The Next Big Thing

[Oki Drifter]

Originally posted by raging panda
the only problem with that is you run hot air through the intercooler into the radiator, raising the temperature of your radiator requiring either a huge fan, or a bigger radiator, plus when moving the radiator back, you leave less room for a fan to be fit back there, so you must buy a slim fan. These things would end up costing the price of the I/C piping and then some.

If your worried about engine temp. get rid of the air conditioning
I thought of an example car
Next time you see Taniguchi's new S15, look at the engine, when he came to the States on the first round of the D1GP, his car had a Mid-Mounted Intercooler, That's why there was a big gap in the front bumper, where the intercooler was supposed to be!

[Tsunami]

The important thing is to separate the air flowing through the radiator and the intercooler so they can each do their jobs. But from the diagram I can't quite figure out how they'd get it to fit in a normal car. I mean you'd need a couple feet of space in front of the radiator, or lay the radiator down so the IC would fit. Some pictures of this new mounting style actually in a car would help.

[mranlet]

I think he means using the Rally head vent as the inlet for the Intercooler

You mean top-mount I/C?

Running sequential head exchangers is bad for cooling...

-MR

[theflatlander]

here's a pic

[MrodDrft]

no the next big thing to hit the US is the colored film on the headlights

[GoukiS14]

hehehe next big thing is SPO COM!!!! yes we start a style only to get the japanese to make a version of it then we copy it......(oh the irony!!!)

[GoukiS14]

oh wait we already do that hahahaha

[BeerBringer]

I think this is what you mean:

Edit: The pic did not work because this shitti forum cencored the adress...

http://200sx.kicks-as*.net/daniel_20...85b68a5e0a.jpg

Cut and paste. Then replace the * in the adress with an s and it should work.

That is a SAAB ic. Here in Sweden you can get one for like a 100 bucks so here its almost hard to find an S13 whitout one =)
The SAAB ic works good up to about 300 hp.

[MrodDrft]

Originally posted by GoukiS14
hehehe next big thing is SPO COM!!!! yes we start a style only to get the japanese to make a version of it then we copy it......(oh the irony!!!)

yea isnt it great, we are ricing them out and they are jdm'ing us

[Oki Drifter]

Think of a regular FMIC.
Then cut off half the intercooler piping so its where the radiator's supposed to be then the radiators behind it then the motor itself is right behind it.
Anybody got any engine pics of NOB's new sivia?? (no 1st round pic tho since it was still an FMIC back then, U.S. D1 round and above)
Damn its hard to explain stuff if your incapable to putting out pics and diagrams to back yourself up

[MrodDrft]

<img src="http://www.urbanracer.com/gallery/gallery/event_coverage/d1gp/d1_grand_prix_2-28-04/0045.jpg">

[Tsunami]

So ie the rad is at a 90 degree angle from the IC. I'm pretty sure this is the way they're doing it in WRC these days. I'm guessing the advantages are reduced lag and improved cooling?

[Oki Drifter]

Originally posted by Tsunami
So ie the rad is at a 90 degree angle from the IC. I'm pretty sure this is the way they're doing it in WRC these days. I'm guessing the advantages are reduced lag and improved cooling?

Right!! I'm not sure about the cooling part since it so close to the motor itself, but yea less turbo lag( gotta go check the magazine about the cooling part...)
And if you look close enough at NOB's silvia that MrodDrft posted the first thing you can see throught the grill is the Intercooler.
Thanx MrodDrft for the pic I would have never found it

[mranlet]

Originally posted by MrodDrft
<img src="http://www.urbanracer.com/gallery/gallery/event_coverage/d1gp/d1_grand_prix_2-28-04/0045.jpg">

Guy on the right is going to steal something...

-MR

[MrodDrft]

yea no prob, i knew wat u were talking about all along so i thought i cud try and help somehow... lol