Dealers wrongly mounted your front plate, blocking airflow
 

Dealers probably drilled in the plastic bumper and mounted your plate as follows:

http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/...psw4paliie.jpg


This is also the case with many other gt86 in town:
http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/...psuzduqvnd.jpg


However dealers likely chose to attach the mount using the upper two holes instead of the bottom two holes.
http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/...pszr3ka0mu.jpg


Do your radiator and car a favor by shift up your plate mount and screw in the bottom holes instead the upper holes. IMO car will get at least 15% more air flow. It's suppose to be the bottom two holes anyways...

http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/...psq9evd8ws.jpg versus http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/...psw4paliie.jpg

http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/...pscmwkcgcb.jpg

The curvature also fits perfectly!! :w00t:

Summer's here, why not keep things cooler under the hood?

P.S License plate blockage may also affect performance see VW dyno test
http://www.vwvortex.com/news/afterma...ng-horsepower/

Improve engine cooling general rules
http://www.enginebasics.com/Engine%2...ing%20Pg4.html

I mounted my front plate smack in the middle of the grill and haven't had any overheating problems ...... 2 years ....... up to 105 degrees F.


humfrz

Overheating wont be an issue. It's just a good practice to remove any unnecessary heat

I mounted my front plate to a box in my closet. Airflow is great.

Do you really believe that having a plate mounted there causes a cooling issue?

Nope maybe just eating a few horse power

LOL.

Imma mount deez nutz in your bottom hole.

All you naysayer can fuk it, I gotta have that JDM mounting style Gerrr!

i didn't wana scratch the paint!

Mine is installed properly. I've always wondered why there was a stupidly designed plate bracket. Regardless of real functional impact, and yes, oil/inter cooler right behind it would be less efficient.

Makes sense now because professional dealer installation. :thumbsup:

^^this^^ <brain says "duh">

Happens on Miatas, why not other cars?


Dealers around here don't install the plate unless you tell them to (thankfully)

it won't, but if you are really worried you can always pad the edges...

Pics, please. ETA: And data logs showing how having a center-mounted plate means overheat.

hmmm thats the case with mine.... ill have to remount it.

It is a relatively easy job I assume.

Because racecar?

Well, duh, if for no other reason...

I place mine in certain angle to provide downforce in the front

you can wrap the edges with soft/rubber tape. or just stick 1 or 2 small transparent rubber bumper pads against the edges

cool story bro, you invented a front spoiler

El cheappo mod ftw;)

I would prefer if we didn't even need the front plate to begin with. Even now I don't really know of its true purpose, as far as I'm aware the enforcement cameras like red light cameras and photo radar track the rear.

It already exists

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/...xc1kn0ejpg.jpg

I can not believe the amount of discussion and number of threads on here devoted to frickn' licence plates!

devoted to getting 15% more air flow for your vehicle

Meh, it probably gets way more than it needs anyway. More does not always mean better. If the designers felt it needed more flow they would have made those fake vents real.
Now if I was running an inter cooler or some other add on it may be a concern but on stock it is no biggy.

An off-center plate does help ID the tards.

Yeah we get it, you're pretty bad ass dude.

Bet the rear plate says "Fresh As Fuck".

http://i1011.photobucket.com/albums/...s/mdr-ordi.gif I don't think the state would let me have one like that.

I don't even have a license, much less a plate for it.
http://static1.squarespace.com/stati...in_license.jpg

You could probably be ok with that one. Looks totally believable to me.

Google it. Bet you get one.

hmmmmm........I drove a 2006 Miata, with the front plate mounted in the center of the grill, for 88,000 miles, throughout the Western US and Canada, over a period of 8 years ...... highest air temperature was 113 degrees F ...... and never had a overheating problem ...... :iono:


humfrz

Actually his is DEE 818

As I have a BRZ, I'm not drilling holes in my bumper and I'd rather not get tickets...



That's cause that's where it's designed to be :) Earlier Miatas had a license plate mount that was made to stick up above the grill. A minor tap would force the screws through the front bumper, so people would flip the mount. They'll overheat if that's done though...

Boy, I bet you feel silly now.


http://i.imgur.com/jPYk6Hv.png


http://i.imgur.com/CLULFkE.png