2nd Generation Specific 1986-1992 Discussion

v-mount... looking for a good setup

Old Feb 16, 2006 | 02:49 PM
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okay i want to go v-mount but the only one i have seen on a fc is not verry clean, i feel i can do a great job but i just wanted soe pics of other peeps so i can get an idea for rad-ic placment..
Old Feb 16, 2006 | 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by spiney360' post='802223' date='Feb 16 2006, 12:49 PM

okay i want to go v-mount but the only one i have seen on a fc is not verry clean, i feel i can do a great job but i just wanted soe pics of other peeps so i can get an idea for rad-ic placment..




Sry, never thought encouraging air to go under that car was a smart thing to do.
Old Feb 16, 2006 | 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by spiney360' post='802223' date='Feb 16 2006, 03:49 PM

okay i want to go v-mount but the only one i have seen on a fc is not verry clean, i feel i can do a great job but i just wanted soe pics of other peeps so i can get an idea for rad-ic placment..




pm R.P.M. i think he's done a couple of v-mounts
Old Feb 16, 2006 | 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by spiney360' post='802223' date='Feb 16 2006, 12:49 PM

okay i want to go v-mount but the only one i have seen on a fc is not verry clean, i feel i can do a great job but i just wanted soe pics of other peeps so i can get an idea for rad-ic placment..


Cartapex has a really sweet setup- He posted pics in the "other forum" on the build from start to finish, you can search for it.

I got to see it recently at the Pineapple tech day in Portland...
Old Feb 17, 2006 | 03:01 AM
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Originally Posted by GMON' post='802310' date='Feb 16 2006, 07:44 PM

Sry, never thought encouraging air to go under that car was a smart thing to do.
must not understand the whole purpose of v-mount... i once had a guy tell me if i took that corner any faster than 30 i would roll my car....

okay for one how on earth would it force the air under the car?? this is what goes on... your rad and your fmic come together at the ends like so ">" the point facing the rear of the car, what happens is the air is trapped in the v, so what happens all of the air is forced threw the ic and the rad, it can't go around at all just threw and thus cousing colder inlet air temps, and colder eng. temps...

that being said

please post more pics... one way i am looking for the most is when the rad lays flat and the ic abov but not totaly vertical.
Old Feb 17, 2006 | 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by DSWR' post='802316' date='Feb 16 2006, 08:52 PM

Cartapex has a really sweet setup- He posted pics in the "other forum" on the build from start to finish, you can search for it.

I got to see it recently at the Pineapple tech day in Portland...


That's hot, I'd hit it.
Old Feb 17, 2006 | 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by spiney360' post='802381' date='Feb 17 2006, 01:01 AM

must not understand the whole purpose of v-mount... i once had a guy tell me if i took that corner any faster than 30 i would roll my car....

okay for one how on earth would it force the air under the car?? this is what goes on... your rad and your fmic come together at the ends like so ">" the point facing the rear of the car, what happens is the air is trapped in the v, so what happens all of the air is forced threw the ic and the rad, it can't go around at all just threw and thus cousing colder inlet air temps, and colder eng. temps...

that being said

please post more pics... one way i am looking for the most is when the rad lays flat and the ic abov but not totaly vertical.


um if you have a front mount, and its got even a little ducting the air cant go around either....



with the v mount, think about where the air goes after it leaves the radiator
Old Feb 17, 2006 | 05:48 PM
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the v mount is best utalized with fender vents and the hood propred in the rear to allow air to escare as in a race car that is where all the rice boy wanta bees got the look from.
Old Feb 22, 2006 | 12:42 PM
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You can also vent the air out of the top of the hood depending on the angle of the IC. Depends on the setup. Thats the way I would do it though.
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