so i am looking for a cooling plate for a 5th gen accord. do u guys have any ideas where to find one. i tried a search on yahoo! but there is nothing.

 

make your own

 

Dude! but i aint pro. muhaha. nah o wells sheet metal here i come! and black spray paint

 

inspiration included.

I am making one out of fiberglass/aluminium after final.

since they don't make one with a slot for my Spoon snorkel/CAI

 

Who makes that plate in the pic you provided? I haven't seen that one for the S before....

 

o DUDE! if u make one. lmk and i could mayb buy? heh. kinda intrested since no one makes them for our cars lmk

 

could someone please elaborate on how a cooling plate works and where its located on the pic above? i might be interested in making one for my 5th gen accord ...

 

well what it does is it controlles the air flow to cool down ur radiator more efficiently. makes for cooler motor and so forth. but its not the drastic. well couple degrees. everything helps now a days.

 

oo and its the carbon fiber piece right on the latch. the Hole, yeah thats it, that big thing

 

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uh, I believe he is referring to making one for his S2000 since he said...
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and I don't think he has a 5th Gen Accord, I'm pretty sure he has a 6th Gen Accord.

 

plus on a 5th gen, the grille acts like a "cooling plate" to breach teh gap between the front of the car and the radiator.

 

^^What he said. The positioning of the grill makes an aftermarket cooling plate useless. You will simply be covering up the mout points of the grill. I guess maybe a sthin piece of sheet metal might work to fill in some of the extra holes and for aesthetic purposes, but other than that, the grill works fine.

 

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I might have to check, some car have a Seal on the hood from the factory which does the same thing.

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uh, I believe he is referring to making one for his S2000 since he said...

and I don't think he has a 5th Gen Accord, I'm pretty sure he has a 6th Gen Accord.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes, i am trying to make one for my s2000, but i have friend's with 5th gen too so i could just take a look.


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couple things you need to know.

first, air doesn't like to enter an area without exit, think of a pipe with the other end block and you trying to blow air into it. simply concept right?

now put that knowledge into the car. first, air enter thru the bumper/grill, it now has two choices, 1)go thru the radiator core(read: restriction) or 2)go on top and over the radiator via the hole on top.(less restriction). and air going over the top is air wasted since it provide no cooling power, this is where the cooling plate coming in, if you block the #2 passage, the incoming air will have no choice but go thru the radiator core thus using all the incoming air to cool down the radiator.

it works espercially on car that runs hot at track, like the s2000.

 

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that would be the crappy Mastergrade, which is a total hit or miss company.

some badge come in perfect and in timely order, the next badge could be total crap with a year delay.

alot of company make a cooling plate for s2000, mostly aluminum and cf overlay fiberglass. But again, being a diy and poor guy, i refuse to buy one for 100-200 bucks