Check out the scoop that this car has:




Yes, I realize my car would look totally different than this car since I have a 91 DA. However, the design is significant to what I am trying to do. I want to go with a SMIC (a fairly large one, or as large of an intercooler I can get to fit in the battery tray area), and use a scoop to collect the air for it, and use a VERY high flow fan to blow on that b#tch. I want to make a hood scoop tray in such a way that the incoming air will not veer off into the engine bay first. Instead, I want the incoming air to go through the intercooler only, and then after it flows through the intercooler, it will go towards the bottom of the car.

Basically, I am going to be trying my best to isolate the intercooler area from the rest of the engine bay. I may have to use heat proof fabrics, etc. to keep the heat isolated away from the intercooler area. On top of all that, when at the track, I can remove the right front headlight (the largest piece; I don't have a JDM one piece headlight), and it will be a straight shot to the intercooler. Therefore, a hood scoop, a removed head light, and a VERY high flow fan should give the intercooler surface one hell of a shot of air. And just think, if I can isolate this SMIC from the engine bay halfway decent, then this setup should work pretty damned good. A 4.5" to 6" thick intercooler core should do some serious cooling even if the intercooler has a relatively small surface area (maybe 12x8x4.5 or 12x8x6).

It should be noted that my goal is to try and keep a/c, p/s, and both OEM electric radiator fans.

What do ya'll think?


Modified by integrawow at 8:44 PM 11/26/2006


Modified by integrawow at 8:45 PM 11/26/2006


Modified by integrawow at 8:46 PM 11/26/2006

 

waste of time and money. just get a fmic and be done with it.

also that integra has a fmic. that hood scope is probably for the turbo for a sidemount turbo

 

I realized that he has a front mount, but I wanted to give everyone some sort of idea of what I was talking about. I want to keep my a/c and p/s mainly because they work. I figure that if I can isolate the engine bay heat from the intercooler area, then I can get close to a front mount. I am only gunning for 250 to 300 whp. If I wanted peak efficiency, then I would gut the frontend and go with a FMIC, but I don't want to gut my frontend. I just want my teg to go deep into the 13's. If it is possible for it to go into the 12's, then that's a plus.

Is this legible?

 

This is not a DA integra???

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by integrawow &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I realized that he has a front mount, but I wanted to give everyone some sort of idea of what I was talking about. I want to keep my a/c and p/s mainly because they work. I figure that if I can isolate the engine bay heat from the intercooler area, then I can get close to a front mount. I am only gunning for 250 to 300 whp. If I wanted peak efficiency, then I would gut the frontend and go with a FMIC, but I don't want to gut my frontend. I just want my teg to go deep into the 13's. If it is possible for it to go into the 12's, then that's a plus.

Is this legible?</TD></TR></TABLE>

you can still have ac and ps with a fmic. you also dont have to gut your frontend... just dont buy a big intercooler.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by komat &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

you can still have ac and ps with a fmic. you also dont have to gut your frontend... just dont buy a big intercooler.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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This way you have no gay hoodscoop.

 

there isn't enough clearance to put a ic on top. and top mount is not as efficient as front mount, cause underhood temp is just too high.

 

wow, i remember that car, it was from south carolina, the guy who owned worked for a diesel turbo place. way back in the day

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by komat &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

you can still have ac and ps with a fmic. you also dont have to gut your frontend... just dont buy a big intercooler.</TD></TR></TABLE>

have you ever owned a DA? obviously not. there is ZERO room if you have a/c for a front mount