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Old 06-30-2007 | 07:14 PM
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Default a little detail work on the front...functional for turbo cars!

So many of you know my engine tends to run on the hot side. Sam@GTM has fixed that already with stronger fans, and I have pretty much all the cooling mods one can get.

When I was detailing my car one day, I saw that the oem bumper "cups" into where the intercooler would go, thus not letting any air go over the thick intercooler that I have with the extreme kit, into the Koyo radiator. So...getting the idea from the widebody Esprit kit in Japan, here's what I did...

Lowers my water temp by about 2-5 degrees celcius!

Just a small teaser of a pic...

Old 06-30-2007 | 07:22 PM
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thats awsome, looks clean, and best thing is its functional. PROPS.

Whats funny is I thougth about doing something kinda like this today. (just to look cool since I lake turbos) But saw a vid on youtube some drift chicks z. Had two cutouts of the oem bumper that kinda resembled the c-west kit. It looked good as well.

Anyway sorry for the tangent. LOOKS SICK. would like more pics if you got them.
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Just one pic...... Come on.
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Good idea. Seen to work for lots of other turbo cars so why not? Looks good too since you made it all fancy and not square on the 2 side cutouts.
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Originally Posted by Shift_Z33
Good idea. Seen to work for lots of other turbo cars so why not? Looks good too since you made it all fancy and not square on the 2 side cutouts.
thanks. I was wondering who would catch that... The ouside edge of the 2 side slits actually align with the inner edge of the headlights, so it all flows well with the car visually.
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Originally Posted by MyV6IsFast3r
Just one pic...... Come on.
Hopefully we'll take care of that tomorrow
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good job. Many DSM owners do the same thing to get more air in their huge intercoolers.
Old 07-01-2007 | 06:08 AM
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one picture ftl
Old 07-01-2007 | 06:12 AM
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moar pix!

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Old 07-01-2007 | 06:18 AM
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Nice. I wanna see more pics.
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Frontal pics!!

Why not just make the front opening bigger?
Old 07-01-2007 | 06:34 AM
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yes, we demand a better picture.
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ditto on the more pictures thing
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Why must you tease
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Full frontal nudity!!
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BOOOO! You tease!!11!!111!
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Ok when your ghey *** teaser event is off. can you awnser this?(did you nake a template) if so can you post it up please?
Old 07-01-2007 | 07:17 PM
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That looks sweet Alex.
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I swore I posted in here last night ... I wonder where my comment went ... lol. anyways. please more pics alex


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