there'd still be things to modify. heh.

keeping on the top of engine mount idea, the mention of bikes got me thinking again. probably dumb but whatever. I enjoy it.

the suggestion was a functional hood scoop. why not go further.
what is stopping a guy from getting a hood with a functional scoop, and wiring in an electrically run fan from a bike. I know I could easily fit the fan from my SV in there, and at low speed/high revs (IE: 4 wheeling like I do a ton of) you'd still get airflow.

I'm sure there are higher power/larger surface area fans than the one from an SV650 too.

just a though because there was conversation of lack of airflow in that spot. people wire in stereos that are much more complex than just a fan.

 

i got a sv too!! the size of the sv fan is good, amount of cfm it flows isnt that great and its not too strong so durability would be an issue i figure.
theres a guy that did a top mount on his 6.5 with a scoop and another with a homemade water to air unit sitting on top of the motor. i like the scoop with a top mount and a big fan to pull air when your at lower speeds. you could even set it up with a thermostat switch to come on when the ic gets hot.

 

excellent idea. . .
I dunno how much room you'd have for something bigger. There is no way you'd fit an electric fan from a fullsize vehicle in there unless the hood came up a few more inches.
you could run 2 small ones with awide enough cowl opening. . i dunno for sure.

 

Good point on the cowl opening, it would need to be rather large or have some ducting to direct te air flow. I think I'm gonna remeasure and see if I can fit it on top.

 

well the stock hood sits how high above the engine naturally?
probably what? 5 inches?
the intercooler is probably 3 inches thick. a good cowl hood would give you another 2-4 inches of clearance. so I don't think that's a huge issue.

if there is no room to mount the fan in a way where it would pull air into the scoop, you could ditch the scoop idea and just pull a ZR-1.
<ukranian>Cut big old hol'em in'a hood</ukranian>

screen the hole so it's not gonna have mud and **** fly into it, run the fan flush against the hole, right above the intercooler.

but that's some fair fabrication right there.

 

That's not a bad idea at all. Would it hurt anything when it rains though?

 

it'd be raining on the fan (which, if it's an automotive fan, shouldn't have an issue) and the intercooler. if anything, the intercooler would run colder.

might get wiring around the engine bay wet, but that depends as well.

could just as easy get a louvered cover. cut your hole, mount the fan, and run 30 or 45 degree louvers. then you've got some deflection, and it looks better than a hole in the hood. it's all about how serious you can get with your fabrication.

in an ideal world, i'd run a dual fan setup along the entire length of the intercooler, with the hood cut out for the fans. mount them, and run some kind of custom made scoop with a good 4 inches of vertical opening for excellent air flow. run the opening all the way across the fan area.

but, that isn't something which is cheap nor easy.

 

Louvers, I couldn't think off what those things were called. I was thinking use those like you said and a fan. Scoops are kin of expensive, I think te Louvers would be cool but would they bring in enough air?

 

a louver is just an angled fin.

so you'd have your hole with the fan mounted, and then a fine screen for thicker particulate like mud and ****.
then you have your louvers covering the whole thing so I looks good. and when you're moving, they catch air and direct it down. basically, you'd build a scoop that'd look kinda like the back window of a mach 1 mustang.

put that kind of setup, on a hood like this:

mount your intercooler longitudinally rather than laterally, and run louvers up the cowl. could work, if you have the money. I think I've seen that style of hood for between 4 and 600 bucks unpainted.
if you can imagine that, with the openings facing outward and the louvers above the hoodline, that's what I'm thinking. those are gonna catch a ton of air when moving, and then the fn would work during low speed times to bring in air, since the louvers don't restrict airflow. they are much more open than even a large scoop.

Dodge Vipers use a hood with reverse louvers.

those work wen you're moving as well, but not in the same way. when the air passes over them, an "eddy" forms and the resulting difference in air pressure between the engine bay and outside of the louver pulls the hot air out and replaces it with cold air. those would be less effective than the forward facing, above hoodline louvers, but they might look a little better.

I'd go with the ones that work better if you can fab it up well, myself.

this little brainstorm pertains to me as well. I may have found an intercooler from a bus for my own truck. 36x24x2. big fat ******. Dunno if it'll fit.

 

All very good info. Thanks. I like the idea of the Louvers. There's a guy with one that big but I can't remember where I came across that picture. He cut his grille and bumper in half to fit it. I'd say do plenty of measuring before you buy it. I bought without measuring and spent another 150 to have it modified to work with my application