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I seached but found nothing... IS there a Intercooler fan for the SMIC??

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Old 05-02-2007, 04:01 AM
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Default I seached but found nothing... IS there a Intercooler fan for the SMIC??

I remember someone here buying a motorcycle fan to put behind his SMIC's to help cool them but never saw if they ever worked.. I saw a guy this weekend at a GTG with a Desiel VW with a 7.5" fan on his SMIC that worked great he said.. Anyone get this working on a S4??
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Default At higher speeds (where you want the IC to be most effective) a fan will likely end up blocking

airflow across the core and hurting your cooling ability. The tradeoff for cooling when you aren't moving (the only time the fans will really be effective) isn't worth it, IMO.

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Default Proper ducting takes care of air flow at higher speeds, low/no speed requires a mister for optimum

results.
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Jeff Doyle had fans on his i/c's. not sure if still installed or not.
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IMO, for us SoCal people who drive in traffic like on the 405 or101 it makes a diffrence.
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Default I think 7.5" is 2 big for STOCK ics, IMO 7" would be good. BUT the CFM is more imortant. (m)

you can find pix and more info on my site regarding this.
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will putting fans behind help pull air through? or is this just a waste of time & $
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