Spraying ice water through the front grill is the ticket.

 

Getting a DD is the ticket.

 

yes ...... double d's are definitely the ticket

 

Indeed. I Concur.

 

Now we are thinking!
Hey--what is the temperature outside---78F --WOW I can drive my car!!!
lol
seriously dd is GOOD
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=corve...,r:9,s:8,i:195

 

OD, when we come to GA I am going to give you a tutorial on posting pics on the forums

 

LOL I cant wait to go!...

 

LOL--yall know I need help!

 

i was looking at vettes for sale yesterday. I feel like the manual trans vettes are super rare special editions wtf???? almost every single ad I saw was auto

 

Yeah there are a ton of Vettes at Coffee & Cars every month and 75% of them are autos.

 

Try a vented hood?

 

I have thought of that, I like the EVO hood vent in the RX-8 hood idea, I'm just not sure.

 

I think a vented hood is the "hot" ticket!

 

Let's do it.

http://www.nicoclub.com/archives/240...-hood-diy.html

 

If your filter is sitting in a position where stagnant air from around the radiator (when car is stopped)can rise up to it then that could be yr issue . Nothing to do with fans blowing on the intake pipes .

I have the radiator pretty much sealed off from the filter by the IC .

 

My radiator is completely sealed off.

 

that's good . Your IATs are being measured by the maf right ? so there is not much opportunity for preheating the air before that unless hot air is actually finding it's way to the filter .

 

the fans stir up a good bit of air with in the engine bay. Most of it exits the bottom of the car but there is a gap between the battery box and the expansion tank in which a good bit gets through. It is at lower speeds in which this happens most of the time.

 

but if he doesnt have the air box tray that issue is exagerated right

 

for sure!
I have an idea--just for discussion-----
our radiator is mounted at a pretty good angle. That hurts air flow of course. I know it will be difficult in mounting the radiator in a more upright position.
SO I was thinking--instead of a puller fan set up that blows into air into the engine bay--why not reverse it? Mount the fans on the other side of the radiator with ducting that empties under the car?
The fans could be on the outside of the a/c condenser/rad and that way when the a/c is in use--that hot condesor doesnt affect the radiator. The venturi affect gained by ducting to the underchassis would also be a BIG help--remember air flow through a radiator is due to pressure differences between the front and back. The high speed air going under the car would create a much lower pressure than currently exists within the engine bay. Take the radiator out of the equation and the engine bay temps will be much lower also.
The ducting shouldn't be that hard to make and, in theory, you could actually close off the grill and make the entire car more aero efficient. Other cars do this--especially when the engine is mounted in the rear. Porsche has a varient.
Having a duct to an open hood doesnt take the a/c condenser out of the picture.
So this would do that, reduce engine bay temps, cool better with good fan control, you can use all oem parts and have areo benefits ? Thoughts?

 

Actually makes good sense, but you would have to completely "block” off that compartment so when driving at 70mph the fans would fight the moving air?

I hope to accomplish the same goal with a tray replacement. being that I have some pretty cool "tool" at my disposal I hope to actually duct most (if not all) of the radiator heat out either side of the engine. We shall see how this pans out

 

its probably too much work! And its too dang hot to work--on my deck in Ga the thermometer says 106F--no wind and the humidity is 25%.
WHew.

 

The radiator angle? WTH do you come up with this stuff? Have you ever seen a v-mount?

 

Not talking about an intercooler set up---just brainstorming ideas of how to lessen the impact the a/c condenser has on the overall engine temps.
Easiest thing would be to just relocate the thing, using a smaller one with a fan.

 

man...what I wouldnt give to 25% humidity