hood and fender vents functional?

[ballistic]

hey. has anyone seen the stinger up close and personal? i want to know if any of the hood and fender vents are actually functional. unlike on the genesis coupe. anybody know?

 

[hej]

hey. has anyone seen the stinger up close and personal? i want to know if any of the hood and fender vents are actually functional. unlike on the genesis coupe. anybody know?

I recall video stating that the hood vents were just aesthetics, but the lower grill vents were actually functional.

 

[Larry Denen]

Most hood vents are for aesthetics. Nothing surprising there. You could always MAKE them functional if you really want to. I'm going to guess the lower grille vents feed air into the fmic (front mount intercooler).

 

[Jenny Wang]

What do functional hood vents work? What do they do?

 

[hej]

What do functional hood vents work? What do they do?

Provide for cooling of either the engine or (more often) the air going into it. Generally if you have a intercooler, which the Stinger won't (so far as we know).

 

[Jenny Wang]

Provide for cooling of either the engine or (more often) the air going into it. Generally if you have a intercooler, which the Stinger won't (so far as we know).

Thank you for the explanation. I was under the impression that all turbo cars have an intercooler. Is it unusual that the Stinger doesn't have one or have I misunderstood?

 

[hej]

Thank you for the explanation. I was under the impression that all turbo cars have an intercooler. Is it unusual that the Stinger doesn't have one or have I misunderstood?

Allow me to backtrack from what I said earlier. Yes, most turbocharged cars have a intercooler. I just haven't seen one with a substantial intercooler since the last time I looked under the hood of a WRX. Score one for Jenny ^_^

 

[ballistic]

it's nice to think there's actually some function in those designs. i don't mind non-functional pieces but it's a good thing when they're functional.

 

[Jenny Wang]

Allow me to backtrack from what I said earlier. Yes, most turbocharged cars have a intercooler. I just haven't seen one with a substantial intercooler since the last time I looked under the hood of a WRX. Score one for Jenny ^_^

Yay me! I'm finally starting to retain some of this knowledge from reading. It's usually only temporary.

 

[app_master]

I think the hood vents look great. Breaks up the bonnet lines just enough for styling.

 

[Jenny Wang]

I think the hood vents look great. Breaks up the bonnet lines just enough for styling.

I'm a big fan of the hood vents. It's one of the reasons I like the Stinger better in white or red than black or blue.

 

[Jenny Wang]

The new article I just posted had some mention of functional vents. Take a look.

 

[hej]

Nevermind

 

[Brian Keenan]

I'm cool with the grill vents being the only ones that are functional. The hood vents being functional are less important to me.

 

[lostnspace]

There's also a version of Stinger without hood vents, but I'm sure which variant that was (non GT version?). It's in the thread from the Korean launch of the car. I'd share the link but doing that from my phone is cumbersome.

 

[srtcrazy05]

to clear up the intercooler discussion, i found this pic for the g80/g90...

 

[app_master]

High Fuel Efficiency ... that sounds promising?

 

[Ford Refugee]

to clear up the intercooler discussion, i found this pic for the g80/g90...

Thanks for the pic. So we can presume that the Stinger has a similar intercooler. I was assuming that it did.

I read someplace ( sorry, don't have the link ) that an intercooler is economical for the manufacturer because the extra expense of parts and assembly is offset by the cooler engine having a longer lifespan.

But those long pipes concern me. They look like a cause of turbo lag. If I were designing an engine, I would make the cooling air travel a long route to a local intercooler rather than make the intake air travel a long route to a distant intercooler and back.

 

[Doel]

Intercoolers are typically in one of three locations. Front mount, side mount, or top mount. Front mount is the most common, is what is in the stinger, and is cooled via the bottom grill. Top mount is what you see in the WRX and requires a large hood scoop to cool. Side mount is typically seen in mid engine applications such as the old MR2 Turbo and requires side vents to cool.

While the longer intercooler pipes to a front mount might increase turbo lag just a tiny bit, it makes more sense to place them there in front engine cars. There you get all the cool air you want and you don't have to do anything crazy with fitting an intercooler on top of the engine or on the sides, plus front mounts can be bigger which further improve cooling. Subaru can get away with top mount intercoolers on the WRX because they use the boxer engine which has the pistons configured horizontally, the engine is much flatter thus there is far more space on top of it for the intercooler.

Usually when you see functional hood scoops they're used for ram air intakes, WRX aside of course.

 

[Kia Stinger]

Intercoolers are typically in one of three locations. Front mount, side mount, or top mount. Front mount is the most common, is what is in the stinger, and is cooled via the bottom grill. Top mount is what you see in the WRX and requires a large hood scoop to cool. Side mount is typically seen in mid engine applications such as the old MR2 Turbo and requires side vents to cool.

While the longer intercooler pipes to a front mount might increase turbo lag just a tiny bit, it makes more sense to place them there in front engine cars. There you get all the cool air you want and you don't have to do anything crazy with fitting an intercooler on top of the engine or on the sides, plus front mounts can be bigger which further improve cooling. Subaru can get away with top mount intercoolers on the WRX because they use the boxer engine which has the pistons configured horizontally, the engine is much flatter thus there is far more space on top of it for the intercooler.

Usually when you see functional hood scoops they're used for ram air intakes, WRX aside of course.

Thanks for the intercooler lesson! I learned something there...