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Here are some shots from the latest FD we are working on. V-Mounted A'PEXi GT twin core FMIC converted to V-mount. Relocated koyo radiator. Custom ducting. 60-1 Garrett T04S. Polished stainless downpipe, midpipe with magnaflow muffler and HKS CF/TI catback. PowerFC. Only shooting for 350rwhp on 91 octane pump gas. Enjoy.
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nice ductwork.... i wish i can find the time to make something like that to my v mount
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Yeah it took about 20 hours total with the radiator remount, IC inlets, pipe and downpipe.
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That looks sweet. Thats what I need.
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OOOOHRAH
SEMPER FI POW/MIA Tell John he's a ******. Nice work for a ****** though.... https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683894.gif LoL - Jay just called me and told me look at this ****. Looks pretty sweet.. I'll have to check it out tomorrow or sometime this week. W3rd -Darren- |
wow, nice
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Will do oooorah! Come by the shop and check it out. John is going to do some blockage of the couple openings in it. Like in the second pic on the right you can see where the radiator is weird shaped and there is a hole air can get through. This is a really good setup for cars that get hot. Calvin Wan's FD in Vegas at D1 a couple weeks ago didn't get hot at all, and it was 124F!
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looks great. nice work.
what lower intake is that? |
Looks pretty good Dave. Why did you guys decide to leave the fuse bracket and duct around it?
Seems like if I were going to go through all the work you did on that job. Then lenghthening a few wires to get it out of the way entirely would have made good sense, no? https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683561.gif If not that then even running the duct completely over the top of it seems like a better option then the gaps you have around it now. |
Looks good Dave.
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The lower intake manifold is aftermarket, not sure the company name but I will never install one again. They screw up the angle of the oil fill neck, and we had to modify an FC TII one to make it work.
The fuse block is there because the customer is trying to do this on a budget, and when I offered that to him, he didn't want to pay the extra couple hours to move it. We didn't cover it completely so you can still access it easily if you needed to. The gaps will be filled when we fill the gaps around the rest of the setup. |
looks great!
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not sure im diggin the ic choice.... guess if the customer was under budget..
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I'd like to ask a dumb question:
How much does v-mounting the radiator/intercooler improve cooling efficiency? Is there some sort of physics principle that proves that this setup is more efficient? I mean logically it seems like the radiator and intercooler achieve greater surface exposure to air...is it really that much of an improvement? And where exactly does the oil cooler hang out during this...I've seen one particular FD use two oil coolers, one at each brake inlet duct on the front lip, is this how it's typically done? |
It looks very nice but 20hrs is too much for my budget. Will you have it down to a kit form for conversion? I allready have one mounted but with the radiator at 45 degrees. I don't see the A/C condensor in tose pics. How will that be mounted?
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The IC core is an A'PEXi twin core. Pretty effecient core. Not sure why you don't like it. They aren't cheap https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png It was from his FMIC kit.
As for how these setups work...very well. In Las Vegas for the D1GP they had a couple weeks back, it was 125F in the shade and over 150F on the track, and Calvin Wan drove his FD with this setup for 2 hrs straight on the track for practice, and we didn't cool down the car once. No overheating problems. It basically forces all the air in through the front of the nose through either the IC or the radiator. The oil cooler(s) are in their stock locations on the sides behind the ducts just below the turn signals. It wouldn't be that much if we had a blank core to start out with. We ended up modifying that core since it was fron a FMIC kit. Due to the differences in peoples brand of radiator, IC etc, we really can't offer this as a kit. There is no A/C in this car. |
Nice short IC pipes!
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Dave, have you guys thought about adding a seperator between IC and the rad.?
I had conversation with someone back in 03 with a guy who was demoing RE's V mount and I think an air seperator between rad and IC will help out even more. I know HKS does this. Other than that, I think its looks perfect I like the side blocking plates (which RE version missed). |
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