Subject	A FMIC does not work behind a stock bumper. You will
Posted by	YugoBernie (NoVA) on December 06, 2004 at 9:34 AM
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In Reply To	Front Mount question posted by ZCRZY on December 05, 2004 at 06:25 PM
Message	obstuct flow to almost the entire upper half of it and inturn unbalance the intake temps. Here is what NOT to do: Notice that the intake now draws HOT air after the IC and that the IC blocks the entire direction of flow to the radiatior and engine. This is really a stupid move on a car that runs hot already. Now notice how little actual flow the upper half of the IC gets behind a stock front end and that even the lower half is about 1/3rd blocked: Bernie Bilski berniebilski@comcast.net 1995 NISSAN 300ZX TwinTurbo 5 Speed in Cobalt Green 1989 YUGO GVL 5 Speed in Arctic White ZCCNV #390 ~ ECZA #368 Need INSTALLS, DIAGNOSTICS, SERVICE or PARTS in the NoVA/DC/MD area? Please email me or check out my current inventory.
Follow Ups	Front Mount question - ZCRZY 18:25:08 12/05/04 the stock bumper is not condusive to a front mount. - Spee 18:39:53 12/05/04 Unless they are a vertical design right? - College Boy 18:41:25 12/05/04 Vertical is better because you can get more passages - Ebola 18:47:28 12/05/04 i always thought that the vertical ones were basically - College Boy 19:00:23 12/05/04 The difference between the the vetical and - AzHeat 19:11:20 12/05/04 I think you're right on about the cool points - Ebola 19:13:53 12/05/04 the apollo is basically two sidemounts welded together - T0M 19:31:00 12/05/04 Second, it doesn't matter what turbo feeds what - AzHeat 19:06:08 12/05/04 Really?! I always thought that mattered.. - College Boy 19:14:38 12/05/04 Why would it matter? There is no documented proof - AzHeat 19:32:48 12/05/04 it does... - Spee 22:09:54 12/05/04 Mind explaning why? - Ebola 23:06:28 12/05/04 here's my understanding of it... - Spee 00:26:01 12/06/04 Good point... - ZCRZY 00:41:14 12/06/04 Can you name one example this has happened to with having - AzHeat 02:23:01 12/06/04 huh? (n/m) - Spee 08:44:48 12/06/04 Both sides are connected. If one side is dead, the pressure - AzHeat 10:44:17 12/06/04 And why should we take it from you? And why do you - AzHeat 02:53:41 12/06/04 lol (n/m) - Spee 22:07:02 12/05/04 In fact, he is right: - ZCRZY 00:31:55 12/06/04 repost - fourZero 00:49:00 12/06/04 Please provide proof that it matters. (n/m) - AzHeat 02:20:17 12/06/04 Question has been answered dozens of times. Search. - trackstar 18:40:10 12/05/04 yu can do it and get away with it for a little while but... - deesz 19:24:07 12/05/04 I have searched... - ZCRZY 00:46:04 12/06/04 A FMIC does not work behind a stock bumper. You will - YugoBernie (NoVA) 09:34:08 12/06/04 Thank you very much! Finally the answer I was looking for!! - ZCRZY 19:14:30 12/06/04
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