hi guys according to people i need to make mods to my front bumper to get the air flow to my front mount intercooler a friend of mine has got a c02 fridge ring fitted to his intercooler and it lower the air temps by loads i dont want to be cutting my newly painted front bumper so just a bit of advice please

 

I don't want to cut mine but its looking as though it may have too it gets hot because of the cooler blocking the rad.

 

yep its time to butcher that bumper.......(joke btw)


If done properly it can still look good, but when u have a huge cooler u will need more air to it... end of...!

 

Granted the plate looks crap here, but this is how we did mine,

 

lou lou hasnt had to modify her bumper i dont want to cut it as its just been painted

 

I'm sick of mine looking nice its about time it got a little rough around the edges so the bumper getting cut, beleive me i could have done with the bumper being cut on the weekend i need as much air in there as possible as she's got warmer.

 

Yeh it was a bit warm at the wkend luckily my car seemed all good even tho my rad has a leak!!

 

Tbh lou's car could do with extra air intake, as im sure she will tell you...

Its your car your life do what u want

What would i know anyway....im female!

 

If you dont want to cut the bumper, You could hire a midget, strap him to the front while driving and feed him a cold supply of ICE COLD water


He'll then do the deed and cool the intercooler and it wont ruin the car




OR


You could cut it and just get cold air

 

i'm going to go and see my mate who repainted the car see what he can do, thanks for the sarky coments wud you cut your bumper if it had just been painted no i dont think so

 

I would, Im a painter by trade



I'd sooner have a bumper repainted than run high temps....

 

My Car HAD just been repainted............


U ask advice and when its given u debate it like others havnt a clue what there on about, if u dont want to hear others views or advice then dont ask.....Simple

 

Think you my ne forced to cut it mate, I have the big grs and its been a major ballache.
Temps shot up rediculously, then intercooler moved somehow, and hit the rear of the fan. The fan then burnt itself out!!
tried using an additive, made bugger all difference. The samco split on the turbo water feed too due to too much pressure when i boiled the water. Then changed the thermostat to a 82 degree item replaced all the samcos and fitted a new pacet club rad fan.
Chucked some water wetter in for good measure too and only used de ionised water lol.
Has only just bought the temps back down to where they were prior, i havent checked temp switch yet, forgot to check that, but it does make a difference mate

 

Pmsl

My car could do with alot of things and im sure once the new engine is in the bumper will be looked at to see what can be improved

 

I have taken people's advice have i said others havent got a clue i was asking a simple question and people start being sarky if i have to have my bumper cut then i will do so but i'm just going of what people who are in the car tuning buisness have said, turbo systems have said you shouldnt need to cut it collins have said you shouldnt need cut, but if the temps are high then i will modify the bumper simple

 

But jay theres a difference between SHOULDNT need to and defo not needing to

all im saying is from my experience of owning various cossie's and RS turbos, and from Matts knowledge of working at power engineering, From owning my own fiesta for 6 years, im offering to help here... Nobody is being sarcastic, just trying to get to the bottom of what YOU actually want

More air is better than less..... and thats a fact!

 

noprobs hen i thought you were being funny i'll have to find a way to modify the bumper i just posted a thread and it just seemed like people were being funny will have to see what my friend can do for me my missus wants me 2 sell the fiesta and get a cossie after going in my mates sierra 4*4 the other day, but i told her you sell your focus and you buy one she soon changed her mind then its going to be tuned next month as soon as i run the engine in tony at turbo technics is gooing to tune it for me see what power its putting out as it was running 190.1 with a fucked turbo and fucked bottom end, cheers sassy for your advice good luck with the fiesta