35thSLP

After cutting the panel are you guys rolling the edges to get a finished edge? if not how are you finishing them?

lart951

I use fiberglass resing and I mold it around the vent. Takes 2 or 3 layers of resin.

MPD47

The current one is the Lindsey Stage V header panel.

Olli Snellman

Here’s couple of pictures from latest fibre projects:

Couple of splitters waiting for the final touch




Pete manufacturing the new nose panel mold

Eyal 951

that nose panel mold with the ducts seems like a nice idea.

Swedish Meatball

When are you going to start taking orders!?

Olli Snellman

Sorry, but we do them for our own cars only

MPD47

That's what I used to have on my car back when I had real headlights.

sweanders

Is there anyone who has data proving that the ducts really work?

MPD47

I havent seen any data Anders, but they do look cool

streckfu's

I forget who posted it but someone once wrote that at slower speeds the stock set-up is more efficient because of the way the air is pushed through the plastic duct to the intercooler. Once the nose panel is vented, the duct doesn't pressurize as well and the air speed needs to be higher to re-gain cooling efficiency.

At highway speeds and above, the vented panels supposedly work well. I cut the plastic duct in order to retain a way to prevent air from escaping around the sides of the IC.

Scientific data, no.

sweanders

Yes, they do look cool - no doubt in that. I am just wondering if the area in front of the IC is designed as a chamber to guide air to flow through the IC and if the ducts would change this.

tifosiman

Didn't Nz951 do some testing on this issue and gathered some data? He tested everything else.

streckfu's

Ask him. He may post his results here.

Dash01

I think NZ951 got banned for political correctness issues or somesuch. That's truly a shame, because his posts and modifications were among the very most insightful and clever, supported by actual testing and results rather than conjecture. Now that he's been exiled for awhile, why not invite him back?

Anyhow, seems to me the whole problem with IC cooling flow is not in how air is fed into the IC, but rather how well it is able to exit. After all, the intake is at the car's aerodynamic stagnation point at the nose, which is ideal. Putting more intake slots means cutting and disrupting the plastic ducting, which then cannot do its job as well as stock. Better to have some sort of exit flap or duct downstream from the IC. This would also draw hot air from the engine bay and radiator, cooling them as well.