You lot with FMIC's .......
What do you do with the Scoop?
It would be far better to buy a Sport Bonnet as the lower wind resistance would give you a few extra BHP. |
Ive left mine on, a scooby without the scoop just looks wrong im my eyes.
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Originally Posted by slipstream_uk
(Post 7398361)
Ive left mine on, a scooby without the scoop just looks wrong im my eyes.
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Originally Posted by pslewis
(Post 7398297)
What do you do with the Scoop?
It would be far better to buy a Sport Bonnet as the lower wind resistance would give you a few extra BHP. |
top mounted oil cooler on mine, so bonnet scoop stays:thumb:
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Yep, lots of drag. At high speeds, you can see the bonnet being pulled up in the middle! I heard some people turn the scoop around to make an air vent. I've not seen any pictures though.
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Now, that makes excellent sense - reversing the scoop ..... that would lower the wind resistance as well as 'dragging' hot air out of the engine bay :thumb:
Anyone able to post a piccie with a reversed scoop? |
Use the searc.........
Save you time and effort, Old pic of my mates car, now has a slatted vent like the RCM one. http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i7...oad-SteveC.jpg |
There is one on autotrader for around 6000 with fmic and bonnet scoop backwards, looks good!!!!:)
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Originally Posted by mickywrx
(Post 7398636)
Use the searc.........
Save you time and effort, Old pic of my mates car, now has a slatted vent like the RCM one. http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i7...oad-SteveC.jpg Thats worked better than I ever thought at drawing the heat away from the car, the damned thing has iced up :eek: |
P20 SPD has a reversed carbon fibre scoop which came from Roger Clark Motorsport. It looks quite smart (I saw it at SC), but it cost a fortune.
I had wondered about fitting an oil cooler myself, but it seems to be fraught with problems due to the matrix being above the filler level. I probably will fit a Sport bonnet as Pedro suggests*. As I prefer go to show; I'll probably paint the intercooler matt black too thereby retaining the 'Wagon's stealth... Simon * if I ever register the damned thing and do anthing with it! |
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Originally Posted by Simon 69
(Post 7398682)
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High pressure area at the base of the windscreen will try to force air into a reverse scoop. Vents are towards the front edge of the bonnet in a low pressure area to drag hot air out of the engine bay...
Dunx Different car, but been there done that. |
Originally Posted by pslewis
(Post 7398297)
What do you do with the Scoop?
It would be far better to buy a Sport Bonnet as the lower wind resistance would give you a few extra BHP. but surely the scoop allows for much better engine cooling and it also alows heat to escape :) |
Originally Posted by dunx
(Post 7398758)
High pressure area at the base of the windscreen will try to force air into a reverse scoop. Vents are towards the front edge of the bonnet in a low pressure area to drag hot air out of the engine bay...
Dunx Different car, but been there done that. |
Vents are usually blocked off anyway, so serve no real purpose??
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So whos thinking about getting a different scoop then ?
Like the ones sold at HT AUTOS http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y26...ky/st_1478.jpg Did I hear group buy ? |
No ;) See the pic in the link from Moley above. Thats an HT one and was the best of fits according to the owner. Now changed to a slatted one from ETS Racing
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Originally Posted by dunx
(Post 7398758)
High pressure area at the base of the windscreen will try to force air into a reverse scoop. Vents are towards the front edge of the bonnet in a low pressure area to drag hot air out of the engine bay...
Dunx Different car, but been there done that. I would have thought the air blowing over the reversed scoop would cause some sort of suction effect drawing the air out? |
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Originally Posted by Anders_WR1
(Post 7398940)
I would like to see it in a wind tunnel. Isn't there an under bonnet high pressure from the air coming in through the FMIC / radiator?
I would have thought the air blowing over the reversed scoop would cause some sort of suction effect drawing the air out? You used to be able to get a different bonnet from IIRC SE Nissan with vents forcing air out and over the windscreen. |
Originally Posted by mickywrx
(Post 7398636)
Use the searc.........
Save you time and effort, Old pic of my mates car, now has a slatted vent like the RCM one. http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i7...oad-SteveC.jpg love the evo style no. plate too, but how does it fit on?? |
just guessing,but just some long bolts or double sided sticky tape or a few cable ties,it's only a number plate not rocket sience lol
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Originally Posted by WRX marv
(Post 7399375)
just guessing,but just some long bolts or double sided sticky tape or a few cable ties,it's only a number plate not rocket sience lol
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If its fitted like mine its one screw and some double sided tape :)
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For those interested, ARC make reversed scoops. They are available from japanparts.com.
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My track car has a FMIC and I bought a slatted vent from drmotorsport. Same idea as the carbon RCM one but a fraction of the price.
Going by the heat haze coming out of it when I get back to the pit lane, it works very well to get rid of excess heat. |
Did anybody get a reverse scoop in the end then?
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