ARC SMIC Custom Duct - PICS -
09-27-10, 12:05 PM
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ARC SMIC Custom Duct - PICS -
Well,
After I noticed a poor colling performance on Dyno of my ARC SMIC with stock duct, I decided to give the IC a new opportunity with a custom made Duct.
Here you can see the old fit with stock duct.
Duct is not big enough to cover the IC core are.
So I decided to custom build a Stainless Steel duct that would cover the whole IC core are. This is how it came out.
I canīt really tell a difference from street driving point fo view, and I donīt have Intake Temp gauge so I donīt have a scientific testing of the duct.
Anyway just by touching the IC after a highway run I can tell is PRETTY worm, I guess it doesnīt sound right when is supposed to cool the incoming air.
Probably I would give him an opportunity for a while and the take the ultimate decision of FMIC or SMIC, in both scenarios from what Iīve read I would take Greddy for sure.
Thatīs it.
Saludos desde Chile.
After I noticed a poor colling performance on Dyno of my ARC SMIC with stock duct, I decided to give the IC a new opportunity with a custom made Duct.
Here you can see the old fit with stock duct.
Duct is not big enough to cover the IC core are.
So I decided to custom build a Stainless Steel duct that would cover the whole IC core are. This is how it came out.
I canīt really tell a difference from street driving point fo view, and I donīt have Intake Temp gauge so I donīt have a scientific testing of the duct.
Anyway just by touching the IC after a highway run I can tell is PRETTY worm, I guess it doesnīt sound right when is supposed to cool the incoming air.
Probably I would give him an opportunity for a while and the take the ultimate decision of FMIC or SMIC, in both scenarios from what Iīve read I would take Greddy for sure.
Thatīs it.
Saludos desde Chile.
09-27-10, 03:13 PM
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looks good but needs to be painted or powder coated black.. just add a AI/meth injection kit to lower intercooler temps and ur system will be fine.. ARC is one of the best I/C on the market so it will perform great with AI/Meth injection.
09-27-10, 04:53 PM
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if you have a pfc commander you can monitor air temp from that, make sure there's some sort of seal where the duct meats the IC so air doesn't escape through the gaps. I can't tell if you already have one or not.
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Hi, does anyone an original photo from the front of the car with stock ducting and stock radiator? how much is the IC ducting visible?
before I changed the water radiator, the ducting was sitting in original place, but with the new radiator, the ducting is quite higher. so i modify ducting, to catch more of the air from the front of the car and i donīt know...
what you think?
before I changed the water radiator, the ducting was sitting in original place, but with the new radiator, the ducting is quite higher. so i modify ducting, to catch more of the air from the front of the car and i donīt know...
what you think?
