Ultimate Flow

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

Coz he is shit at drifting and cant keep it on the track?

:laughing-smiley-014:

Your probably right.

We should all tell Asstry to learn to drift.

[3LGODZILA]

reminds me of this car...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx7tRl5dAiE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB4od-n1aTw

.....not cool at all

[Iron Chef]

What happens when it rains...?

Dude, Glad Wrap, jeez....

Back to the topic, I suspect it would actually be LESS effective than a conventional set up at high speed. I don't know how to explain the technical terms (help me out here, physics students!) but equate it to how difficult it is to breath when you're walking into a very strong wind....

[daisu]

1.Less than 2 feet IC piping with less than 150 degrees in bends.

Every bend or change in direction of air flow is viewed as potential flow loss. It is estimated at every 90 degrees(or three 30 degree bends)results in 1% flow loss. Compare competitors vs ASTRAY.

Can't argue with less piping/bends = greater flow. But given the figures they quote, @ 14.7psi boost pressure there is a difference of 0.85psi loss between the 2 setups, which is pretty negligible. I'm sure the type of intercooler core used would be most important when considering pressure loss.

If anything, they should be promoting the less piping=less lag.

2.No battery relocation = No drilling big holes for intercooler piping

I use a turnflow intercooler which didn't require drilling any holes or battery relocation. Battery relocation isn't a bad thing anyway (in terms of weight distribution). Also, it's a bit of a stupid argument when instead they require you to cut a massive hole in the bonnet instead.

3.Able to keep front bumper support

Removing the front bumper support jeopardizes your engine bay in a front collision.

I didn't remove or cut my front bumper support when I had a front mount.

What about cutting holes in the bonnet, wouldn't that jeopardize the crumple characteristics in a front collision? Also, the bonnet could easily be pushed into and damage the intercooler in a front collision.

4.Is not a V-mount IC

V-mount intercoolers are prone to heat soak. This often happens when car is not moving and engine bay temps heat IC.

How is the astray any different in terms of heat soak? Not only would it still suffer from heatsoak when the car isn't moving, it is also mounted directly above the engine which would make it worse.

5.Intercooler as direct cooling, no interferences from cars body parts.

You could achieve the same thing by having a hole in your bumper, which many aftermarket bumpers are already designed with (as opposed to a hole in the bonnet) not to mention the added benefit of ducting.

Out of the 5 "benefits" they list, I can see one arguement (shorter piping), 2 are pretty much irrelevant, and the other 2 would be worse when compared to a regular FMIC. The only other thing I can see is that a dirty broad minded person in heels is going to lay herself out on my bonnet for a photo.

And like other people already mentioned, air flow through the intercooler is going to be very poor without any ducting.

Edited May 17, 2009 by daisu

[rev210]

asstry

[astrotristan]

bahaha - funky i had to look twice at the pic

thought u'd just been having some fun with photoshop...

[Kinks]

Asstray just needs to add a scoop to it so the FMIC actually gets air forced through it. I've illustrated this below. Note the extra room to add a "l33t" sticker on the side of the scoop so people realise how cool you are.