Your thoughts on the enormous new hole in my bumper.
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You're the one always talking about seeing cars overheat on a track.... Maybe they're doing something wrong? A race car 
street car. If your car was a race car you could chop up the front and tube it out, add a V-mount, some serious fender and hood extraction, and then you would only need a small fan for idling and cool down.
street car. If your car was a race car you could chop up the front and tube it out, add a V-mount, some serious fender and hood extraction, and then you would only need a small fan for idling and cool down.
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Well the duct that im making for Autokonexon now is just getting a few tweeks tonight on the fiberglass before I send it out to Mike to have it molded and reproduced
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Some things you can see and what you would think would work does. Other things this is not always the case. Say the stock opening in the mouth is X units of frontal area and at some given speed yields Y amount of airflow passing through the heat exchangers. If you cut that number to 1/2X, you'll still have more than 1/2Y of flow through the heat exchangers. Probably have better than 3/4Y of flow, depending on speed. Maybe more. Likewise, if you cut the front and make it 1.5X units of frontal area, your Y flow doesn't go up a proportional amount.
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From: Republic of Dallas
Are they all like you and can't figure out how to make their fans come on by chance? Some things you can see and what you would think would work does. Other things this is not always the case.
Say the stock opening in the mouth is X units of frontal area and at some given speed yields Y amount of airflow passing through the heat exchangers. If you cut that number to 1/2X, you'll still have more than 1/2Y of flow through the heat exchangers. Probably have better than 3/4Y of flow, depending on speed. Maybe more. Likewise, if you cut the front and make it 1.5X units of frontal area, your Y flow doesn't go up a proportional amount.
Some things you can see and what you would think would work does. Other things this is not always the case. Say the stock opening in the mouth is X units of frontal area and at some given speed yields Y amount of airflow passing through the heat exchangers. If you cut that number to 1/2X, you'll still have more than 1/2Y of flow through the heat exchangers. Probably have better than 3/4Y of flow, depending on speed. Maybe more. Likewise, if you cut the front and make it 1.5X units of frontal area, your Y flow doesn't go up a proportional amount.
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I like the looks of the insert that looks like its an exterior mount version of an S14 front grille...its pretty nice, although I have been looking at all these threads of cutting holes and stuff. By far the escort style cutouts were the most appealing. Props to everyone that tried its gotta have more beneficial results then negative outcomes.
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I think you're overblowing the cooling thing, as usual. Dual low-pro Spals, stock ducting, a reroute and an FM hood will give you all the cooling you'll ever need.
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Because every professionally built racecar on earth doesn't have a huge ******* intercooler in front of the only opening that feeds air to the radiator. Miatas with FMICs need big, high-flow fans. Period.
I think you're overblowing the cooling thing, as usual. Dual low-pro Spals, stock ducting, a reroute and an FM hood will give you all the cooling you'll ever need.
I think you're overblowing the cooling thing, as usual. Dual low-pro Spals, stock ducting, a reroute and an FM hood will give you all the cooling you'll ever need.
I'm going to do the splitter/scooper ****, then see what happens. Hopefully I can make it through a session.
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