Intercooler Question
 

Ok so the question is, do I stay top mount or do i go front mount? I'm was thinking of getting an STI TMIC which seem to go for around £150, the thing is having looked on the dreaded FleaBay there are FMIC's for about £200 brand new. The sensible part of me knows they will be pretty rubbish but has anyone here had any experiences with them??

depending on your future plans but,
TMIC are good up tp 400 bhp +
FMIC are good up to 600 bhp +
so as you can imagine a FMIC kit @ £200 isn't going to be the greates quality item. Really you need to decide what output your after and go from there,
Either way i would recomend a remap of your upsizing your intercooler


just my 2 pennies worth :)

Sorry, i should have explained a little better, going for a remap soon once i have fitted my new toys (full de-cat, pink injectors, Vf35, walbro fuel pump) so i'l need an intercooler to go with that lot, just wondering if the FMIC's are worth the extra £50 or is it a case of only get a FMIC if you can spend £500+ on one?

It's a new age by the way and im hoping for about 330 bhp

got an autobahn on mine had it a couple of years now on my newage,no quality issues at all and made all the right figures at surrey rolling road

Yep i also got Autobahn, All the time your not going for 400plus i would stick with TMIC,But its entirely up to you, i went FMIC as i like the look.My car lost a little bit of its snappinest once FMIC fitted.
The truth is cheap FMIC's are a bugger to fit as the pipe work is poorly made.

I had the Autobahn on mine

Makes the front end look better

my tmic will be for sale soon (within 2 weeks) and its currently with my sti at 400hp. Check the f/s section soon or pm me early august if interested. (I am assuming steve ppp has found another now?)

Yep, sorry fella. Nick has offered me his as he's going fmic with his rebuild, but he also has the undertray i need :D

I may well do mate, there is a group buy on FMIC's on Scoobynet at the mo, £300 down to £200. If I don't go for that i'l give you a shout mate

Sorry to hijack a potential sale Tim, but mine is coming off this week to make way for my Autobahn 88 FMIC.

So if you need it sooner than a few weeks :whistle:

Realy, any idea how much you would be looking for mate? PM me if that would be easier. I think i'm going to go front mount but not 100% yet

I'll be after about £150.00, which is the standard kind of money for one.

If you are interested, I'll get it cleaned up by the weekend I expect :nod:

No problem if you don't want it though mate, they sell quite easily. :ok:

Thanks for the offer mate, I think I'm going to go with the FMIC. For the extra £50 or £60 I recon it will be worth it :yeah:

No bother matey :ok:

What is the FMIC you are getting out of interest?

Anger is toying with me by saying that he may be selling his, also there is a group buy on Scoobynet, I think I have a link here somewhere, hang on.......

Yep, here it is
http://bbs.scoobynet.com/group-buys-...ooler-kit.html

Looks like a bargain to me......as long as they still have stock. I think Moley is going for the same one too

Link broken?

According to my PC anyway.

Yep link dosnt work

i'm guessing its this group buy :)

http://bbs.scoobynet.com/group-buys-...ooler-kit.html

:fight::martyn::hunt::kicknuts::shark::lol:

Looks like a good buy to me :nod:

:rofl:

Sorry mate, just trying to help someone out :doubleup:

They always sell easily to be honest, so not a problem for either of us matey :wave:

Mine sold really easily but then it does come with undertray and Samco pipework!!

I've gone Hybrid FMIC on mine but you need to be aware of the extra costs e.g. air filter and BOV (or adaptor) - Harvey Smith is your man for the HDi kit - about £400 all in with BOV etc. I'm in the process of painting all the pipework on mine Wrinkle Black to go with the manifold!

One of the main reasons for going FMIC on mine is the fact I'm convinced it was the prolonged high speed run (therefore no I/C cooling) that did for my engine in Germany!! But I blame Big E for that!

But Big E has a TMIC ;)

Think I may have kept the hammer down a litle longer!!! And I did have 100 more BHP than him (I Think)!

Apologies for the broken link, the one above is it.

Anger- Sell me your front mount, you know you want to!!!! :D

Just seeing what route im going with the new engine first ;)

Ok, how about you sell me your intercooler and throw in the engine, I have a five pound note, 36p in change, a couple of old buttons and some fluff in my wallet! you just pop the engine round when your ready mate :-D :razz: :deadhorse:

oh do tell....:wink:

Not going for more power... just a more responsive engine