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Old 06-03-2012, 06:56 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Eric's Explorer - '01 Ford Explorer Sport 4x4
90 day: 19.05 mpg (US)

E's V - '07 Nissan Versa SL
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Thanks Matt, I never thought about the air box and only looked at the right hand side.

The air box intake is right behind the left headlight on mine. If it is supposed to be getting cool outside air from the vent the metal wall behind the headlight is doing a pretty good job of blocking it. That could be very easily remedied though.

The trans cooler is infront of the main radiator on the left side and only half exposed to air flow in the lower main part of the grill. I was planning on leaving that part open. Now that I find that at least one side vent might actually have a purpose I am thinking of leaving the entire upper grill alone, and possibly free up the flow behind the headlight from the vent to airbox. At least for summer.

I realize that this thing will never be great on fuel but every bit helps. I am looking forward to getting the ScanGage and seeing what kind of difference I can make with some simple mods.
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