I prefer my meat medium-rare so you're on the spot Phil...

 

That's how they all start out.

 

Actually, alcohol is the primary generation of new mods. Thats what they mean when they refer to creative juices flowing .

 

DrPhil said half-baked. That's how mine used to start out, back in the day.

 

A good dose of "courage" is what I started with before ripping into the hood...not too much though...that could lead to disaster

After a successful surgery...then we can work on the hangover

 

Oh so you're making one UBER IC instead of the puny stock IC. Wouldn't it be better to use a high efficency IC (air to water or a sprayer) than one Giant IC? Although dually IC would be cool looking.

 

Ryan, what the hell is a UBER IC?

Water to air is nice, but adds weight and is expensve.

What I am doing is using the cores from two stock ICs, cutting them apart, and reassembling them so the ambient air coming through the scoop flows front to back like a DFIC, as opposed to top to bottom, like the stock IC.
The stock IC is actually pretty good, but it's drawback is the way the ambient has to go through it.

 

UBER IC = Super IC. It sounds like the setup you'll be trying to put in will be pretty nice. Are you going to dyno the car after installing the new IC setup?

 

I'll probably run it up to Swift to see it the crank pulley, pre-cat delete, resonator removal did anything.
It's very difficult to dyno an IC change without the proper facility and airflow simulation.

Will you be at MINIs Making-A-Wish?
http://nemini.org/index.php/topic,7203.0.html

http://www.minis-making-a-wish.org/

 

yeah, i think the cowl will work out nicely.

the real reason for my doing a cowl really has nothing to do with heat or anything, its just to aid in the placement of my new turbo.

4 more inches of clearence will help out alot.

 

What size turbo and type of header are you running? Are you saying it will stick out from the factory hood? I'm looking at the SPI manifold with the Garrett gt3071r turbo, it may need some firewall mod

 

not sure on the turbo specs off hand, I'll get exact numbers tomorrow.

I'm making my own manifold that will lift the turbo up and out from behind the motor. i really dont like having it back there near the firewall. It will probably be 2 or 3 inches taller than the factory hood, so i will need a 4 inch cowl to clear it.

 

Is the manifold like the one on the other forum? You know who I'm talking about That look sick

 

simmilar, but not exact.

he went up and over, whereas im just going straight up, no curves, and it will be based off a stock OEM header to keep costs down to a minimum.

 

Make sure to post some pics.

 

I think the oem tubing is too small to make high HP.

 

DrPhil, can you photochop a small bonnet scoop where the zit is?

 

MMh not sure about looks? But a good name would be the CAI mole scoop? I'm stuck on Austin Powers.

How about making it longer and curving with the grill line?

PS - I've had a cocktail

 

Two more hours for me and I'll toast you one

I'm liking the original idea more and more when you guys were talking about mounting a scoop above the air box...this is starting to look "fussy" as we say in the design world...

 

Mounting a scoop above the airbox is not out of the question, I just need to integrate it into the vent on that side so it doesn't look too busy, or fussy as you designer guys say.

How would that look?

 

I've got agree with Sid here. The mole/zit scoop *could* be made to integrate better but it's going to impact the relatively clean lines of the bonnet (and I'd rather not mess with them myself.) But on the other hand, I was making v2 of my airbox diverter yesterday afternoon, and had to drive the car without it and I *felt* like it was very sluggish and unresponsive without the shot of cold air. Ambient was 71degF, and the car had a little heat soak.
Sid, you're going to have to move your guage to fit the airbox diverter to your DFIC...!

 

Huh?

 

I forgot you have the AGS, Sid, sorry! You don't need no steenkin' airbox diverter coz you dont have an airbox. my bad.

 

well the manifold is only going to be as good as the exhaust ports, which are still stock, so i see no need to go any bigger.

 

The problem for you , me and MSFITOY is that we ALREADY made holes in our the hoods. Ideally a large exit vent on the left and then an intake scoop on the right.