE CREATED TO BE RETROFITTED TO THE FACTORY PORSCHE WINDOW FRAMES TO FEED THE ENGINE WITH COLDER FRESHER AIR.  WIND TUNNEL DATA FURTHER REITERATED THE VALUE OF THIS APPROACH WHEN IT QUANTIFIED THE FAR GREATER AMOUNT OF AIR PRESSURE AT THE QUARTER WINDOW vs. THE ORIGINAL SIDE MOUNTED DESIGN THAT HAD BEEN IN PLACE SINCE INCEPTION.



BY REVISING THE INTAKE AIR LOCATION WE CAN REDUCE THE VARIANCE IN THE INTAKE AIR TEMPERATURE TO THAT OF THE AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES TO BE LESS THAN 10F DEGREES NOT 30F - THIS REDUCTION OF ALMOST 25F IN INTAKE AIR TEMPS MITIGATES THE POWER LOSS THAT CAUSED BY THE HEAT SOAK AND SCAVENGES VALUABLE LOST HORSEPOWER.  AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 120mph THERE IS NOW A GREATER RAM AIR EFFECT FROM THE FAR GREATER PRESSURE AT THE WINDOWS. 

$6,999.00 USD (EXCL. TAXES,S & H) 

NOW AVAILABLE DRY CARBON VERSIONS FOR 718 AND 981 (WINDOW SCOOPS ONLY)
$1995.00
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DRY CARBON VERSIONS FOR 718 and 981!!!


 


 
These dry carbon window ducts are the elementary unit of any cold air Cayman project.