R34 Smic On R32 - Results!

[FATAZZ]

I got my r34 smic more for flow rather then cooling reasons.

everytime i pull over after a spirited run i feel both sides of the cooler

slightly warm on inlet side but just ambient temp out the outlet side

its not until i follow the pipes back up into the engine bay where

they start getting warm from the radiator fan blowing hot air directly at the pipes

i'll grab some heat wrap for that. eventually

SO,wouldnt fmic's cop more heat from the radiator fan as most fmic kits have the

piping which goes right across the fan.i believe that would suck for $400 + fitting.

[limpus]

While the rad fan might be blowing hot air over the pipe...its more likely the heat from the engine/turbo/exhaust manifold thats causing the pipes to heat up more...

Another solution for this will be to get a fmic with the inlet and outlet on the same side and use the standard pipes...such coolers are becoming more common nowadays and are very affordable...

[FATAZZ]

yeh someone on here was looking into fabricating the end tank of a std/universal fmic

so the inlet and outlets are on the same side by putting in a divider in the

middle of the end tank to push the air across the face of the cooler.

this is the option i will be going for at a later date.

[Rekin]

Heat soaked pod? Hahahaha...

Seriously...i can't believe some of the nonsense you're spewing...

Could you please explain why it could not be the pod?

because your post was nothing more than a waste of bandwidth if no reason is included

Note; the only time I have felt any symptoms was after a run + a 5min stop, so no doubt the exposed pod may have caused some problems once i started moving again, but then again i could be wrong

We all learn from our mistakes but i dont remember me undermining you when you didnt believe the power gain from the smic...

So either reply with a decent answer/explanation or dont bother replying at all as I dont want a mess in here.

After all we're all here to learn from experiences

On another note;

RSTME could share more information about your SMIC mod.

ie; any power gains, did you reweld or work with custom piping, did you attach airduct to smic etc

- Patrick

[foznice]

is it just me or are the afrs on both cars lean for stock ecu?

shouldnt it plummet down to 10s on max load after a while - typical stock ecu style ?

Unsure about these specific dyno graphs, but from my personal experience with stock ecu, it goes richeroony under load... right down to 8.

[limpus]

Ok...i do believe your gains with the 34 cooler...i have had my car a RE customs before and i believe your power outputs...personally its still not the path i would choose or have chosen...but that is my choice...as for your comment on a heat soaked pod...a pod cannot get heat soaked...the air snd pipes in your engine bay would be heat soaked though...along with the smic...however...once you start moving again for a short distance you will be getting slightly cooler air into the engine bay...so the so called "heat soaked pod" will be ok...but the heat soaked cooler will take awhile to cool down...

[FATAZZ]

RSTME could share more information about your SMIC mod.

ie; any power gains, did you reweld or work with custom piping, did you attach airduct to smic etc

- Patrick

Sure,not sure exactly on power gains but thats why i opted for the r32smic...its cheap

and allows more flow..not necesary the cooling side of things.

i got the old outlet cut and shut and put onto the other side(backyard style)

the cooler does its job fine,its just when the air travels back up into the engine bay

where it cops heat from the RADIATOR FAN that causes the inlet temps to go back up after its

been through the smic.No air duct is used.i see the idea of it but it would intrude on my

air feed to the airbox.

im not quite sure about this heat soaked pod thing but when i had my pod i measured its

temp with one of those laser pointer temp readers and it was roughly 58degrees after a cruise to

wollongong. at the same time the dump pipe was 200+ degrees.

the only time i could imagine my smic getting heat soaked is if i was doing a line locker

which i wont do as my g/box is too precious.

p.s i ripped off the plastic inner guard thing so the air that cools the smic flows right on through

which in my opinion helps.