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reverse inlet
Does anyone no if there is a benifit to be had by turning the inlet manifold round and piping up front the front.
Im thinking of doing this and going down the fmic route but dont wont to waste my time if its of no benifit.
Has anyone done a guide before on how to do this, ive looked but carnt find anything.
Its for my99 uk.
Im thinking of doing this and going down the fmic route but dont wont to waste my time if its of no benifit.
Has anyone done a guide before on how to do this, ive looked but carnt find anything.
Its for my99 uk.
#3
well im currently doing 345bhp with the sti8 tmic but i wont a fmic just to be safer and thought i would reverse the tb and make a proper job instead of having boost piping every where.
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You will also likely find that many of the people who rant and rave about heatsoak into a top mount "doing damage" have never actually done any monitoring of the charge air temperatures, and are merely repeating what they saw someone saying on Scoobynet - who in turn was probably repeating someone else. Much of the information dissemanated in this way turns out to be less than 100% accurate. Some of the scare stories running round about this are well OTT.
Harvey has done some work into this - as no doubt have others - I run a charge air temperature sensor in the intercooler permanently and thus am well aware how little this issue even needs to be considered, let alone mitigated.
just wont the best for my car
You could easily end up spending a wad of cash and, if you're unlucky, breaking your engine in an attempt to "solve" a problem that can far more easily addressed by using some simple common sense when the weather is warm.
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reversed inlet manifolds sole purpose is to reduce the inlet tract to reduce lag when using larger turbochargers and when trying to reduce lag , inlet manifold heatsoak etc has nothing to do with reversing the manifold as the coolant bypass mod does away with this and almost always when reversing the inlet the coolant bypass mod is done anyway as good measure it can be done with a normally positioned manifold , if u are aiming for over 400 using a larger turbocharger , hybrid , garret etc then reversing the inlet manifold would decrease the lag slightly as you do away with about a metre of the fmic piping that would run through the drivers wing ,
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Think the above said it all.
i think i will look at sorting a sprayer systerm for now but i like the idea of the reverse inlet and less lag.
Maybe if i up the bhp and save the dollars for a bit.
i think i will look at sorting a sprayer systerm for now but i like the idea of the reverse inlet and less lag.
Maybe if i up the bhp and save the dollars for a bit.
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Dont forget that another reason for a front mount is that at higher speeds the air isnt entering the top scoop as well. An FMIC is safer for this reason, but have a look at the 'Top Speed' thread- maybe worth looking at your intake temps at the moment- I used to use a 12v computer temp sensor and display in my old car- about a tenner!
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Some Im sure- chek the temps first mate I reckon- my old MR2 turbo used to record up to 70c intake temps with an uprated IC, but their positioning is rubbish, so worth finding out.
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the classic intake scoop stoped working at 100mph+ so if the newer more efficient scoops are much better then from what u are saying about wanting to keep ur car running good i doubt you would be doing 100+ anyways even the standard setup would be more than suitable for your needs unless u were hammering the car everywhere ? the sti-8 would lower intake temps but the sole purpose again is for bigger hp cars so.... lower temps help towards less dettonation smoother more efficent running etc u have to remember that the imprezas are running a sofisticated ecu so u lower the intake temps too much and it will become IN-efficient , u need to work with what u have on the car already if its not aftermarket ecu bigger turbo etc then an sti-8 would be fine as it was designed for a car with a higher output than what you have ??? to be fairly honest if the car has a basic spec eg. dump valve , decat exhaust system etc etc then an intake temp sensor would still not be really apropriate unless there was something wrong with the car ??? remember that japan is way hotter than the uk plus the air is denser over here so we run in a colder climate than these cars were set up 4 ??? u are basically monitoring temps in a country colder than the car was designed for so why ??? only after high modification should you start to worry about iuntake temps etc i know people worry etc that something will happen but with your car i wouldnt be worrying too much until u get a higher spec , dont fix it unless its broken lol
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if you feel that intake temps may be a problem and you ARE worrying about it then get an air temp gauge but i can see you going through the proces of fitting , buying etc and finding that everythings more than ok
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But your using a TMIC so the pipework can't get any shorter There will also be a lot of extra costs involved in going this route. I have lost count of the amount of people who have told me not to bother going reveresed inlet and in my car would benefit from it compared to yours but I haven't bothered.