T Montague's 2zr swap - '08 m/t sedan some extra info

[tmontague]

I have my first track day of the season this Friday evening so I spent way too much time last night and early morning driveway fabrication aluminum sheet metal into a proper duct for my lower grill.

A few months ago I got tires of having to remove zip ties and re ziptie the lower bumper tray back to my bumper every time I wanted to remove the bumper. To get around this, I ziptied the tray to the lower rad support. This way to bumper comes on and off very easy.

I was left with an air gap where air can enter my lower grill anbd slip underneath the radiator and under the car. This isn't ideal from a cooling point of view which I really wasn't too worried about as my cooling capacity is now enormous for my engine set up with my Vibe radiator. I was more concerned with creating front end lift on high speed corner due to the air flow.

This ducting now forces the air from the lower grill right into the radiator with no other place it can go. I wrapped the sharp edges in foam insulation tape and used some thicker foam tape in any holes I had so there are now minimal air gaps.

I likely can now block off my whole upper grill to improve aerodynamics as I doubt I need it, but I plan to leave it for now and see how everything works. I will eventually do aero work on my car once it can sit in a garage a a dedicated track car.

I did not do any ducting to the top portion of the rad I only did the bottom and the sides. There is an OEM black plastic piece on the top of the rad that does some ducting to a certain degree and for now I'll leave that as is. Everything fits very well with the front bumper installed and is very secure thanks to a liberal use of riv nuts.