Undercover or bling

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Undercover or bling?

Air to Air
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Undercover or bling

Postby method » Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:44 pm

Just wondering what you guys think, for a non turbo car that has had a engine swap and the power quadrupled.

A slim frontmount cut into the lower bumper, not inanely obvious but there. And ditch the aircon.

OR keep the aircon and mount a water to air unit you cant see at all.

I personally say the water to air, $&#$% not having aircon, girls dont like being hot and sweaty.. or do they :lol: :lol:. And the car will look way more undercover and the intercooler will be much more efficient especilly at low speeds and you wont get heatsoak and the likes of that.

Air to airs dont really reach maximum efficency till around 80kph which is pretty quick hence cars like rally cars having 40L + resevious of water for the water sprayers. 40L=40kg, a lot of weight in motorsports so it obviously is a big problem at low speeds.

And i personally dont like the look of cut out front mounts, especially the excessivly large ones. The whole bling culture has got out of hand. Looks over functionalitty :cry: Maybe im just a purist. Truck sized front mounts on small turbo cars, wastegates on standard turbo cars etc, just for noise and looks. Allthough the sound of a wastegate is sexy, it has to be backed up by the car pulling away, not droppping behind...quickly :lol: :lol:
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Postby CozmoNz » Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:46 pm

W2A Ftw
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Postby rollas22 » Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:50 pm

The bling affect does it for me :wink:
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Postby flygt4 » Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:58 pm

its actually possible to discretly locate a front mount. you wouldnt even know mine had an intercooler unless you were really looking for it.
w-a is a lot more involved and its still arguable that they are as benficial as youd like to think.
a-a works for me for simplicity and they are proven time and time again
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Re: Undercover or bling

Postby 3VLTOY » Fri Jan 13, 2006 2:51 pm

method wrote: $&#$% not having aircon, girls dont like being hot and sweaty.. or do they :lol: :lol:.


You could always look at it that they girls may not like getting all hot and sweaty in the car but it is however beneficial to you :wink:

Up to you what you do but you can always make a front mount very discreet so others don't notice it.
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Postby Emperor » Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:17 pm

V-mount FTW!

Front mounts look good if the bumper isn't cut up to peices to fit it :lol: (Sure you have to so it fits/gets air, but looks gay) :lol:
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Postby mr pad » Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:26 pm

Emperor wrote:Tip-tronic non-turbo FTW!


uhhh w3rd.
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Postby Emperor » Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:21 pm

mr pad wrote:
Emperor wrote:Tip-tronic non-turbo FTW!


uhhh w3rd.


Off-topic FTW!
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Postby CozmoNz » Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:25 pm

Emperor wrote:V-mount FTW!

Front mounts look good if the bumper isn't cut up to peices to fit it :lol: (Sure you have to so it fits/gets air, but looks [person of homosexual orientation]) :lol:


V mount is to much effort on a street car....

with the kits that are avilable for fmic's its just not worth going to the trouble of a v mount.

on that note, if anyone needs a vr4 cooler, with end's mounted for a v mount on a ca18, giz a yell :D.... haha.
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Postby Distrb » Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:44 pm

stealth is the new bling 8)
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Postby method » Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:07 am

Distrb wrote:stealth is the new bling 8)


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Postby touge rolla » Tue Jan 17, 2006 3:33 am

water 2 air! but for simplicity air 2 air behind bumber, paint it black no-one will ever know
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Postby Kov » Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:14 pm

Interesting method of persuasion simon :roll:
Let's hear a few more opinions, but the w/a is starting to sound more promising :)
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Postby Malcolm » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:00 pm

what's wrong with a front mount painted black, or not jammed out all visible like in the front bumper? Just because you have a front mount, doesn't mean it has to be visible to get airflow...
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Postby Boldy » Wed Jan 18, 2006 7:27 am

discrete front mount, no show all go.
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Postby EVL GSXR » Wed Jan 18, 2006 7:37 am

Air to Air

Too much effort to sort Water to Air and carries extra weight..
As said above Air to Air is only as discrete as you want it to be..
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Postby 2LTR Rona » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:19 am

Distrb wrote:stealth is the new bling 8)


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Postby KwS » Fri Jan 20, 2006 5:39 pm

All_Fours wrote:what's wrong with a front mount painted black


what sort of paint would you use to paint an intercooler?
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Postby Malcolm » Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:08 pm

KwS wrote:
All_Fours wrote:what's wrong with a front mount painted black


what sort of paint would you use to paint an intercooler?

black stuff in a can that rattles when you shake it.
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Postby Jazza » Tue Jan 24, 2006 3:04 pm

You mean engine enamel!? 8O :o

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