IC placement
 

I have a DSM side mount for my Focus build, and I think I have a place to mount it, but I want to make sure that it's going to get enough airflow. For now, I plan on mounting it as flush as possible with the bottom of the front bumper right before the driver's wheel well with the fins facing down. I wish I could get a pic, but the IC is back home.

This is where I would mount it.
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And this is the position of the IC as you're looking from the bottom of the car. I test fitted it, and there's just enough space.
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Let me know what you guys think. If it won't get enough airflow there, I'll just think of something else, or someone can give me some pointers.

Re: IC placement
 

or just save yourself the trouble and get a front mount

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Looks good to me. You can always make a small upside down air scoop under the car to direct more air to it if necessary.

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Yeah, but I got the side mount for free. Plus, I'm not looking to run much boost anyway.

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Yeah, I was thinking about dryer hose going from some place in the front grill or something like that, but a scoop would be nice too. Thanks.

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If you're worried about airflow, you could try a oil cooler/ trans cool fan and have if wired to suck air through it. Just an idea

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Those things dont really do much will prolly do even less if its mounted like that, I would at least put a scoop underneath it or somthing

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this is a great idea i got it on my car. works great dropped my air intake temp a massive amount




you are wrong

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I don't know. Fans are usually only for moving air through a heat-exchanger when there isn't enough air flow - like sitting still.

I bet there's more airflow at 20mph from a scoop than any fan will pull through that tiny intercooler.

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there is no way that is true. say a fan moves 1000 cfm its only moving it threw that small specific area where its needed. when a scoop is kinda putting it in the direction of the area of it ya know ?


if your statement were true radiators wouldnt have fans they would have scoops

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god i wish my focus was painted,

i would just grab a front mount from ebay.

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I didnt say the fan Idea wouldnt work, I'm sure it would prolly work better than a scoop, I'm just saying those intercoolers dont do awhole lot, Mine dropped my charge temps maybe 10 degrees, from 130 to 120 on a 80 degree day.

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Well, for one, I don't have the money to go buy a fan or something like that, and I definitely don't have money to go get a front mount unless it's absolutely free. I'll just make a scoop or some ----.

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word. how ever you do it you just gotta make sure you get air threw there. good luck with your build :-*

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If you cant come up with $99 for a front mount, how are you gonna come up with money for the injectors and chip?

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Well, I'll get the money eventually with my job here at the college. It's just that I have other things (such as rent) that I'd like to save my money for, so I'd rather not spend the extra $100 for a front mount when I have a perfectly good side mount that I got for free.

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any intercooler is better than non at all so use what you got

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bolt it on. who the ---- cares.

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Don't forget what site this is!

:y

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Why bother having an IC if it's not getting enough air to work properly? I care, my engine cares, and my wallet/bank account cares.

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it will work.....are you arguing against yourself ??

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+1

I don't know what the undercarriage of your car looks like, but maybe getting the 90* on the IC cut and welded back on but rotated 180* would make running charge piping alot easier.

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Mk3 supra stock ic= cheap effective front mount. Fits perfect on my CRX.

PPl ------- throw those things away. Ive seen em make like 450+hp on a crap dynojet, so i think youd be square with that...

Dsm sidemounts suck. Been there. Done that.

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No, I was trying to explain why I care about the placement of the IC.

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Yeah, I think I might have to ---- with it a little to make running the charge pipes easier.

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I don't care how much it costs unless it's free. I'm not paying any more money when I have an intercooler already. I plan on upgrading much later on down the road, and that will see some beefier internals for the engine, bigger turbo, more boost, and a FMIC, etc. etc.

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put the sidemount in the front :P

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I was thinking about that, but I'm not sure about room. It's pretty ------ wide, and I really didn't/don't have the time to take the front bumper off and see.