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> identify this part please, what does it to?
post Nov 7, 2012 - 12:20 AM
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what exactly this part does?i know its a vent but a vent for what? anyone have one for sale?


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post Nov 7, 2012 - 1:56 PM
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Rumor I heard was that on 5th gen WRC cars the timing belt components kept overheating and breaking during racing. So on the 6thgen they designed the air duct to cool the timing belt but it ended up being unnecessary on the 3rdgen 3sgte.

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- diegohiga   identify this part please   Nov 7, 2012 - 12:20 AM
- - Box   Vent for the intercooler perhaps?   Nov 7, 2012 - 1:47 AM
- - UndaGrwnD   cooling for the timingbelt when the hood is close...   Nov 7, 2012 - 1:51 AM
|- - BonzaiCelica   QUOTE (UndaGrwnD @ Nov 7, 2012 - 2:5...   Nov 7, 2012 - 1:53 AM
|- - diegohiga   QUOTE (UndaGrwnD @ Nov 7, 2012 - 1:5...   Nov 7, 2012 - 10:20 AM
- - Box   Cooling for the timing belt? How strange. You th...   Nov 7, 2012 - 1:55 AM
- - UndaGrwnD   i dunno, but they did it for a reason i think...   Nov 7, 2012 - 1:56 AM
- - Box   Who knows why half the stuff on import cars is act...   Nov 7, 2012 - 1:58 AM
- - UndaGrwnD   what do you mean ?   Nov 7, 2012 - 2:00 AM
- - Box   I'm accustomed to early American cars, very st...   Nov 7, 2012 - 2:09 AM
- - azian_advanced   that piece is useless since the plastic behind the...   Nov 7, 2012 - 2:37 AM
|- - Box   QUOTE (azian_advanced @ Nov 7, 2012 - 1...   Nov 7, 2012 - 2:52 AM
- - Rusty   i had the feeling it went the other way, under the...   Nov 7, 2012 - 2:46 AM
- - soulshadow   Its a Cookie Monster?!!!!   Nov 7, 2012 - 3:07 AM
- - UndaGrwnD   Thats what i have read about the duct, ill try to ...   Nov 7, 2012 - 11:16 AM
|- - UndaGrwnD   QUOTE (UndaGrwnD @ Nov 7, 2012 - 5:1...   Nov 7, 2012 - 2:45 PM
|- - diegohiga   I made these pics, as you can see it does goes in ...   Nov 7, 2012 - 2:53 PM
- - Special_Edy   Rumor I heard was that on 5th gen WRC cars the tim...   Nov 7, 2012 - 1:56 PM
- - Smaay   thats where im going to install the 20mm cannon fo...   Nov 7, 2012 - 2:15 PM
- - UndaGrwnD   No probs   Nov 7, 2012 - 3:02 PM


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