i was minorly confused also, this is just an excerpt form an article i read of a first evo9 test. some how it is supposed to feed air into the IC/icpipe

 

To cool the intake charge coming out from the FMIC and to scare the competition..if there is one

 

Yes - interestingly alot of the magazines have conflicting info on stuff like this and the weight savings on the new wheels.

One source said that they were for cooling, another said - one side was for cooling and the other was not functional, etc.

I guess we'll get updates closer to release.

 

the hole on the front bumper / passenger side of the car, is the operational one



https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...light=brochure

 

I didn't know you read Japanese.... what does it say?!

 

it says "air duct" for the hole

 

so it cools the the intake side?

 

^ he is right tho

 

"air duct"... wow, could that be more vague! way to go Mits!

 

It all seems just a little bit hype.
It looks like it opens to the piping on both sides equally, but either way -
It does not look like it's providing any better cooling than the VIII.

 

i read in some article about the IX that the holes were for brake cooling but i forget which one so i guess this post doesn't help much...i'm almost positive i read exactly that though


(bobaab - big 10 representing...PSU right here)

 

The magazines have said they deliver air to the intercooler pipes, not into them. Nothing goes in the intercooler pipes, but I guess they aren't functional really, so they in theory could cool the intercooler pipes from the outside, assuming it's cold.

 

As far as I can tell, it sounds almost as if they're trying to justify a styling element they added to the bumper.

 

I highly doubt the stated functionality of the bumper holes. If it does what they say it does, wouldn't fully exposed intercooler pipes a la EVO 8 be more effective?

 

yeah - just an excuse to copy the Gialla!