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Old 02-23-2016, 10:35 AM
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Has any ducted the radiator from underneath the car? This way all of the air from grill can be ducted through fmic and then radiator plus a feed from the bottom. A Vmount would probably work better but if I can make something out of sheet plastic I'd rather do that. The sketch I attached would need some work to actually make and the radiator is closer to the fmic but is just a general idea.

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What problem are you trying to address?
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What problem are you trying to address?
Nothing in particular. Just an idea I had. Seems good in theory to me but no clue on practice/feasibility
Could be a way to get around a Vmount setup for track use
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Idk, it seems like to get any decent amount of air flow you'd have to build the scoop fairly large which would make your ground clearance pretty poor. Plus I believe (could be wrong) but the airflow under the bumper is a low pressure zone (i.e. minimal flow gain to the radiator). One option I had considered was using the side ducts that people normally use for brake ducts to get more air on the radiator, but space restrictions can make that tricky/impossible.

If you're having cooling issues, a better dual pass and fan setup would be a better choice. I got better fans and noticed a significant difference in temps. Then if you still have problems you pretty much have to go vmount.
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Check out how C5 Corvettes do it.
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