Few quick cuts and my oil cooler will be able to breathe...
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Few quick cuts and my oil cooler will be able to breathe...
A few days ago I mounted my FMIC and Moss oil Cooler like so:
I was kinda disappointed at how the oil cooler was mounted and not being able to get fresh air because of the small opening mazda used in the front bumper. It took me a few days but it finally came to me.
What do you guys think? Should i put my bumper under the knife? The new grill will put air directly on the oil cooler and I like how it looks....
I was kinda disappointed at how the oil cooler was mounted and not being able to get fresh air because of the small opening mazda used in the front bumper. It took me a few days but it finally came to me.
What do you guys think? Should i put my bumper under the knife? The new grill will put air directly on the oil cooler and I like how it looks....
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Did a little messing around with photoshop and i think i like it a little higher up. It will still give sufficient air to the oil cooler. Lucky i used a dry erase marker to draw the thing on with.
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Oh i forgot to mention. The templete is from our BP 1.8L brother. The good old escort GT. Printed out a lifesize picture of the grill. Decided on how many slots would be sufficient and then rescanned, reversed direction of tilt and transferred to the car. I was thinking of an naca duct but this is well... cheaper because its free. I will get some black mesh for behind it so no pesky rocks find there way into my Tbelt from the protege valve cover i will be using.
http://www.edmunds.com/media/generat...agongt.500.jpg
Overall i like this style of cutout. I think it fits the car nicely. I may make a small duct and oil cooler shroud but that will be behind the scenes so to speak...
http://www.edmunds.com/media/generat...agongt.500.jpg
Overall i like this style of cutout. I think it fits the car nicely. I may make a small duct and oil cooler shroud but that will be behind the scenes so to speak...
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You want my opinion? "probably not". Well, I say before cutting up the bumper, see how it works the way it is. Or, build a little scooper thing to move air from the mouth area to the oil cooler. I dunno, I could find 10 different ways to do that before cutting up the bumper. But IMO it would look dumb cut up.
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The car is ******* blue... Looks like smurf vomit or something. Not really concerned with looks. Function over form and this will function. If i use some type of duct i will be taking air away from the ic. If you look to my sig you will see the entire front grill is filled so there really isn't any room for that.
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The car is ******* blue... Looks like smurf vomit or something. Not really concerned with looks. Function over form and this will function. If i use some type of duct i will be taking air away from the ic. If you look to my sig you will see the entire front grill is filled so there really isn't any room for that.
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