it's not rice they just look bad ***

 

thank you RX7withNitrous

 

You are a Ricer. I didn't swear at you so don't swear at me dude. And I would like to see your proof of less turbulence and cooler engine temps compared to a stock N/a hood back to back.

And I would also like to see how you build the same intake I do for 70 dollars. I don't use cheap ebay knock-off items either.

Santiago

 

im not trying to direct the air flow into the engine bay, im saying the air that goes through the TII scoop will go right down the bell housing and tranny and under the car, theoreticly creating less pressure in the bay, thus the air flowing through the radiator into the bay will move better (less turbulence) through the engine bay and out. providing a faster way to get engine bay convection heat out, and making your hot little engine run cooler.

 

The bottom of the hood scoop isn't ducted. It is made to seal onto a rectangular intercooler which has the ducting to direct air flow. Without these you get squat. If anything i would say the TII hood makes for more turbulence in the engine bay without a duct. I said it in another thread MAX's car with a TII hood runs hot at high speed my N/a hood equiped Sport with the stock system just like Max's runs tons cooler than his car. The only difference is the hood and exhaust styles we use. Guess your theory can go in the trash can now.....sorry to burst your bubble there but its true.

 

your right don7, and at high speeds, the hot air trapped under the hood will actually want to lift the front of the car a bit (theoretically, i can't say for sure how noticable it would be). That is what the hood scoop on the new celica are designed for, vent hot air over the back of the engine and out the bottom to keep the engine bay cooler and add more downforce at higher speeds. btw, it's your car, I say do what you like.

 

What about a plastic hood? or Paper? I hear that's real light. Personally I think Mesh wool would work out great.

 

I have a TII hood on my N/A, and its one mod I would get rid of. I felt like such a poseur when people would ask if its a TII. With my swap coming soon I can justify it now, however it was lame when I didn't have a TII. But, do what you want, its your car.

 

20lbs equates to 0.68xxx% of the total weight of the car



20 lbs is what you save from an N/a steel to TII aluminum hood. Less than one percent of the total weight of the car. Any amount of money spent because you claim mad tYpe R wEiGhT rEdUXxXiOn is wasted money on a ricer mod.

 

ok...roughly 2 feet of 3 inch intercooler piping (aluminum) had it bent to the right angle....i think its right at 90 degrees with a 30degree kick at the bottom.
4 silicone hose sleeves, and an apex cone filter. i did cut the piping in half so the afm wasnt right over the top of my exhaust... and i also fabricated a bracket to keep everything nice and secure. i know it doesnt cost you jack to build your CAI.....

and BTW i have measured the temps between the turbo hood and the N/A hood...wit the n/a hood my running water temp was 180 degrees, oil temp 170 degrees. with the turbo II hood and a custom vent i added the water temp dropped to 165 to 170 degrees, oil to 160 so however little the temp drop is..its still a decrease... so between the weight reduction and the fact that my engine runs slightly cooler..id say it was worth the 60 bucks i paid for the hood

 

It's not rice because it's functional. Now feel free to shut up about it. It vents heat at idle (as you can obviously SEE), and while cruising, it takes air in, benefits may be measurable only by a couple of germs gripping for dear life to the inside of the scoop, but it does function.

 

Thread closed for flaming (jaidedeye, Chimp and others)
and the same arguments over and over.