2004-06-07, 01:17 PM
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EJ22
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Reno soon....
Posts: 473
Car: 05 sti and 08 honda fit
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Originally Posted by Dean
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Originally Posted by scoobanader
If there is a lot of hot air in the engine bay shouldn't we do something about it? we can put a FMIC to get rid of heat soke, and we could also put a louvered hood in witch should reliese the engine bay heat very quickly(the faster speeds the better cooling). would the engine bay be cool enough to put an intake on it? there wills till be heat coming off the turbo but it might releise qucik enough not to effect the intake
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FMICs are great, but represent quite a significant increase in piping which of course impacts flow.
The fender is probably the coolest area nearby to draw air from, and while I have not put a monometer on it, the fender may actually have a slightly higher than ambient air pressure at speed.
Everything is a trade off... Getting rid of heat is good, increasing drag is not. Properly designing hood vents so they purge heat in static and various dynamic conditions while minimizing drag is not trivial. The Subarus aren't that bad at speed, but like most modern cars, aerodynamics and styling make factory hood vents undesireable, and most aftermarket companies do not have the money for the wind tunnel testing that would be required to actually do a good job. |
Would it be worth going to a FRIC? or would you loose to much flow?
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