AUT or ARC cooling plate?
05-31-2008, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by street_ruler,May 31 2008, 11:44 PM
thats not true dude,
go for a blast down the road without the plate (the one that acts mroe like a ram air scoop) then with....tell me which one yeilds a cold airbox and which one is hot.
get the AUT.
go for a blast down the road without the plate (the one that acts mroe like a ram air scoop) then with....tell me which one yeilds a cold airbox and which one is hot.
get the AUT.
A snorkle will be alot more beneficial, air rammed from in front of the bumper directly into the airbox, and still lets air flow throughout the engine bay.
If it really makes you feel better then by all mines get the AUT plate, but dont expect that to make any difference.
05-31-2008, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by importi2acer,May 31 2008, 11:41 PM
So in essence according to their theory you want to block off the space there so that the cold air is deflected to the radiator and helps keep temps down, thats where the cooling plate comes in. Hope that helps.
06-01-2008, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by qbmurderer13,May 31 2008, 07:49 PM
And what proof do you have of this?
A snorkle will be alot more beneficial, air rammed from in front of the bumper directly into the airbox, and still lets air flow throughout the engine bay.
If it really makes you feel better then by all mines get the AUT plate, but dont expect that to make any difference.
A snorkle will be alot more beneficial, air rammed from in front of the bumper directly into the airbox, and still lets air flow throughout the engine bay.
If it really makes you feel better then by all mines get the AUT plate, but dont expect that to make any difference.
06-01-2008, 08:49 PM
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[QUOTE=street_ruler,May 31 2008, 07:44 PM] thats not true dude,
go for a blast down the road without the plate (the one that acts mroe like a ram air scoop) then with....tell me which one yeilds a cold airbox and which one is hot.
go for a blast down the road without the plate (the one that acts mroe like a ram air scoop) then with....tell me which one yeilds a cold airbox and which one is hot.
06-01-2008, 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by qbmurderer13,May 31 2008, 08:12 PM
Neither one will do a thing for your car, get whichever one you think is the prettiest. The oem radiator plate has slits all through the front which let air go throughout the entire engine cooling everything, when you block those holes off with an aftermarket radiator plate its not as beneficial as you might think, as theres no more air flow throughout the engine.
Either way you will not notice the "positive" or "negative" effects of the plate.
Either way you will not notice the "positive" or "negative" effects of the plate.
edit: also i would suggest the aut with a fipk, thats the same setup i have. nothing noticable idling, but at speed it feels better knowing cool air is going to the filter. with the arc, some air is headed up in some direction... some getting to your filter lol.
06-01-2008, 09:58 PM
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The AUT plate actually replicates the contours of the hood's interior when closed. Look at your hood when raised yourself... you'll see. No adverse impact on coil packs, etc. either. So with the stock air director left in place it really is simply bling.
All that said I installed an AUT over a mini-radmat I'd been running since I bought my MY03 new. It cleaned up the look of the engine bay.
Before (with a Coastal Metals engine bay air director which is an inexpensive alternative to pieces like the ARC cooling plate):
The mini-radmat was modeled after tn2p's plate shown here:
After (with the Coastal Metals piece removed and AUT installed):
--Bob
All that said I installed an AUT over a mini-radmat I'd been running since I bought my MY03 new. It cleaned up the look of the engine bay.
Before (with a Coastal Metals engine bay air director which is an inexpensive alternative to pieces like the ARC cooling plate):
The mini-radmat was modeled after tn2p's plate shown here:
After (with the Coastal Metals piece removed and AUT installed):
--Bob
