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09-18-2005, 06:55 PM
After seeing the pictures and reading the posts on PMD cooling decided this would be the route I would take.
Notched out the front license plate bracket and fitted a utility nozzle for a RIGID vaccum from Home Depot. Attached with stainless steel hardware. Cut a half circle in the air dam for 7' wet/dry hose for same vaccum and routed behind the air dam to the left front wheel well, behind the flexible cover on the wheel well into the engine compartment. It ends with another utility nozzle that directs the air over PMD. Hose held in place with bracket and tie wrapped strategically to keep in place. Plenty of hose and did a loop between the air dam and the bumper. No effect to air coming thru and will definitely not allow any water. Checked air flow with a leaf blower on idle to make sure that it worked. Also wrapped the hose with foil tape as it did get quite warm after an initial test run. Drove in 90 degree's for about 20 minutes to get everything up to temp and after stopping could actually lay my hand on the heat sink. Before it was too hot to touch. The PMD is only slightly warm. Wrapping the hose reduced the temp of the hose significantly.
May be a bit involved but was fun and I wanted to keep the PMD out of the weather.
Notched out the front license plate bracket and fitted a utility nozzle for a RIGID vaccum from Home Depot. Attached with stainless steel hardware. Cut a half circle in the air dam for 7' wet/dry hose for same vaccum and routed behind the air dam to the left front wheel well, behind the flexible cover on the wheel well into the engine compartment. It ends with another utility nozzle that directs the air over PMD. Hose held in place with bracket and tie wrapped strategically to keep in place. Plenty of hose and did a loop between the air dam and the bumper. No effect to air coming thru and will definitely not allow any water. Checked air flow with a leaf blower on idle to make sure that it worked. Also wrapped the hose with foil tape as it did get quite warm after an initial test run. Drove in 90 degree's for about 20 minutes to get everything up to temp and after stopping could actually lay my hand on the heat sink. Before it was too hot to touch. The PMD is only slightly warm. Wrapping the hose reduced the temp of the hose significantly.
May be a bit involved but was fun and I wanted to keep the PMD out of the weather.