fail. ruins the clean look. ruins functionality. ruins your e-*****.

 

lol... Archimedes and Pascal are guys you talk about in a Freshman Physics class.

Bernoulli, Mach, von Karman, ... those are names you see in Fluid Mechanics


Pfffffffffffffffff...

 

For a smart guy, you sure are dumb.

How many times do I have to explain this to you genius...

The intake of the IC (area that air travels through it) STAYS THE SAME, but the diverters INCREASE the velocity of the air through this area of the intercooler...hence more air travels through it in a given amount of time compaired to a slower velocity.

Got it Einstien?

 

lol
Thanks for the title, my wife call me like that too. it really turn me on, so you better stop calling me Einstein.

it's a shame that you go mad, it's provably your age. well...anyway, let me explain you my son.
can i call you my son?

I’m telling you that you are wrong
We have two scenarios:

#1 (mine) an open area, no obstacles, a car travels 50 miles/h it creates a constant air flow in my area of 2 cubic foot/second.

#2 (yours) same area but you introduce an object diverting the air to 50% less area in the interior. if both cars keep the same speed, buddy, there is no way that you have the same 2 cubic foot/second inside. You have an obstacle and no matter how polished or good angle it has. Less air is going inside.

Put your finger in the opening of a water hose. That’s an obstacle. Less water is coming out
The water that is coming out, yes is coming faster, but is coming less.

And you can ask me, Hey Daddy:
...... And were is all the air that is not coming in?
Why in your free obstacles area is coming more air/second than mine?
Easy.
When your air molecules start hitting the obstacle walls, they bounce in other direction, because they change direction, they wont reach the entrance point at the time than they suppose to reach without your obstacle. They have to travel a longer distance. Longer distance at the same speed equals more time. All the molecules hitting your obstacle travel more distance than mine
The angle of the obstacle, temperature, and roughness of the surface is really important in the equation.

I hope you got it this time


my son.

 

You're truly live in your own little world, don't you.



The diverters DO NOT IN ANYWAY SHAPE OR FORM restrict the opening of the IC (i.e area where the air flows through it). What the diverters do is increase the velocity of the air going through it in a given time frame opposed to a slower velocity without them...hence MORE air will flow through the IC WITH the diverters in the same given time frame and speed.

Who's your Daddy now...

Thanks for telling me not to call you Einstein in the future...I have no intentions of ever having you spoon up to me.

 

I'll use your example. Take sponge, run the hose above it, all the water flow around the sponge. Stick a funnel into the sponge, now all the water run THROUGH it. Granted water and sponge aren't exactly the same as air and IC, it's the same idea. Also an exposed endtank is a lot less effective at cooling than a bunch of fins. Also the discussion wasn't about cooling to engine bay, but IC and raidator.

 

The engine bay does not need nor want air flow. Putting air into the engine bay increases drag and reduces the cooling ability of all of your heat exchangers. All of the openings in the front of a car should be ducted to a heat exchanger (or brakes) and then promptly ducted outside of the engine bay.

 

I'll be leaving mine on for dirt-blocking purposes alone. Same with the undertray.

 

that one's already been discussed too

 

What everyone there is getting at is bernoulli's principle that higher velocity = lower temperature and vis versa. The fact that you are restricting the air going through those ducts both decreases the tempurature and directs the airflow where you want it. The endtanks do nothing to cool the air.

WRONG. In a smaller diameter pipe the velocity increases, pressure decreases, and volume REMAINS THE SAME.

Maybe I should bring you some formulas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernoulli's_principle

 

I think it looks more mechanical and will draw interest/attention. Looks ok IMO but the factory pieces look more finshed/put together. I don't know if I would do it without an aftermarket FMIC though.

As far as the argument about function which has nothing to do with the OP.

“It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.”

Mark Twain

 

I am not going to edit out all the nonsense. Post respectfully or its points - this is your warning.

 

if everything was left as it was intended to come from the factory, then everyone's car would look the same. that's the beauty of personalization and modding. you try new things and you stray from the stock model and make it your own. thanks for the feedback.

 

Honesty i like the way it looks with the plastic on. It hides the mechanical pieces giving it a clean look and keeps the intercooler low key by not exposing all the other pieces. A black core wook look sweet with the plastic still installed. give it more of a low profile appearence.

 

Like the incognito look much more than the huge FMIC and piping showing. On a side note to this, what are the radiators located in front of the front wheel well?