I am trying to lower my in bay temps as i have an RCM cone in there.

Parts I am trying to source at the moment are,

Blobeye STI Foglamp cover with intake duct moulded on with ducting too in same diameter to guide up past FMIC pipes in wing and int bay,
Would need to be in Blue !

Blobeye STI Headlamp Intake

Decent Heat shield to go round my SC42 Turbo,

 

Are you still on a TMIC? With a FMIC, unless you've suffered with elevated under bonnet temps, I wouldn't bother with all that. With the under-engine cover removed (and the bonnet scoop still in place) there's masses of cold air running through.

I've got a cold air intake in the front bumper, focussed on the cone, but the late JGM thought it might do more harm than good unless it was set well back from the cone.

 

Interesting,

I thought you could never be too cool as far as intake temps go,

I have a frount mount yes,

Just feel it could be better managed,

 

I'm sure there'll be others on here who will say I'm talking rubbish, but the late Harvey Smith said much the same as JGM so I just took it as gospel.

 

I know Harvey said removing the plate from the side vent, caused a heat spot and that fitting a bonnet vent did much the same. Not read anything about the intakes though

 

Yea im happy to listen to all advice,

Just want whats best for performance,

Don't like the idea of in wing cold air intakes

 

basics would be

space the header tank of the inlet manifold

turbo blanket

wrap the intercooler pipes

wrap the mainfold

if you want to go extra you could put spacers on your inlet manifold to stop heat transfer from the block

 

I have just got a Perrin Jacket from on here,

I dont have a heat shield tho around the turbo,

Would you use the Gold reflective stuff for intercooler pipes or Exhaust wrap ? Or both ??

 

Blanket on its own will be fine, its all I run on mine it does a great job

Yep the gold stuff be just fine, heat wrap in my opinion is pointless as its used to keep heat in not out

 

Makes sense,

I also havent wrapped my headers as i thought it just makes em crack ?

GTSpec i have.

 

I have time for JGlanzaV but he is a little stubborn in his views, you will be fine to wrap the headers they wont crack the first time you come on boost . Yes eventually they may crack but they will do that regardless of wrap or not

 

Yea, can say that twice haha

Cheers guys

 

You sound just like my missus

 

I got my fog cover intakes from kev fawcett on here. Not sure if he has any left. I just bought some 3" flexi tube to run up the side of the front mount next to the filter

 

I've got RCM Inlet spacers, turbo blanket and recently re wrapped my headers...now I have a bit of a theory on wrapped headers depending on how it been done...Most of the cracked sets I've seen have been double wrapped as in both pipes wrapped together which is ok but a bit lazy IMO as it

still leaves two parts inside the wrap unprotected, most of the cracks I've seen are in this area?
I wrapped mine individually and didn't do the flanges either...fingers crossed

 

They look great but i think they may clash with my intercooler pipe work,

Not sure tho, it's drivers side i want mainly

 

Whats the logic behind inlet spacers ?

Thought they were more a gimmick,

I would possibly fit if i had manifold off for a reason, but is it worth changing for thermal gaskets alone ??

Car looks mint underneath with those braces etc.

 

My old setup was a WRX foglight surround, tubing up to the RCM intake, which was shielded from the engine by something I made myself.

Intake temperatures were never more than a couple of degrees above ambient.

 

Yours looks the same route as mine and it fitted okay

 

Nice is that intercooler sprayed black ?

Or like that when bought ?

 

I wonder how wrapping the intercooler pipes helps? The cold side pipe (on my car) sits directly in the air flow from the bonnet scoop and being polished aluminium probably dissipates heat better than most wrappings.

 

Sprayed black and pipes powder coated crinkle black

 

The front hole is the ideal place to run a cold feed . Either making a bespoke fitment making use of the whole diameter or just running a basic pipe for cheapness & ease / as stated wrapping manifolds individually , inlet spacers etc etc , motorcycle fans attached to bulkhead & off side strut tower aid in recirculating hot air around the bay but unless you have a bonnet vent you will not gain anything as the scoop will hinder its performance / hot air rises so it ideally needs a hole not a slit etc

 

Is there anything feeding that red tube in the pic or is it one end in wing one end at cone ?

Also have u blocked off the underside of your bonnet scoop ?

 

You haven't read my post correct
The red tube is FMIC pipe work ( nothing to do with induction ) the hole in front is where the induction feed is situated : the pic is for ref

I don't have a bonnet scoop

 

Ah i get it now,

Can you explain why a vent is better than a scoop ?

 

Well having a vent is just that / ventilation , besides I don't want forced pressurised air entering through a scoop as it tampers with induction flow / here I found this for you ( read it entirely ) hope you get sorted
http://ateupwithmotor.com/terms-tech...s/hood-scoops/

 

What blanket did you go for on the sc42?

Also previous owner started wrapping the intercooler pipes with gold reflective tape,it looks like cheap poor quality stuff.
Would this be ok and 10 meters be enough?

Edit wrong link:
http://www.thermalvelocity.co.uk/Hea...ape/p-150-474/

 

I have a perrin one coming, they used to be sold by Scoobyclinic so guessing it should fit,

That Thermal Velocity stuff is pretty good i got exhaust heatwrap from there.

 

Whats your thoughts on this compared to scoop ??