Hey, Julio. I didn't bother to read any of the replies to this post as they are most likely crap. I see this problem all the time with people complaining they can't get rid of it, but every car brought to me with the problem I can personally fix every last time:

Your problem is you have no airflow across your radiator.

If the IC is in front of it, it is blocking the radiator, period - a decent IC has 100 mph air hit it head on and 11 mph air exits from the rearside of the IC. Fans do exactly jack and ----, except to control heat during absolutely no load 3 horsepower 800 rpm idle. They can't flow enough to dissipate the 30-50 whp worth of heat a decent cruise requires.

 

what he said.

 

so then i need a smaller IC? i mean ----. what else can i do?

 

that would be sweet!

im kinda leaning towards flipping the turbo though. I think JD has a point with me not gettign enough air flow to the Rad and it being blocked by the IC. but then again, how do other cars get around this that have Front mount ICs?

 

Offset your IC.

Raise your car up to normal ride height (this doesn't hurt handling, only riceboy cosmetics) and run a scoop under the front lip.

Cut air holes in your bumper.

 

 

i cant cut any more wholes that arent directly in front of the Rad. In the pics you can clearly see where the IC and rad are. i could try to off set the IC but dont know if ill have enough room. ill have to look into that this weekend.

 

Maybe do like a airduct and run some dryer tubing directed at it. Hell make two so it won't look uneven and direct the hose at the rad. I say make a scoop under the lip. Wait come to think of it, I've got a scoop that came with my GTIR front clip I still have if you want. It's not too big and not too small. I can't really take a pic being the camera is lost. But I'll draw a picture. I'm a good drawer too!

 

my engine bay and IC looks exactly like urs(my down pipe is even closer) and i have never had this problem at all :P (i even still have my t-stat) buy a slim fan from xeno like i did