over the radiator intercooler pipes on a NA ?
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over the radiator intercooler pipes on a NA ?
Hi all is it worth it to modify the bonnet / crush the ic pipes up a bit to fit over the radiator IC pipes on a NA ? I seen lots of pics of it done on a NB - few on a NA
My intercoolers piping connection points up or down - for ease of install - over the radiator would be best but it would mean hacking the bonnet - any insight welcome or more pics - I seen the trackdogracing and it looks neat but is it worth it - I know the theory behind charge pipe length
My intercoolers piping connection points up or down - for ease of install - over the radiator would be best but it would mean hacking the bonnet - any insight welcome or more pics - I seen the trackdogracing and it looks neat but is it worth it - I know the theory behind charge pipe length
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https://www.miataturbo.net/forum/t16406/ Check out the second picture. This is how I'll do mine, but I'm currently checking and I think that with 2" pipe you don't even have to cut anything
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sigh...Curly to the rescue...yet again.
you can do it without moving the radiator, and with a larger one (I don't have the godspeed one, but the other one, the mitshibishimotojobie one)
But I cut reliefs in my hood, it kinda sucks cause 1. its a little ugly. 2. its hard, you're right next to outer skin, so if you go too deep you ruin the exterior look of your car.
I'm using 2" pipe btw, and it doesn't quite fit correctly, both edges of the hood are flared up slightly, but that's without crushing/deforming the pipes at all. I'll get pictures when I can. might be harder done than said, its a little bit torn apart right now...
you can do it without moving the radiator, and with a larger one (I don't have the godspeed one, but the other one, the mitshibishimotojobie one)
But I cut reliefs in my hood, it kinda sucks cause 1. its a little ugly. 2. its hard, you're right next to outer skin, so if you go too deep you ruin the exterior look of your car.
I'm using 2" pipe btw, and it doesn't quite fit correctly, both edges of the hood are flared up slightly, but that's without crushing/deforming the pipes at all. I'll get pictures when I can. might be harder done than said, its a little bit torn apart right now...
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good info guys - I have ac but no abs and dont want to relocate the radiator - slight massaging of the hood braces I can live with and cover up and make neat with some fibre glass - but obviously would prefer not to
has anyone got pics from inside the engine bay to the hoods front edge when its closed to actually see how much clearance there is ?
has anyone got pics from inside the engine bay to the hoods front edge when its closed to actually see how much clearance there is ?
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with an un-cut hood and un-cut hood latch support 'deck', there's next to no clearance, as in less than an inch. Thats for the area directly above the holes that are already there, which many of us use for our pipes. There's room right behind that area, which is where the radiator is, and is why people move it back.