would you cut your bumper?
08-09-07, 11:50 AM
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would you cut your bumper?
k here is the scoop.....i have stock 93 front bumper. its a little messed up from having someone back into it. And eventually im going to be getting an aftermarket bumper. but for the time being, it covers up 1/2 of my intercooler. I was thinking of cutting the bumper to raise the opening about 3-3 1/2 inches. I figured it would help with my intake temps and coolant temps as well.
what do you think?
what do you think?
08-09-07, 12:56 PM
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Take a picture of the front end and use MS paint to draw out where you're planning on cutting it. It would help air flow, but I don't know if it'd be a noticeable difference. If you're planning on getting a different bumper later on, then all you are losing is the ability to sell the current bumper (nobody's going to buy a hacked up bumper). It'd definitely make it look worse.
08-09-07, 01:14 PM
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First I think that would look riced out.
2nd, its highly unlikely that would affect IAT.
3rd, there would be absolutely no affect on coolant temps since you not increasing air flow in any measurable way and especially since you are not increasing air flow to the radiator.
Remember that there is a huge crossmember behind the IC so there won't be any place for the air to go if you open up the front of your bumper in that location.
2nd, its highly unlikely that would affect IAT.
3rd, there would be absolutely no affect on coolant temps since you not increasing air flow in any measurable way and especially since you are not increasing air flow to the radiator.
Remember that there is a huge crossmember behind the IC so there won't be any place for the air to go if you open up the front of your bumper in that location.
08-09-07, 01:26 PM
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There's actually a car here on the forum that has his cut and it looks pretty sweet IMO. I have the picture on my computer at home, I'll post it when I get a chance.
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08-09-07, 07:25 PM
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It's dark like Poe.
^ Very Aston Martin, looks like it was professionally done. Kind of like a girl with a cleft palate, however; the cut is too high, IMHO. If the owner'd kept the top of the cut below the line between the turn lamps, it would be mean as hell. I wonder where the cold air for the radiator is going to come from... I guess it's the same problem for most FMICs.
08-09-07, 07:31 PM
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the last pic is nice, but I would have cut and finished the oil cooler openings as well. swapped for the smoked updated turnlights and replace the lip with a 99 lip and called it done. well, at least done with the bumper.
08-09-07, 08:08 PM
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yeah like that grey one a few posts above....the front bumper is messed up a little anyway so im not really worried about having to sell it. and the cut i make would be a little lower then that grey one. i have a fmic as well and figured any extra air flow would help both the rad and the ic. the intercooler goes up to the emblem so its prob a lil more then 1/2 covered up.
08-29-07, 03:20 AM
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I cut a couple slits into mine (and through the reinforcement) ...
It looks a little funny from that low angle because you can see the horn. If I keep the stock front end much longer I'll back it with some fine black mesh.
It looks a little funny from that low angle because you can see the horn. If I keep the stock front end much longer I'll back it with some fine black mesh.
08-29-07, 03:31 AM
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08-29-07, 08:54 PM
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I had never seen that old thread referenced above. I think the bumper in it and the one above are the two best looking bumpers I've ever seen on an RX7! It is Astin Martin-ish, but I've loved them since the DB2/4
08-30-07, 10:13 AM
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