Screw your FMIC

[turbo23]

The reason i wasnt able to get a vid for all of you....a nail in my brand spankin 3 day old kumhos, wtf

 

[3.slow]

You gonna spray water too?

 

[bnoon]

It looks like a good idea, my only question though is where will the heat go? Sure you can blow air around your engine bay all you want, but if its got no where to escape it won't help much.

At least on the CX7, the engine bay retains heat very well.... TOO well. After a driving home with IAT's in the 120-150F range (engine bay temp) it will seriously take 4+ hours to cool down to a reasonable temp if you park in a garage and leave the hood closed.

The fan will pull in cooler outside air through the factory ducting and go out the bottom of the engine bay. I would venture to guess that with the fan running it would cool off quicker with the hood closed than it would without the fan and the hood open. It doesn't even have to cool off the whole engine bay, just the intercooler... that's got to be enough for a HP difference at low vehicle speeds or just off idle. Now, get this running on a better flowing core, then you've really got something!

 

[turbo23]

I thought of spraying water, but i decided against it, for the fan option. I think water is a great idea, however, I didnt want to have to deal with the whole water crap. This is nice and easy flip of switch. I noticed today I had alittle more pop driving at low speeds in traffic. Normally the car does feel sluggish, due to the heat soak. After I got home, I lifted the hood and....hot engine bay, but cool IC.

 

[turbo23]

here is a vid, not really exciting, but a vid none the less

 

[Babyface13]

WOW that thing BLOWS!!!

 

[jaydubz]

I truly have to give you credit I have been sitting here looking up water sprayers and it is a real credit to you to go forward with your idea. I still think I want to pursue the water mister to truly help the intercooler but brilliant idea!

 

[lestat13]

Driving impressions?????

Data from dashhawk etc????

I'm VERY excited to see what happens!

 

[turbo23]

Ill try to get some dashhawk results within the next 2 weeks. Im sorry i dont have any more data. Im pleased with the results as of the moment.

 

[Shane5425]

does it pull a suction from the front grill when hood is closed?

 

[turbo23]

yup. its not like tornado style suction, but you can feel it pulling air from the outside

 

[Kurt07]

Ill try to get some dashhawk results within the next 2 weeks. Im sorry i dont have any more data. Im pleased with the results as of the moment.

I look foward to see the results from the testing.

 

[Shane5425]

what fan is that?

 

[UHATEIT]

is this something that can simply be connected to a power source off the ignition to STAY ON while the car is on and turn off when the car is off? That would mean it would be running at all times on the streets, while stopped, adn on the freeway. Would that be a BAD thing to have it running all the time? If not, they I'd hook one up and not do a switch if its ok to leave on all the time

 

[Shane5425]

idealy , the best would be to hook up to a temp sensor and have it come on a a certain temp. having it run all the time will put a bad load on the altenator and battery

 

[ztuner]

use this controller

http://www.spalusa.com/fans/automated/accessories/fanpwm.html

Works very well

Harry

 

[clos561]

thats pretty badass

 

[Hyun]

props

 

[CWPspeed3]

Thats pretty interesting, what would be more effective, a fan such as that or an IC sprayer?

 

[jville]

Thats pretty interesting, what would be more effective, a fan such as that or an IC sprayer?

fan is more reliable, and nothing to refill. plus nothing dripping onto the electronis under the IC. Maybe a light spray when temps are up there so it will evaporate immediately.