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bunta_boi | Posted: Mar 18 2003, 03:57 PM |
Billy Jean is not my lover ... Group: Advanced Members Posts: 586 Member No.: 68 Joined: Nov 1st 2002 Location: Update Profile | what tha heck is that for? |
S15-guy | Posted: Mar 18 2003, 04:06 PM |
dampachi! Group: Advanced Members Posts: 4,164 Member No.: 177 Joined: Jan 10th 2003 Location: Adelaide, South Australia | allow cool air to enter the engine bay? It looks kinda small though, I have heard of people putting those vents in, then positioning thier air filter/intake behind then to get cooler air. |
Indecisive | Posted: Mar 18 2003, 04:18 PM |
the deranged one Group: Advanced Members Posts: 5,132 Member No.: 34 Joined: Oct 1st 2002 Location: Vancouver, Canada | I'd rather have a large front grille than put a whole bunch of those on my car. |
bunta_boi | Posted: Mar 18 2003, 04:21 PM |
Billy Jean is not my lover ... Group: Advanced Members Posts: 586 Member No.: 68 Joined: Nov 1st 2002 Location: Update Profile | wouldn't a large grille create a LOT more drag than one of those handy dandy feed intakes? i see that grilles are major thunbs down when you racing or w/e |
S15-guy | Posted: Mar 18 2003, 04:25 PM |
dampachi! Group: Advanced Members Posts: 4,164 Member No.: 177 Joined: Jan 10th 2003 Location: Adelaide, South Australia | well, large grill is usually better. But when u have some crazy car that is better suited to a track than a road, u often have crap like massive intercoolers, and oil coolers behind ur grill. Although often in those situations the entire headlight is punched out and turned into a massive cold air intake. I guess its just to keep the car street legal. This one here is slightly larger and more usefully |
Sugoi Kuruma | Posted: Mar 18 2003, 05:13 PM |
IDW God Member Group: Members Posts: 175 Member No.: 168 Joined: Jan 3rd 2003 Location: Prospect, Adelaide, Australia, Earth | cold air intakes are better than just a large grill, as the intake is more direct. some high mount turbo cars will have an intake in teh bonnet, because it can go directly to teh turbo, whereas the other underbonnet air that has been brought in by the front grill is all hot, as it has passed through intercooler, radiator, oil cooler and the like |
bunta_boi | Posted: Mar 18 2003, 06:37 PM |
Billy Jean is not my lover ... Group: Advanced Members Posts: 586 Member No.: 68 Joined: Nov 1st 2002 Location: Update Profile | i saw in some import tuner (i think... ) that the stock intake was like, hiding behind the engine.....but then ppl change it to some huge air filter thing thats on TOP of the engine.... wouldnt that be worse? as some of the heat of the engine would just rise and mess up the air inside the tube? |
Sugoi Kuruma | Posted: Mar 18 2003, 07:49 PM |
IDW God Member Group: Members Posts: 175 Member No.: 168 Joined: Jan 3rd 2003 Location: Prospect, Adelaide, Australia, Earth | people change their stock air filters to aftermarket units, because they are less restrictive, meaning more flow, and better response the position of the air filter is at the fitters disgresion, i havent seen any on top of teh engine, although many are mounted high in the engine bay, and can suck in hot engine bay air if they are not fed to a cold air duct |
alikax | Posted: Mar 18 2003, 09:03 PM |
IDW Regular Member Group: Members Posts: 210 Member No.: 253 Joined: Feb 19th 2003 Location: vegas | When you place an aftermarket intake on a FC or FD, the filter ends up being directly behind the passenger side headlight (see my car in "Members Rides" post in off-topic) The headlight cover in addition to some minor modification to the headlight casing allows air to directly flow into your intake. I thnk I might be getting one for my b-day. For more visit my fav FC site: http://www.teamfc3s.org/forum/search.php?s...rder=descending |
CapSule | Posted: Mar 18 2003, 10:14 PM |
Grip Silvia S12 Group: Advanced Members Posts: 765 Member No.: 249 Joined: Feb 18th 2003 Location: San Jose, California - USA | Whoa, Thanks alikax for that site. They sell the FC front lip for $150 and many more products. |
alikax | Posted: Mar 18 2003, 10:27 PM |
IDW Regular Member Group: Members Posts: 210 Member No.: 253 Joined: Feb 19th 2003 Location: vegas | Yeah, check out my car in their members section. Mind you the lips, headlight covers, and airboxes on the site are made by my fellow members and are "replicas"... Cheaper, and some cases better quality, though. If you have any info needs, I really reccommend the site, It's where I did my research before I bought my car. |
CapSule | Posted: Mar 18 2003, 11:38 PM |
Grip Silvia S12 Group: Advanced Members Posts: 765 Member No.: 249 Joined: Feb 18th 2003 Location: San Jose, California - USA | Hehe. Yellow FC3S. Nice. |
Jayson | Posted: Mar 19 2003, 05:09 PM |
IDW Posts A Freaking LOT Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 10,554 Member No.: 32 Joined: Sep 26th 2002 Location: Orlando, FL | |