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Originally Posted by elhigh
Racer guys know what's up. Go fast vs. go far, the goals are different but the techniques draw on similar knowledge.
If you were to add some kind of cowling, maybe just a sheet of aluminum, to shroud the intake at the exhaust header a little more, I think you would see an improvement on your intake temps.
Absolutely start a garage page for your ride. It's too bad we don't have numbers for what you were getting at the start, but pushing from low 30s to low 40s is huge.
For some inspiration, take a look at The Donkey CRX. He's got a ride similar to yours and has pushed it to cartoonishly high fuel efficiency records. I think he has the better engine for it but if you're as good at wrenching as all that, that shouldn't be a big problem for you.
Is anyone besides me a little sad the new tire spats don't say "Outfront?" |
I got up to 120-130 degrees Fahrenheit intake air temps when ambient temperature was around 30 degrees! I'm going to have to remove some of the aluminum ducting when it starts to warm up around here or I'll have the engine gasping for air haha
I'll check out the Crx, thanks!
Also, if anyone wants to chime in on this idea-
I have an LED that flashes when the radiator fan comes on, it's a lot more frequent that it's on than I would have thought. I was thinking about putting a full size radiator in it from an Acura Integra with twin fans. It won't take a lot of modification to do. The question I have is-
Will the added weight and draw of 2 fans and a larger radiator equal the same loss as making a vent in the front air dam for cool air?