Drivetrain Open F56 hood scoop
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Open F56 hood scoop
I talked to Evolve Automotive and looks like they found a way to open the hood scoop on F56.
I did this on my R56 to cool down under hood/intake temps. I care about that more than aerodynamics.
When I glanced at it in the past, it looks difficult to do on F56.
Anyone have ideas on how to do so? Or successfully done it?
I did this on my R56 to cool down under hood/intake temps. I care about that more than aerodynamics.
When I glanced at it in the past, it looks difficult to do on F56.
Anyone have ideas on how to do so? Or successfully done it?
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Opening the hood scoop
The F56S needs to run at a narrow, but high temperature range. If you open that scoop, wouldn't you be adding cool air to the engine compartment, but not the air intake. Doesn't sound like a good idea.Wouldn't be more effective to add a device that would cool air going into the intake and keeping the engine compartment like it is?
Last edited by dpcompt; 10-27-2018 at 05:39 PM. Reason: change
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californiadreaming (12-06-2018)
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They said that the inner unit has drain holes.
Looking at the photo, and my F56S, it appears that MINI originally intended to have a unit similar to this. Otherwise, why have the rectangular holes? Since I have a CAI, it may increase flow a little but probably will not have any noticeable effect. With this system I could see some benefits, over the factory OEM system. It appears that the "fake" screen has not been removed and the intake area is actually on the bottom. That would give an opening to the inner, rectangular openings. While the rubber(ish) seals on the intake does match the hood inner opening, the upper opening is much smaller, perhaps 1/3. Notice the position of the upper left retaining nut, it is inside the opening. Makes mods of the factory unit not plausible. I need to check out a unit for the R56.
A 50% screen, replacing the OEM fake one, with a 90 degree bend to cover an inch of the horizontal material (removed), may provide a little more free air to the CAI. May try it. Being at 6,500 ft. elv. any additional air is beneficial.
Looking at the photo, and my F56S, it appears that MINI originally intended to have a unit similar to this. Otherwise, why have the rectangular holes? Since I have a CAI, it may increase flow a little but probably will not have any noticeable effect. With this system I could see some benefits, over the factory OEM system. It appears that the "fake" screen has not been removed and the intake area is actually on the bottom. That would give an opening to the inner, rectangular openings. While the rubber(ish) seals on the intake does match the hood inner opening, the upper opening is much smaller, perhaps 1/3. Notice the position of the upper left retaining nut, it is inside the opening. Makes mods of the factory unit not plausible. I need to check out a unit for the R56.
A 50% screen, replacing the OEM fake one, with a 90 degree bend to cover an inch of the horizontal material (removed), may provide a little more free air to the CAI. May try it. Being at 6,500 ft. elv. any additional air is beneficial.
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I know the F56 isn't the same as the F54, but there is a thread of a functional scoop development over here:
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...velopment.html
May be worth a look and see if you can glean some info from CPWillys work. Good luck.
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...velopment.html
May be worth a look and see if you can glean some info from CPWillys work. Good luck.
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Ton of info about the new eventuri scoop and intake here:
http://www.eventuri.net/products/f56...er-s-jcw/#tab2
Yeah, it's $1,550 but damn I just might do it. I had the cravenspeed intake on my car for a week, but heatsoak and it's "short ram" design did not do the car any favors.
Right now for me it's between the eventuri intake or Amsechs carbon intake.
http://www.eventuri.net/products/f56...er-s-jcw/#tab2
Yeah, it's $1,550 but damn I just might do it. I had the cravenspeed intake on my car for a week, but heatsoak and it's "short ram" design did not do the car any favors.
Right now for me it's between the eventuri intake or Amsechs carbon intake.
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I've got an email into dinan to see how the elite will play with intakes and an email into eventuri with some questions.
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That is a sweet looking setup. After spending $800 for the ArmaSpeed intake I was starting to think maybe I needed some adult supervision..... or maybe a straight jacket! But, for a mere $800 more I could have a system that looks sweeter and makes no more horsepower. I'm not knocking the Eventuri at all, but if I dropped that much on an intake that is mostly bling, I'd be looking to book an extended stay in a rubber room. As Vinnie put so succinctly, "to each his own". That's half the fun of a Mini... making it uniquely your own.
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That is a sweet looking setup. After spending $800 for the ArmaSpeed intake I was starting to think maybe I needed some adult supervision..... or maybe a straight jacket! But, for a mere $800 more I could have a system that looks sweeter and makes no more horsepower. I'm not knocking the Eventuri at all, but if I dropped that much on an intake that is mostly bling, I'd be looking to book an extended stay in a rubber room. As Vinnie put so succinctly, "to each his own". That's half the fun of a Mini... making it uniquely your own.
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Well, I just placed my order. IND distribution has a black Friday sale going on and it took $200 off.
Yeah it's expensive, but this is the final mod I plan on doing on the car to complement the dinan elite and I wanted some serious bling under the hood and one of the highest quality products available.
I hope I don't regret it.
Yeah it's expensive, but this is the final mod I plan on doing on the car to complement the dinan elite and I wanted some serious bling under the hood and one of the highest quality products available.
I hope I don't regret it.
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californiadreaming (12-06-2018)
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Since we have a direct airflow path to the filter, it is important that we also allow for water to be drained before reaching the filter. In order to protect against excess water ingress, we have designed several features into the intake components as follows.
- 1) The top of the scoop covers the openings which stops rainfall entering the duct when the car is at a standstill.
- 2) The scoop has 2 flow directing ramps which also act as a water barrier by forcing the water to fall down onto the base of the duct rather than moving straight to the filter area.
- 3) The duct has 2 openings to allow water to drain out - above the radiator and also a drain hole before the filter housing connection.
- 4) The face of the duct as it meets the filter housing has a wall on which the rubber edging is secured. This wall stops any build up of water from directly entering the filter and water is drained through the extra drain hole.
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Let us know how you like it, we just started to carry it for MINI. I like how they incorporated a drip design as we did in our ECS Tuning R55-R61 Carbon Fiber Intake.
https://www.ecstuning.com/b-eventuri-parts/v-mini/
https://www.ecstuning.com/b-eventuri-parts/v-mini/
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Think its quite self explaining that it is my car if you follow on FB
- it also delivers additional air to the brakes, which is important as the original brake ventilation especially for short tracks is not sufficient , if you use the brakes hard.
- it keeps the hood aerodynamical smoother and produce lower drag
- The original airbox is state of the art, the additional port itself supplies enough fresh air to make the snorkels obsolete
- the flow is better
- it costs a fraction compared to the Eventuri
- it keeps for 3rd party inspections the original look, none oh these fresh air devices are on german roads legal, and your find yourself awarded with a fine and rebuild
The original airbox layout with changed port makes the use of a sub cool element possible which i will not show
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J_L (11-29-2018)
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Let us know how you like it, we just started to carry it for MINI. I like how they incorporated a drip design as we did in our ECS Tuning R55-R61 Carbon Fiber Intake.
https://www.ecstuning.com/b-eventuri...-f56-cf-int~v/
https://www.ecstuning.com/b-eventuri...-f56-cf-int~v/
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Let us know how you like it, we just started to carry it for MINI. I like how they incorporated a drip design as we did in our ECS Tuning R55-R61 Carbon Fiber Intake.
https://www.ecstuning.com/b-eventuri...-f56-cf-int~v/
https://www.ecstuning.com/b-eventuri...-f56-cf-int~v/
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Only good body parts Checking on that fitment. They must have added it since the release.
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