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Old 04-10-2017, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by emilio700
Ducting will allow airflow underneath I/C to rad.
Pardon my extreme ignorance, but unless I'm mistaken, this runs contrary to everything I feel like I've ever read regarding ducting and intercoolers. If you know something I don't know, I'd love to hear more about this subject. I'm always looking to optimize my stack.
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I'm focused on engine cooling over intercooler efficiency. We will see how it works.
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Clean and pretty piping work, as expected from you
Though a bit surprised to see flowmaster and not maggie

Originally Posted by EO2K
Pardon my extreme ignorance, but unless I'm mistaken, this runs contrary to everything I feel like I've ever read regarding ducting and intercoolers. If you know something I don't know, I'd love to hear more about this subject. I'm always looking to optimize my stack.
I think he meant he's gonna have a scooper for the rad, similar to what begi did ages ago to help the rad recover some of the airflow it's loosing to the ic
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Im extremely interested to see how the car is going to sound. I may have to ask you for the part numbers for the resonator and the muffler when/if sound clips are up.
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Flowmaster 13016101 & 815430S
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Thank you. Saved. You guys finally got the car back from TC eh? Pics of final product?
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10mm Alumalite

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10mm Alumalite
So frustrating we cant get that here. Not for love nor money does anyone carry it. Ridiculous.
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Originally Posted by mx5-kiwi
So frustrating we cant get that here. Not for love nor money does anyone carry it. Ridiculous.
I was googling to find this in NZ the other day too. Wondered about stacking/epoxy-ing a some of layers of 3mm or 4mm together which does seem to be available. Not likely to be as stiff tho.
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If you have either nomex honeycomb or corrugated plastic, you can bond .032"~ .049" aluminum to it.
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Not to sidetrack, so pm if you want but the 3 and 4mm stuff we can get is not hollow/corrugated in the middle like the proper "Alumalite" is.

Ours is just sold core plastic (that im aware of at least) and quite heavy. Though i do use it for undertray and stuff.

Edit: Thanks Emilio, will look in to that.
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Originally Posted by mx5-kiwi
Not to sidetrack, so pm if you want but the 3 and 4mm stuff we can get is not hollow/corrugated in the middle like the proper "Alumalite" is.
Ours is just sold core plastic (that im aware of at least) and quite heavy. Though i do use it for undertray and stuff.
That is dibond (or an equivalent), not alumalite.
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Are you running this car without a shock tower brace? We have an NA8 turbo endurance racer and are looking into braces. Thanks
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Vegas will not have a shock tower brace. It will have cage extensions to the shock towers through the firewall however. I have never been able to discern any difference in handling with a traditional shock tower brace. They do seem to lower NVH a bit on street cars though.
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Do you recommend any other stiffening mods or products like Flyin Miata sells?

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Vegas will not have a shock tower brace. It will have cage extensions to the shock towers through the firewall however. I have never been able to discern any difference in handling with a traditional shock tower brace. They do seem to lower NVH a bit on street cars though.
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Originally Posted by DeepEddyRacing
Do you recommend any other stiffening mods or products like Flyin Miata sells?
Good subject for a new thread. Race cars have cages, obviating the need for bolt on braces in most cases.

You will notice we do not offer any braces on our site nor does Blackbird Fabworx nor Trackspeed Engineering, et.al.
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Where will, and which, oil cooler will be used?
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Originally Posted by Lexzar
Where will, and which, oil cooler will be used?
Setrab 600 series, 34 row under the right headlight. -10 lines via Mocal tstat plate on block.
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The car is back in SoCal (woot). Renderos Racing is making a few small tweaks, taking molds off the wide steel fenders and then it comes home for us to start bolting stuff to it.
The two Setrab coolers have integrated fans. Fans will be controlled by the MS3Pro Ultimate ECU via thermocouples in trans and diff. Pumps in trunk. I had asked Tony to cut an intake in the RR qtr panel but he suggested putting the inlet in the wheel well. Better pressure differential, cleaner looking and no drag penalty. Note that it angles upwards so a screen should keep rocks out. Heat exchanger box has a water drain.





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