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Old Jun 8, 2005 | 11:49 PM
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1) has anybody ever tried an fmic setup with an NA car before? i mean couldnt it lower the temps on that setup? if u wer egoin to turbo/sc anyway... why not try it?
2) has anyone used the shiny heat reflective stuff on the lid/bellows to keep the IATs down? after all cooler air = more power
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Old Jun 9, 2005 | 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by 8KickassRS9
these may be a bit odd but o well.
1) has anybody ever tried an fmic setup with an NA car before? i mean couldnt it lower the temps on that setup? if u wer egoin to turbo/sc anyway... why not try it?
2) has anyone used the shiny heat reflective stuff on the lid/bellows to keep the IATs down? after all cooler air = more power
1. it might cool the air a lil bit...but the added weight, plus the added travel time for the air would out weigh the small benefits. not to mention it would block your rad a lil bit. only reason why an ic works is because the air going into it is so hot because it was compressed...so there is a bigger difference between the temp of air hitting the ic and the temp of the air going through it. so in what you would want to do, the temp difference would be very lil.

2. same thing, it would help, but not a lot. now if you had a cool air intake...an actual cai that goes into the fender..then i'd say it would do a lil bit more, but since the air being picked up by the engine is in from of the rad already, your not gona get much getter than that.
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