So I needed some brake cooling ducts for track days and like everything else in this sport, they become expensive quickly. So here's what I did, with the help of a reliable buddy and his shop and his beer, to get them in on the cheap.
Eventually I'll switch to the Cobra R bumper, but I wanted to get the ducts in on the stock Mach 1 bumper until the suspension is built and I can blow money on a bumper. However, the Mach 1 fascia doesn't have a great place to mount ducts intakes unlike the Cobra R setup.
So, I chose the foglight opening:
The mount for the fog lamps bolts in nicely in the opening so I decided they were to be sacrificed to provide a mounting surface.
We removed the fog light mount and the lamp itself. Conveniently, there is a circular opening on the back of the lamp housing. Inconveniently, it is too small for 3 inch hoses.
Cut off wheel time:
I cut off the end of the fog light housing and left two tabs on each side for riveting on the dryer duct reducers (Lowe's high performance motorsports special).
With a little pinching with the vice and some blue paint, the reducers line up (sort of) on the opening.
We sealed up the openings with some tape and arrived at this:
From the top:
Installed:
The duct plates from Lambert Automotive (driver side):
Then, the hoses from Pit Stop USA, routed nicely around the sway bar (Passenger side):
The whole setup cost me around $110 bucks and a couple hours of labor between the two of us. It's not the cleanest setup, but it's the sturdiest way I could come up with to secure them to the stock Mach 1 bumper.
We'll see in March at Road Atlanta how well they work!
Cheers!
Eventually I'll switch to the Cobra R bumper, but I wanted to get the ducts in on the stock Mach 1 bumper until the suspension is built and I can blow money on a bumper. However, the Mach 1 fascia doesn't have a great place to mount ducts intakes unlike the Cobra R setup.
So, I chose the foglight opening:
The mount for the fog lamps bolts in nicely in the opening so I decided they were to be sacrificed to provide a mounting surface.
We removed the fog light mount and the lamp itself. Conveniently, there is a circular opening on the back of the lamp housing. Inconveniently, it is too small for 3 inch hoses.
Cut off wheel time:
I cut off the end of the fog light housing and left two tabs on each side for riveting on the dryer duct reducers (Lowe's high performance motorsports special).
With a little pinching with the vice and some blue paint, the reducers line up (sort of) on the opening.
We sealed up the openings with some tape and arrived at this:
From the top:
Installed:
The duct plates from Lambert Automotive (driver side):
Then, the hoses from Pit Stop USA, routed nicely around the sway bar (Passenger side):
The whole setup cost me around $110 bucks and a couple hours of labor between the two of us. It's not the cleanest setup, but it's the sturdiest way I could come up with to secure them to the stock Mach 1 bumper.
We'll see in March at Road Atlanta how well they work!
Cheers!
