I though about doing my gauge placement where you did as well although I worried about my passengers breaking a gauge with a foot/knee while getting in or out of the car

 

The reason why I wanted to try this setup was to get the most torque and to get the turbo up to speed as fast as possible. I researched quite a bit and read that the shorter intercooler piping helps along with a shorter manifold setup. Id just be happy to stomp some v8 mustangs in my town that think they are the bees knees.... ever since I got this car ive been yearning to run rings around muscle cars lol.

 

I tested it with my brother who is 6'2 and he didn't have a problem at all with the leg room, neither did the gf and she flails around a bit lol. Im going to run these types of gauges once the currency is in order.... for now they have a nice shelf space on the ebay wanted page lol.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/310686537610...84.m1423.l2649

 

That LHT setup looks nice, but fails at function. You want ambient air hitting the intercooler. By being after the radiator with no air circulation through the intercooler, at best it's not doing any harm. At worst, its heating the air. Log manifold + hot turbo inlet air + hot intercooler cooling air = fail.

There are some really nice setups at the following links.
https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/645...cooler-setups/
http://www.superstreetonline.com/fea...000_drift_car/
https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/483...roduce-myself/

I believe SOS is coming out with a v-mount setup. That's what you want. Here is one they did for their race car.
http://www.scienceofspeed.com/revolu...limited_S2000/


Tim

 

That gauge setup is cool, only real downside being that it's not easily visible while driving. Another "stealth" place to mount a gauge is in the passenger visor. It's fairly visible while you're driving and stealth if you use a slim gauge like a plx. You can't see it with the visor folded up as the gauge doesn't protrude out the back of the visor. I have a picture floating around here somewhere on s2ki.

 

Tim,

I was wondering the same about that LHT setup. It doesn't look super functional, but perhaps it helps some..? The true V-mount setups ditch the a/c (so there's no condenser in the way) and angle mount the radiator as well, and they generally all use a hood with a vent in the middle front (for the air to pass through the intercooler and escape through the hood). I wonder if there's any creative v-mount solution that would work on a track car and keep a/c. Probably not likely.. I wonder what's involved with running a smaller condenser, probably more trouble than it's worth.

 

Keep in mind LHT's kit is streetable and that nothing was lost, or altered. A/c is retained and seems to be the headache of v-mounted intercoolers. I believe sos offers it as a race option

 

What is LHT? sry abbreviation noob here.... so u don't think the half size radiator and an air duct wouldn't be sufficient? it would literally fill the other half of the grill and go up to the air box and then out the top. Im probably going to smooth the edges of the air box out so it would flow a bit better.

 

LHT Performance is short for Limitless Honda Tuning/Performance. It's a shop in saint petersburg florida. With boost, I wouldn't use a smaller radiator as that's how the motor cools itself.

 

The only thing lost is any effectiveness that intercooler could have had.... You don't have to build a horrible intercooler setup to keep fast spool and not lose or alter anything. That's the right location/setup for an air-to-water intercooler, not a air-to-air intercooler.


Quite a few of the v-mount setups out there have maintained the a/c. If you're going through the custom fabrication of a v-mount setup, the a/c condenser is not a big deal.

Tim