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11-18-2012, 11:20 AM | #1 |
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Screen installed over TMIC
Put a window screen (standard aluminum stuff) over the TMIC. I don't think it impedes airflow much at all. Am I wrong? I don't have any way of knowing if the IC isn't working 100%.
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11-18-2012, 12:02 PM | #2 |
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I probably would've went with something with a little heavier mesh and a little bigger openings. Birds and rocks are about all you gotta worry about, most non-Amazonian bugs won't damage your tmic too bad or at all. Take it out and put it in front of a decently powered fan and see how much air flow you get through it. Not real world driving conditions but it'll give you an idea.
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11-18-2012, 12:09 PM | #3 | |
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11-18-2012, 12:34 PM | #4 |
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It will impede airflow, how much no one knows. Take it off and live your life. Will the screen work better than a few bent fins caused by bugs....who knows...who cares....if there was a need, the 79 engineers at Fuji Heavy Industries would have put one there.
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11-18-2012, 01:03 PM | #5 |
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The car is totally stock. I've had a screen on there since I bought the car. Just replaced it for the first time. The fins are in great condition probably from the protection the screen gave them.
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11-18-2012, 04:48 PM | #6 |
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This thread is ridiculous... are you just bored and wanted something to do so you added a screen over your tmic because you dont want bent fins? Did you do the same for your radiator while you were at it?
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11-18-2012, 06:38 PM | #7 |
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F yeah I don't want bent fins!
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11-18-2012, 06:43 PM | #8 |
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11-19-2012, 08:28 PM | #9 | |
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use hardware cloth (at any home supply place) $5 buys enough for your tmic and radiator. i tripled over my tmic. air flow is not an issue. i clean when anough bugs/rocks/debris shows. paint the radiator screen flat black and no one will know its there. andrew at andrew tech endorses this. only noobs think no protection is safe |
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11-19-2012, 08:45 PM | #10 |
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I like the idea but I don't want a restriction.
I have a tweezers in the door pocket, I use it to straighten out fins while filling with gas. |
11-19-2012, 11:08 PM | #11 |
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11-19-2012, 11:14 PM | #12 |
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Did you put a 20lb ballast in the trunk and an intake restrictor on too?
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11-20-2012, 08:06 AM | #13 |
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