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You lot with FMIC's .......
What do you do with the Scoop?
It would be far better to buy a Sport Bonnet as the lower wind resistance would give you a few extra BHP.
It would be far better to buy a Sport Bonnet as the lower wind resistance would give you a few extra BHP.
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Yep, lots of drag. At high speeds, you can see the bonnet being pulled up in the middle! I heard some people turn the scoop around to make an air vent. I've not seen any pictures though.
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Now, that makes excellent sense - reversing the scoop ..... that would lower the wind resistance as well as 'dragging' hot air out of the engine bay
Anyone able to post a piccie with a reversed scoop?
Anyone able to post a piccie with a reversed scoop?
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P20 SPD has a reversed carbon fibre scoop which came from Roger Clark Motorsport. It looks quite smart (I saw it at SC), but it cost a fortune.
I had wondered about fitting an oil cooler myself, but it seems to be fraught with problems due to the matrix being above the filler level. I probably will fit a Sport bonnet as Pedro suggests*. As I prefer go to show; I'll probably paint the intercooler matt black too thereby retaining the 'Wagon's stealth...
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* if I ever register the damned thing and do anthing with it!
I had wondered about fitting an oil cooler myself, but it seems to be fraught with problems due to the matrix being above the filler level. I probably will fit a Sport bonnet as Pedro suggests*. As I prefer go to show; I'll probably paint the intercooler matt black too thereby retaining the 'Wagon's stealth...
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* if I ever register the damned thing and do anthing with it!
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High pressure area at the base of the windscreen will try to force air into a reverse scoop. Vents are towards the front edge of the bonnet in a low pressure area to drag hot air out of the engine bay...
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Different car, but been there done that.
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Different car, but been there done that.
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No See the pic in the link from Moley above. Thats an HT one and was the best of fits according to the owner. Now changed to a slatted one from ETS Racing
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I would have thought the air blowing over the reversed scoop would cause some sort of suction effect drawing the air out?
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You used to be able to get a different bonnet from IIRC SE Nissan with vents forcing air out and over the windscreen.
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love the evo style no. plate too, but how does it fit on??
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My track car has a FMIC and I bought a slatted vent from drmotorsport. Same idea as the carbon RCM one but a fraction of the price.
Going by the heat haze coming out of it when I get back to the pit lane, it works very well to get rid of excess heat.
Going by the heat haze coming out of it when I get back to the pit lane, it works very well to get rid of excess heat.