Ok, been reading through some of the past threads as my induction hose is getting a bit past its best.
I’m thinking of replacing it with some silicone hosing with lotus adapter to the airduct…
but the important question is lol - what colour do it get !!!
I can’t decide to go blue or black??? they’re the same price @ approx �60 for 1m length
Any answers or abuse appreciated haha
btw, i’ve got the ITG panel filter to fit instead of the witches tit filter
Got to be black on grounds of taste.
Paul
Are you at The Buckles Inn tonight? If so, we must say hello 
Sad post coming up…
After doing some calculation (Bernoulli) I can confirm that any ram air effect achieved by an air tight seal between the air intake on the car and the air intake on the filter is more or less nil, no effect until 150mph and then less than 1%.
So it is much better not to have an airtight seal and let the air from the intake spill into the engine area for cooling. As long as the duct is close to the air intake it will gobble up all the cold air it needs (which is much less than the intake delivers.
To answer your question…black!
Yep, a 150mm diameter duct is good for over 600bhp at atmospheric pressure.
black
[quote=Mr Pesky]Paul
Are you at The Buckles Inn tonight? If so, we must say hello [/quote]
Hi Rob, I got my dates wrong and though the Buckles talk was this weekend 
Am aiming to be there most months this year as I ended up missing a lot last year due to work.
[quote=winthattt]Sad post coming up…
After doing some calculation (Bernoulli) I can confirm that any ram air effect achieved by an air tight seal between the air intake on the car and the air intake on the filter is more or less nil, no effect until 150mph and then less than 1%.
So it is much better not to have an airtight seal and let the air from the intake spill into the engine area for cooling. As long as the duct is close to the air intake it will gobble up all the cold air it needs (which is much less than the intake delivers.
To answer your question…black! [/quote]
Interesting read… my existing pipe dangles down by the charcoal canister and sits on what looks to be the rear chassis sill ? the adapter should be the one pictured below (stolen from pete757 ‘induction hose’ thread)
so it looks like it should still draw in from the engine too? I did look at getting a silicone reducer to take it from the 152mm down to the 110mm intake
The point is that any sort of speed there will be more cold air coming in from the air vent than the engine can consume. If the hose dangles in the right direction it will mostly get cold air (but some blended hot air will make its way in). However, you are better letting the extra cold air from the intake cool the engine bay. Looks to me that your adaptor does the job, letting the cold air out into the engine bay.
All I did with mine as to lift the hose up (long cable tie) holding it to the roll over bar strut (black tube). The intake now points at the air vent in the side of the car. Job done, cost 5p.
Where are you getting the hose from?
Be careful, I don’t think that the foam is as robust as that used in the witches hat design.
I’ve just removed mine and found that the leading face (viewed from the perspective of air entering the airbox) is badly holed from what I suspect is damaged from small stones and other debris entering the system. This never happened with the original system.
Just looking at their website & I canonly find this hose in a maximum size of 102mm. Did you go for this in the end?
I got some black hose from the Reverie web site-looks just right.
I have the original large pipe for sale if you want to keep it real. 
Must be looking in the wrong place - can’t see any in the right size (152mm) there?
Thanks but I think 10 year old hose is definitely past it’s best.
16,000 mile garage queen, it’s in good condition if you change your mind. 
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How did you end up mounting this all in the end?
Took mine off yesterday and was surprised on several counts:
Also, I couldn’t decide what the purpose of the small bump/horn was as this makes fitting the hose that much more difficult.
[quote=stevegreen]Just looking at their website & I canonly find this hose in a maximum size of 102mm. Did you go for this in the end?
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Hi Steve,
Only just noticed your reply - I’ve been tied up since I started this and not had chance to complete it yet.
I was going to order this item from Autosiliconehoses.com
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blue-Silicone-Straight-Metre-Length/dp/B004FEDU36