It’s no secret that our side intercooler intakes sit very close to the body and not further out to grab more air for enhanced cooling. Porsche corrected this with the newer turbos by sticking the intakes further out along the body.

My question...

is is there any other source out there for a larger air duct other than the Joe Toth (I appreciate joes work and the things he does for the community but they’re just too bulbous) and the Manthey sets (perfect but god damn with that price tag for something that’s so small))? For the amount of options of rear wings, side skirts, bumpers.... why isn’t anyone maybe looking into this area that’s crucial to the performance of our cars? This post is more or less rant now that I think about it but whatever.

Anyone have a source for 3D printing to maybe tackle this?

I follow a handful of 3D printing pages and if you contracted someone to do this you’ll probably be close to the same cost as the Manthey product. There is a place to get them for 750 ish but still a high price tag. However while considering to use 3D printing I would also be looking at the duct way from the scoop to the smic. You can only flow so much through a certain space. I haven’t personally had a look of the routing through the quarter panels but I would imagine that there is room for improvement.

The turbo cars are pretty sensitive for timing with the relation of the IAT. Keeping the temps in check will keep you in the timing area you want to stay in. We know aftermarket smic units can help as well but I believe some conditions still can’t be controlled just by them alone.

iats are crucial for our cars to run well. I went on a Dyno earlier this year, the facility I went to didn’t provide adequate cooling to the intercoolers. My iats shot up to over 200 and the car was pulling timing like crazy to save itself. I know it’s unrelated to the topic I brought up, but it was one of those moments where it kinda clicked for me on how important all the small things are.

If if there was some type of additional way to draw more air across the surface area of the coolers, I think we can all agree that it would be a great thing, no?

There’s been plenty of data between Toth and Manthey of them dropping intake temps between 10-40 degrees. I may be off a little but close for discussion. If the Venturi effect is there then why not place puller fans there?

I guess that’s where puller fans would create an benefit.

overall efficiency of any engine is a must right? I doubt during average street use, but for a acceleration type situation (on ramp, traffic light, etc) I think the added air being drawn in will help the engine.

Im not a engineer of any sorts. I own pizzerias. I could be talking out of my butt, but just overall I made a observation