Stock Fog Light Intercooling

[KlassKlown]

So I was wondering about the stock fog light caps on my LT.

Since I can't get fog lights anytime soon, I was wondering would it be possible/effective if I were to cut between the honey come blocked shapes to allow air to flow into there which theoretically would allow more air for the engine(intercooler/radiator)? Here's the cap I'm talking about http://www.carid.com/images/replace/bumpers/gm1038134.jpg

 

[rsSteve]

Very interesting idea and nice thinking out of the box. In doing this it may help but I wouldn't think so. The intercooler/radiator are directly in front of the center top/bottom grill which is pretty open already. The radiator/Intercooler aren't very much wider than the center grill. The fog lights are to the far outside and angled away from the radiator/intercooler so I kind of doubt that much if any would make its way over there.

I could be wrong on this so dont let me stop you. If you do try this try to compare your IAT's before and after to see if it made a difference.

 

[KlassKlown]

Well here in Oregon, weather tends to change so that in case I'm doing some type of continuous pulls, there is at least an alternate way for the engine/radiator/intercooler to vent through even if it is at an alternate angle.

Yeah I figured that if I try this, I would get something like an exacto-knife and something to heat it to melt through the plastic slots. I was also thinking about cutting through the rest of the honeycombs that weren't cut out on the stock upper grille.

I guess I was the only curious one for this so far ha

 

[Brags]

I was thinking about doing this to honeycomb on my fogs on my rs. Only way going to run it up to intake. I think dremmel would work ok

 

[KlassKlown]

Hmm, does that mean that right fog light is where that tube is where the stock intake would suck in air through? If so, this would be perfect as it'd be sucking in fresh air directly for the intake wouldn't it.

Dremel tool.. Interesting

 

[rsSteve]

Maybe if you cut the snorkel in half, but if you were to do that you should just remove it. The Snorkel is actually shaped like a horseshoe and the opening of it is located at the top of the tire in the fender. Its kind o hard to describe without seeing it. It is very oddly designed.

Removing it would probably yield the best results with opening up the fog light.

 

[cndctrdj]

Could make brake cooling ducts

 

[94383Z71]

I've been pondering on what to do with my driver's fog light as well. I'll probably remove the passenger side for more intake air. There just doesn't seem to be a good place to route the air that would be worthwhile.

 

[KlassKlown]

Yeah I guess I could do some custom tubing and have a tube connect into the snorkel and out to the intake and have the intake pull air from the outside since the heat shield would keep some heat from going to the intake directly while the driver side could be helping the engine stay ventilated and overall reduce engine temps too.

What sensor do you guys use to measure air temps? Is it just the intake temps or manifold where the map is?

 

[rsSteve]

Most here use an UltraGauge or ScanGauge which can read the IATs from the stock sensors

 

[Swordsmith]

I dremmeled out the honeycomb in my fogs back early on in my build. I had intended to build a homemade heat shield around the aftermarket intake and put a tube in the passenger fender to the fog bezel to turn it into an actual CAI, and to bring a tube in from the driver's fog bezel to blow more air across the intercooler. Never got around to doing either, but there were some threads on here somewhere about doing each of those.

There are also threads, however, about sealing over part of the existing holes in the front of the car, since we don't really need that much air and the shape is only there for art's sake, and is in fact costing mpg by way of additional drag.

 

[KlassKlown]

Ahah! finally someone that has actually done it.

Did you get the chance to measure your before and after temps when you dremmeled them out?