Okay Blucid maybe Im not as patient as i thought...

Batmar · 05-12-2012, 09:31 PM

Before

After

3 hours with a pair of tweezers and ice pick.

Maybe next time I'll just buy the front mount....

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rs420 · 05-12-2012, 09:46 PM

Front mount fins get hit quite a bit too

J_ride008 · 05-12-2012, 09:51 PM

Good job batmar.

belaud · 05-12-2012, 09:54 PM

Pretty sure FMIC would get even more decimated

toastertek · 05-12-2012, 10:21 PM

Haha! You still have more patience than I would for that. I put some silver aluminum window screen on there. It has stopped stuff bending the fins but really small stones still seem to get through and clog up the passages in the fins.

ShadowDancer · 05-13-2012, 12:12 AM

How do you guys accumulate so many bent fins? 57k on mine and there's only a handful of bent fins.

Batmar · 05-13-2012, 01:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShadowDancer

How do you guys accumulate so many bent fins? 57k on mine and there's only a handful of bent fins.

107k on mine, daily driving on the highway does it I think.

Window screen is a brilliant idea! That'll be next weekend.

ShadowDancer · 05-13-2012, 02:56 AM

Highway mileage probably explains it I guess. Good work on bending them back though!

alcoolaid · 05-13-2012, 05:57 AM

my front mount barely has any bent fins actually

ShadowDancer · 05-13-2012, 06:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alcoolaid

my front mount barely has any bent fins actually

Interesting... maybe sometimes your car is travelling so fast, the rocks n stuff on the road just get sliced by the fins.

2010 WRX Limited · 05-13-2012, 11:45 AM

^ that and your car has like 40,000 kms

I heard that putting screens on the hood scoop can reduce airflow like 30%... but who knows that could be BS

Batmar · 05-13-2012, 12:11 PM

Grillcraft has a mesh grill for the hood scoop that matches the factory grill mesh. I might try that route over the window screen.

I'm pretty sure it's all in my head but it definitely feels more responsive on the throttle when I'm in S or S# in boost. Now I'm thinking intercooler sprayer... Lol

belaud · 05-13-2012, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alcoolaid

my front mount barely has any bent fins actually

Your ankle slicer grinds the rocks into fine dust before it even reaches your IC!

Batmar · 05-13-2012, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by belaud

Your ankle slicer grinds the rocks into fine dust before it even reaches your IC!

If he goes fast enough it cuts through the fabric of space time. All you need is 88 Mph.

Batmar · 05-13-2012, 02:56 PM

And a flux capacitor...

minifreak · 05-14-2012, 12:12 AM

I made a mesh cover and it it works pretty well for something that is held in place with paper clips :P

Ricewagon · 05-14-2012, 12:17 AM

No bent fins on my front mount either. Front mounts are constructed differently and hence more durable.

Batmar · 05-14-2012, 12:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by minifreak

I made a mesh cover and it it works pretty well for something that is held in place with paper clips :P

That looks perfect! Where did you get the mesh?

I've been reading on front mounts, they do seem to be much more durable. Bar and plate construction is more durable than tube and fin construction.

CanSTi · 05-14-2012, 12:38 AM

A company in Thailand makes covers for the top mounts.
http://www.rally-tech.com/intercoverwrxgd.html

wrxdrvr · 05-14-2012, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2010 WRX Limited

^ that and your car has like 40,000 kms

I heard that putting screens on the hood scoop can reduce airflow like 30%... but who knows that could be BS

NOT BS, 3 pic of an airflow test I did a while back... http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...cpZZ2QQtppZZ28

minifreak · 05-14-2012, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrxdrvr

NOT BS, 3 pic of an airflow test I did a while back... http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...cpZZ2QQtppZZ28

How was this tested?

Blucid · 05-14-2012, 12:55 PM

Not a bad job, lol had nothing else to do I am guessing LOL.

Blucid · 05-14-2012, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CanSTi

A company in Thailand makes covers for the top mounts.
http://www.rally-tech.com/intercoverwrxgd.html

Wondering if the covers would fit the new 08-12? Looks like it should.

wrxdrvr · 05-14-2012, 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by minifreak

How was this tested?

It was "tested" by parking the car for 15 minutes once normal temps were reached and start driving, writing down the temperature numbers of the TMIC at the start and how long it took to cool down to as cold as it would get, on a 77*F ambient day and compared with doing the same thing without the screen... I wouldn't put a screen in the hood scoop but putting the screen onto/into the TMIC so that it's touching is OK...

drayd001 · 05-14-2012, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Batmar

That looks perfect! Where did you get the mesh?

I've been reading on front mounts, they do seem to be much more durable. Bar and plate construction is more durable than tube and fin construction.

they're selling them right now at the richmond night market, saw em there last nght

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ShadowDancer Scooby Specialist Member#: 57441 Join Date: Mar 2004 Chapter/Region: VIC Location: Canada Vehicle: 07 STI CGM	Highway mileage probably explains it I guess. Good work on bending them back though!

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