[s-cars] 26x8x3.5 FMIC mock up, why not go with the stock one

[Djdawson2 at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/13/2004 1:00:55 PM Mountain Daylight Time, 
tfrank at symyx.com writes:

> I think that the stock core has nearly the
> same cross section but is shorter, this means that it will not cool as
> much but also that it doesn't have the pressure drop, so you won't have
> to push the turbo so much to make boost, so you wont have such high
> inlet temperature.  Inefficiency breeds inefficiency

The stock core actually flows more cfm than the popular FMIC kit core.  I 
think the single biggest problem with the stock unit is location... resulting in 
poor airflow.
Dave