And fitted...



All for the price of one 250x500mm sheet of aluminium (£4.19) of which i used less than half and 2 hours of my time (£0.00).

Not the tidiest job but for a first attempt i'm quite satisfied with it along with being surprised i didn't give up half way through.


I'll just take my tarty *** right outta the drivetrain door now then.

 

Lokks neat enough, they do work, trust me!! I'm no Doctor, but I made one for mine and I definately noticed that it felt a bit 'stronger' in the mid range.
Ron.

 

Carl

Neat job there mate

U don't fancy making me one do you for a tidy sum ?? I have a MY93 WRX

cheers

 

I made something similar - I think from the same grade of sheet....2mm.....keep an eye on it - the metal fatigued over time and actually split - wackiing into my i/c. And I suspect I used more bracing than you are showing here.

Otherwise - a very neat job.

Rannoch

 

Ron, yeah, the car does seem to pull slightly stronger further through the rev range than before.

Nelson, thanks, i don't think they can be used with cars with the pre-facelift bonnet though as the intercooler doesn't sit flush with the bonnet and there is a minimum of space to work with. I'm prepared to stand corrected mind you.

Thank you for the warning Rannoch, i have been keeping an eye on it since it was fitted and will continue to do so. Whilst trying to find out what Michael Ferries makes his from i found this page - click on product number 2.

I know a chap who can knock things up out of carbon fibre so will enquire about getting the Scoop Splitter done. THAT shouldn't fatigue.

 

Carl
Have you got the dimensions of the one you made? I think I will have a go too.

Col

 

YHM Colin.

 

what does it do?

 

very nice (whatever it is)

by the way you seem to have the sole of an old shoe stuck to you windscreen wiper

 

Cheers CD I will give it a go!

Col

 

It's a 'Scoop Splitter'. Used to drive the airflow through the scoop more evenly over the core of the intercooler. See here.

Wakeboarder.


It'd be nice to know how you get on Colin.

 

is it not possible to get a bigger scoop such as a sti7 one

 

The air would still be driven to the back half of the intercooler, this spreads the cooling effect across the whole intercooler.

Col