Thanks for the comment everyone. I never really liked that pipe either, but then again, I don't drive around with my hood open so it doesn't bother me.

 

Think about a stock S2000 - it doesn't have that aluminum plate, but it does have an aluminum hood that essentially does the same thing. On a stock S2000, the hot air coming out of the radiator mostly exits under the car. That plate is there to insulate the intake from the hot radiator air.

ps - HTML doesn't work in s2ki posts. You'll have to use the IMG tag or some such.

pps - chrisyi1, for what it's worth, it looks like you already have plenty of cold air flowing up over the radiator. I'm not sure that the hose actually does anything - it's pulling air from a location that's already flowing cold air to the filter, looks like.

 

nice.. looks good

 

even a 1C temp drop is beneficial matey.

Kit looks good, though I think a black intake hose would've looked better.

 

common internet myth, people say this all the time, you get air and you compressed it and it turns hot, yes of course it's true.

but if you get hotter air and you compressed it the air just get hotter, so the input tempeture before the compression cycle has a direct changes to the outout temperture.

the compression doesn't equalize and make every temperture input the same output temp., don't trust me on this, read a book or ask a pro

the colder air will helps out a turbo car so much damn more than a NA car, they are so sensitive to the change in temperture.

i dont really get why people judge the under hood stuff by the apperance but not the functional aspect of it

 

awsome!
i wish i had a greddy turbo kit

 

the plate sends the hot air from the IC and radiator under and out of the engine bay. it's probably better than sending it INTO the engine bay. the heat from the exhaust manifold is gonna be in the bay anyhow, so it probably does more good than bad. we're not running the hose on our yet, until i can make a nicer permanent setup than the foil hose.


and to the OP: we've changed out our braided stainless lines out for super high temp rubber oil lines since i took this pic. the ones in the kit came loose twice while driving and another friend here on the boards lost his lines too. unfortunately, i believe he also lost the motor.


the gf's whip:

 

nice! who installed it?

 

kent-k: That's one thing I've noticed about the Greddy Kits. Their lines are not always up to par. The oil feed/return (forgot which one it was) was notorious for catching on fire on the RSX, and even in the kits for the RSX that are made these days, however few that may or may not be, still have this defect!

 

yup ive heard about thison rsx's, i used to have a greddy turbo kit on a tC and didnt have any problems with the oil lines. But i ran into a problem with the SS Manifold welds cracking