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Re: Carbon parts

Postby charged_rs » Wed, 13 Mar 2013 3:35 +0000

fez wrote:Can you make a fastback? They look savage. Not that I have the money for one.


again yes , but kinda pointless when people want to spend 50% less than they cost to make :/
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Re: Carbon parts

Postby rhysmate » Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:44 +0000

What is the price?
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Re: Carbon parts

Postby charged_rs » Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:30 +0000

rhysmate wrote:What is the price?


£1200 of there abouts
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Re: Carbon parts

Postby Quinlanar » Wed, 15 May 2013 10:15 +0000

does anybody do the headlight vents, I can only find ones that are mad money
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Re: Carbon parts

Postby charged_rs » Thu, 16 May 2013 1:14 +0000

Quinlanar wrote:does anybody do the headlight vents, I can only find ones that are mad money


i make most style of headlight vent .. £65 each or £120 a pair although it depends on your definition of mad money.

They really arent worth making for any less than £65 but try and buy some new from japan...not much change from £150 a vent
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Re: Carbon parts

Postby fez » Thu, 16 May 2013 12:29 +0000

Does a vented headlight actually cool the air under the bonnet by that much? I would have thought venting the bonnet backwards like Fergus' car would work better by allowing hot air out rather than cold air in to an already high pressure area.
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Re: Carbon parts

Postby rhysmate » Thu, 16 May 2013 1:10 +0000

fez wrote:Does a vented headlight actually cool the air under the bonnet by that much? I would have thought venting the bonnet backwards like Fergus' car would work better by allowing hot air out rather than cold air in to an already high pressure area.


That actually makes it worse. the flow of the air over the bonnet keeps the heat in.
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Re: Carbon parts

Postby fez » Thu, 16 May 2013 4:24 +0000

rhysmate wrote:
fez wrote:Does a vented headlight actually cool the air under the bonnet by that much? I would have thought venting the bonnet backwards like Fergus' car would work better by allowing hot air out rather than cold air in to an already high pressure area.


That actually makes it worse. the flow of the air over the bonnet keeps the heat in.


Really? Would it not prevent it staying under the bonnet in the first place? i.e. it goes through the radiator then up and out? Possibly then the air pressure under the bonnet is lower?

Anyone here ever drilled through the firewall to locate intake at the high pressure area before the windscreen?
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Re: Carbon parts

Postby fez » Thu, 16 May 2013 4:54 +0000

my thinking was along these lines. http://www.autospeed.com/cms/article.html?&A=2159
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Re: Carbon parts

Postby rhysmate » Thu, 16 May 2013 5:22 +0000

What are you hoping to gain from it? There really isnt alot to be gained apart from tweaking the timing and getting some good plug leads. Maybe 4-5 hp.. a good uprated airbox like an arc setup maybe. But cold air intakes do very little.

Raising the bonnet doesnt do anything though. The air outside the engine bay is a high pressure which would keep the hot air in. Ive heard ppl getting less performance out of it.
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Re: Carbon parts

Postby charged_rs » Thu, 16 May 2013 7:59 +0000

years ago i tested the various vented headlight lids.

the zomm engineering reduced temps the most , followed by the dcuatro then the rs aizawa'a ... the garage vary naca did ok aswell.

the zoom ones reduced intake temps by 23 ish degress and the aizawas by 19 or so from what i can remember.

the thing is the lids need to break the airflow , so the ones that stick up a bit do better than the flush looking ones.
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Re: Carbon parts

Postby rhysmate » Thu, 16 May 2013 8:05 +0000

charged_rs wrote:years ago i tested the various vented headlight lids.

the zomm engineering reduced temps the most , followed by the dcuatro then the rs aizawa'a ... the garage vary naca did ok aswell.

the zoom ones reduced intake temps by 23 ish degress and the aizawas by 19 or so from what i can remember.

the thing is the lids need to break the airflow , so the ones that stick up a bit do better than the flush looking ones.



Did you notice any gain in performance? From the butt dyno
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Re: Carbon parts

Postby charged_rs » Thu, 16 May 2013 11:48 +0000

rhysmate wrote:
charged_rs wrote:years ago i tested the various vented headlight lids.

the zomm engineering reduced temps the most , followed by the dcuatro then the rs aizawa'a ... the garage vary naca did ok aswell.

the zoom ones reduced intake temps by 23 ish degress and the aizawas by 19 or so from what i can remember.

the thing is the lids need to break the airflow , so the ones that stick up a bit do better than the flush looking ones.



Did you notice any gain in performance? From the butt dyno


the only thing my butt dyno noticed was the supercharger being fitted...everything else nope... I find it funny how people can tell how an airfilter etc makes the car faster or drive differently etc but ive never been able to notice such small changes...maybe if there were alot of small changes made at once you could tell the difference but not just for a headlight lid.
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Re: Carbon parts

Postby rhysmate » Fri, 17 May 2013 8:46 +0000

I never changed anything before the turbo and ive never changed the air flow into the bay and my throttle body temps are sub 25 degrees after driving it for a while. . Air filters just make some more noise and can decrease power in some

Out of curiosity have you run on the actual dyno with the supercharger?
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Re: Carbon parts

Postby [L'e$kro] » Fri, 17 May 2013 9:40 +0000

I used to work making molds and carbon bits for race boats before I came to Ireland, and I have to agree with Charged RS, good quality doesn't come cheap. Have a look at price of top-spec pre-preg carbon fiber!
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