Now I'm thinking of gettinga AUT cooling plate for my s with a k&n fipk kit. Sorry I'm a PITA but i'd like to think this through.

Now its the regarding the AUT plate and I've been thinking myself silly!, I'm just wanting people opinions and a healthy debate.

AUT plate
k&n fipk (not exact)

3 items:

a) The k&n fipk
b) AUT cooling plate (with snorkle style air guide as above)
c) Stock airguide (has slits in it you can see it under the hood)
d) I have a snorkle with the stock airguide retained but i cut for the snorkle.

At first i thought install the k&n fipk add the cooling plate this will take air and direct it into the k&n box section and force the air into the radiator and bobs your uncle, however this involves removing the stock airguide!

Now as far as i know, the stock air guides create a pressure zone, and its purpose is to direct air onto the radiator and into the engine bay and a bit into the airbox???, of course the block etc is liquid cooled, but the engine bay is notouriously hot to begin with! - agreed?. I dont really track the car i wil be only once.

I believe removing this stock airguide will have a decremental effect on engine bay temps, maybe its not a massive problem.

Or does the AUT plate do both and is not as bad as i think?

I'm just wondering what to do???, if i

i) Fit the aut plate and be done with.
ii) just keep the snorkle and stock air guide.

Really at the end of the day the k&n fipk IS getting installed but i want a safer/more reliable and robust solution, hence i) or ii)

Thank you in advance

 

Deja Vu

 

I know

 

Imo, everyone is a backyard engineer, so they are gonna pick the setup they think works best anyways.

 

Yeah good point, im just wondering if it will cause problems replacing.

 

just add the aut. it wont be bad unless you live in the dessert, i would not worry. if you look at my signature you can see that i didn't have a cooling plate. i have one on right now but the before and after, i could not tell that big of a deference.

 

I have that set up, imo it works well, alot of other people on here have it too. If you get the Aut plate you have to remove the stock air guide for it to work like its supposed to.

 

I was under the impression, that at speed, the stock bumper, grille,intake,etc were designed to flow air into the stock intake hole...am I missing something here?

Because by looking at it, it seems that at speed fresh air would be going into the intake and adding a snorkel would only increase resistance and retain heat.

 

Leave the stock, cut a hole if you want, and add the AUT. Taking out the stock doesn't help, and leaving it in can't hurt - its air, its not like it can't get in. All the aut plate does is cap off the top of the engine bay from the intake.

 

go to the Intake thread there are plenty of pictures of the AUT with K&N as a matter of fact I have that setup.