FMIC or SMIC?

[marshmallow15]

a few inches? try a foot or two of extra tubing.<p>anyway, there's no real way to really know how much air that shroud can really flow unless its tested. or if you have a steam machine and an electric fan to make a mock-wind tunnel.

[mx3TT]

you tell me...<p><p>

[mx3TT]

Check the link in my sig, it has a lot of pics of the engine.

[ltjrunner]

about water-to-air ic....wouldnt taht drain away a notciable bit of power cycling the water to the ic? i know i discussed this with my father several times(he drives semi wich use a water-to-air) and he, and i must say from what was said i agree with him that power would be lossed from it...not to mention the beast of a set up.<p>about the top mount ic...some of the hood framing definitly would have to go unless you can find a very slim ic. to cool it id say use the stock hood and custom scoop it. not that hard of a task there. but harnessing it would be difficult. my suggestion is study the sti and use ideas from that.

[TsiMiata]

Air to water works just as well as air to air. The downside is additonal parts- pump, front heat exhanger, water lines. But the intercooler can be much, much smaller than an air to air. Water absorbs heat 14 times better than air. So an air/water can be less than half the size and still remove the same amount of heat. The other nice thing about an air/water is if you can get a small tank somewhere you can chill the water with ice. That way you can get very, very cold intake temps for short periods which is great for the drag strip.<p>BTW- the electric power needed for the pump is very small. A 3 gallon per minute pump draws only 4 amps. If that amount of current draw bothers you don't turn on your radio.<p>[ September 04, 2003: Message edited by: TsiMiata ]</p>

[ltjrunner]

it would with the ****ty *** electicle system on mx-3's!! turn on your hazards and youll hear your exhaust go with the blinkers....also step on the brake and rpms will drop! <p>but i see ur point as to why its good and wouldnt actually create harm. something to think about.

[Pearl-JapSpec]

lol the brakes n the rpm's are funny
got that prob too...

[TsiMiata]

Check your grounds and battery connections. you usually get those symptoms when those are dirty, missing or loose.