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Old 26 December 2011, 12:05 PM
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Default should i have mesh or something in my scoop?
just had a look today and i've got nothing there on my car, an RB5. should i have (or need) anything there to stop random crap from flying in?
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Old 26 December 2011, 12:29 PM
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Not a absolute necessity but I have mesh on mine as it prevents leaves/pigeons/debris going under there!
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Old 26 December 2011, 12:42 PM
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Cuts down airflow. If it was necessary, Subaru would have done it.
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Haven't had any kind of mesh on any of my scoops. Like above cuts air flow. Although just keep checking that nothing gets stuck their like leaves etc.
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Old 26 December 2011, 03:27 PM
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Can`t see a bit of 10mm square mesh cutting down that much airflow....also I read on here a while back that over a certain speed the air actually goes over the scoop anyway
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Old 26 December 2011, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Camoscooby
Not a absolute necessity but I have mesh on mine as it prevents leaves/pigeons/debris going under there!
Originally Posted by alcazar
Cuts down airflow. If it was necessary, Subaru would have done it.
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Haven't had any kind of mesh on any of my scoops. Like above cuts air flow. Although just keep checking that nothing gets stuck their like leaves etc.
The air flowing through the scoop is to cool the intercooler, so the reduction of flow due to some form of mesh, is outwayed by the prevention of damage to the fragile intercooler fins from debris of various types.

Subaru UK decided to produce a scoop grille for the 2011 WRX STi because of said damage.

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Old 26 December 2011, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Don Clark

Subaru UK decided to produce a scoop grille for the 2011 WRX STi because of said damage.

I think that was more due to the aerodynamics of the car and the positioning of the scoop in comparison to the the newage design.
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Trust me, research HAS been done by a trusted source and a mesh DID decrease airflow.

Believe it, or not, up to you.
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Old 27 December 2011, 04:25 PM
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You have a scooby I would count that as living dangerously lol. Forget the mesh.
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Old 27 December 2011, 05:50 PM
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Thumbs down no way money been spent to research this!!
well post the link to this alleged research by this trusted source you cant even name, he must be very trusted indeed, to be deemed an anonymous airflow researcher.
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Originally Posted by Ballyscoob
well post the link to this alleged research by this trusted source you cant even name, he must be very trusted indeed, to be deemed an anonymous airflow researcher.
No one said the source couldn`t be named
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read it again.. now alcazar never used a name therefore deemed him anonymous,then i sarcasticaly gave a job title to mr t.source, ok you got it now, cant simplify that to you any simpler, simple grammer too
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It's "grammar".

You believe what YOU like.

I be lieve people who do research
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Trust me, research HAS been done by a trusted source and a mesh DID decrease airflow.

Believe it, or not, up to you.
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Originally Posted by Ballyscoob
read it again.. now alcazar never used a name therefore deemed him anonymous,then i sarcasticaly gave a job title to mr t.source, ok you got it now, cant simplify that to you any simpler, simple grammer too
I `got it` first time. Not mentioning a name doesn`t immediately deem someone anonymous Also, as pointed out, it`s grammar, not grammer....genius
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