[s-cars] DIY FMIC - Almost done, hit a small snag

[Elijahallen92 at aol.com]

Dave wrote-
Gary: You da man (if you can bring this in for about US$600).  While I have 
am not keen on having to trim (hack) my bumper support to do a FMIC, it may not 
be possible to do my "'bent" vertical flow FMIC without some trimming.  With 
6 inch high vertical flow (Spearco) cores and say 3" top and bottom tanks, I 
am still looking at 12" high.  Even with the "bend" in the vertical flow core, 
this is a lot.  I haven't finished the cardboard mock-up that was started last 
week so I don't know the answer.  In the mean time, your answer looks VERY 
attractive cost-wise.  Do you think there is any chance of welding extra bumper 
reinforcement on the outside of the bumper support to compensate for the metal 
that you had to trim away?

Dave F.
OK, I like the top to bottom flow IC idea but I don't see how you could 
possibly get the cooling without "hacking" out the bumper support when you need 
room for endtanks. The other thing is that I had the Dave Stone version of the 
FMIC and with the bumper HACKED out it didn't even get bent in this accident, so 
why or what is the worry? Also after I installed it I didn't have one person 
that saw the car and didn't know about the new mod even notice it was there. 
So, yes its expensive, but yes its done right, and done right is worth the 
extra $$ IMHO and yes the gains were well worth it.  Pictures below.

Elijah


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