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Originally Posted by shoco
The hybrid solution you speak of: I tried that once and didn't feel there was enough room. But, hey I could supply you with side panels and hoses and you could experiment.
And I notice you are in San Diego? I would love to brainstorm with you. Just spent the last couple days perfecting a filter that saves Chrysler minivan transmissions from self destructing. Let me know if I can supply anything you need.
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Yes, my Lotus is in San Diego, and as of now, so am I. I would be interested in trying out the panels and hoses... it might be a couple of weeks before I'm ready to get to that stage... I'd also like to see your mod in person too.
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Originally Posted by shay2nak
check out this pic of an Exige S whose rear clam was fettled... Looks to me you guys can go even further to open it up... maybe where i circled and maybe on the inside of the opening there's a few more mm to grind away?
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It's hard to see the way the ductwork is attached to the clam, but there's not too much you can grind away in the area you indicated. Here are pics from the "fettling" so far:
1) Before fettling... rubber snorkel is disconnected and a light is shining in the gap.
2) Beginning of fettling... you can see how much material I'm removing
3) After fettling (for now). Road test tomorrow...
EDIT: Note that the rubber gasket on the clam's inlet has been removed... the Cup roof has a gasket on the mating surface already, the stock S roof does not. I moved the gasket from the clam to the stock roof for testing purposes...