Just finishing up my Vortech S/C install. Any reccomended bumper covers to help my intercooler chill ?Nothing kiddish (sorry street racers) just functional.



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http://www.cprace.com/images/jimmy/index.html

looks better in person, trust me.

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430+ Horsepower at the crank.

 

Dollar you should at least paint those little grilles the same color as your car. It just doesn't look right to me. Maybe mesh would look better?

2003 G35 Coupe 6mt Diamond Graphite
AIM= bkchang79

 

there is no grill. What you're seeing is the intercooler.

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430+ Horsepower at the crank.

 

just get a top secret or greddy front bumper.. absolutel hottness

2003.5 II G35 II Coupe II 6MT II BS II Prem. II

 

I would get the Top secret or greddy bumper, but its fiberglass. That bumper on a slammed car on city streets will be a nightmare.

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430+ Horsepower at the crank.

 

Hey dollar99...Im getting my vortech installed the 7th of April...was planning on cutting the bumper exactly like your. Is there any thing I should know about it before I start cutting ? thx..Bill

Couldnt afford it when young...gonna play when Im old

 

I would never do that to my bumper

Thanks - Joey Avino

 

Only prob is that the origional poster has a license plate. Can you move the intercooler at all?

 

i agree with you malx...i'd never do that to my bumper either. I say get the top secret bumper

 

The holes are cut to serve a purpose, not to please the eye. I would rather have holes in my bumper then spend $1000 on a fiberglass bumper.

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430+ Horsepower at the crank.

 

i have no advice, but, i jus put a depo. on a 2004 6mt today, AND on the vortech s/c kit...

i need as much help (what to expect) as i can get....

can you pm me???

 

430+ Horsepower at the crank?? How did you arrive at that number? Just curious? I just read an article that stated that over 400 hp on a VQ35DE is not safe.

 

That comment about 400+ not being safe refers to the horsepower at the wheels.

Dollar99 is working backwards from his wheel HP (as measured on a dyno) to get to crank HP. That's pretty common practice and the same thing all of the FI venders do when publishing their numbers.

On a manual transmission, a rough-estimate rule of thumb is WHP % 0.83 = Crank HP.

Based on my latest dyno, my estimated crank HP is 450.

--Steve