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Plastic Shield Under Front End
I just got back from having new tires put on (fuzion zri 235/45/17) for 17x8" rims. I noticed the plastic shield under the front end has a big hole and is hanging down a few inches from the ground. I think in other threads people have removed them to get more cooling to the tranny. Is this ok to do? Any problems this may cause? I don't remember how this happened. Any feedback would be great.
Mike
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Yes, you can remove it without problems occuring later. During the summer months, you can get some better cooling by removing it. If you leave it off, the engine bay just gets a little more dirty. Sounds like all of the little bolts were not put back on.
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Not Sure
ensteele, thanks for the fast reply. Its really a mystery to me It has a really big hole in it like acid burned a hole in it. Could any fluid from above cause this? I don't remember an incident or noise that could have caused this kind of damage. But I just went to tire kingdom There's a 97' at a junkyard down the road that may have one left on it if I need one.
Mike
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Re: Not Sure
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-Chike
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." - Plato 2013 Cosmic Blue 5spd Evo X GSR 2006 Galaxy Gray 6MT RX-8 (sold) 2006 Steel Gray WRX TR (sold) 1996 Brilliant Red SVX L (sold) |
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it probably would've ate more than just that cover too.
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WEIRD?
I just removed the undercover about an hour ago. It had a jagged hole roughly eight by twelve inches. It must have fallen out or been ripped out. I guess I ran over something and didn't realize it. I noticed some oil from a slow leak thats now visable there.
Mike
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Re: Re: Not Sure
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The front cover is there to help remove the hot air, from the radiators, out under the car. This one should stay. The rear one can be removed. My 95 Australian model never had the rear cover fitted. Harvey.
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-Chike
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." - Plato 2013 Cosmic Blue 5spd Evo X GSR 2006 Galaxy Gray 6MT RX-8 (sold) 2006 Steel Gray WRX TR (sold) 1996 Brilliant Red SVX L (sold) |
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I remember now
I think I remember when the shield got shredded. A few weeks ago I was quite innebriated one sat. night and took a detour to avoid what I thought was a checkpoint and may have done it then. Should I find another one to help the coefficient or cooling. Thanks for all the feedback.
Mike
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Re: I remember now
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Harvey.
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The coefficient of drag is based on the frontal area of the car, the slipperyness and the underside has no effect on the Cd. Harvey.
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Got to Earthworm's site: www.svx-iw.com and click on the 90 page Road & Track feature that he scanned in. In a section dealing with the design of the car, they talk about the under-tray being longer on JDM/Euro SVXs and these models having a Cd of 0.285 as opposed to 0.290 for the US version. -Chike
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Click on pic #72: http://www.svx-iw.com/svxiw/road_track/index.html I quote: "While achieving a breakthrough Cd number was never a must-do goal of the 23A project, the body engineers were also determined to at least equal the wind tunnel performance of the XT6. In the final tally, the U.S. version of the SVX comes in at 0.29, same as the sharp-edged XT, offering dramatic proof that all cars which have been refined in the wind tunnel don't necessarily have to end up looking alike. The European-spec car proves to be slightly better, at 0.285, due to a larger undertray below the engine." -Chike (my 4500 posts are not pointless or random btw...)
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The tray reduces amount of turbulence in the air stream under the car and reduces overall cd. A long sharp pointy tail instead of blunt chop-off at rear bumper would be another big helper, but it is a bit unpractical :-) |
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