Running a WAI through the wringer

[FrugalFloyd]

I had no idea it was going to be so difficult to get hot air into my WAI. I agree, there must be a lot of ambient air currents swirling around inside my engine compartment, and a heat shield is going to be a necessary next step.

I am running lower grill blocks on my xB. I like the turkey pan idea to seal off the exhaust manifold area. l'm in Las Vegas for the weekend, so further mods to my WAI experiment will have to wait until next week.

Right now, I'm thinking of buying a couple of Marie Callender's pies to chop up the pie pans. They're strong enough so I could cut fingers in them to stick into the exhaust manifold's heat shield. Maybe I can overlap two of them at right angles to seal off the manifold area, and cover them and the valve cover with the turkey pan, cutting a hole in it for my WAI to enter this hot chamber.

[Fuel Miser]

Originally Posted by SentraSE-R

Right now, I'm thinking of buying a couple of Marie Callender's pies to chop up the pie pans.

And a great excuse to blow off your new year resolution and scarf down a couple pies.

[Project84]

Nice quote in the sig Fuel Miser.

Parmesan Chicken Pot Pie from Marie Callender is my favorite but the ones I buy don't come in a foil pan, just this paper type stuff, like what you microwave a Hot-Pocket in.

[i-DSi]

I have only a grill block, my airfilter intake is in the front of the engine.
My exhaustmanifold is at the rear of the engine/intake manifold in front of engine.
Result of grill block: AIT raised with approx 5 to 20?C, without changing anything else. So if I can give you an advise, it's just the same as some others here: start with a grill block if you want a raise in AIT.
AIT goes even to a steady 35-40?C (99?F) when the radiator temp is high (meaning after 20 to 30 min).
This is because the high radiator temp heats up the engine bay. It's a WAI for free on top of the aerodynamic advantage and faster warm up thanks to the grill block.
I wish you good luck with it !