Chris Wilson Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 My 4 all alloy SMIC's have finally arrived here in stock. 2 people have deposits on them, I need one for a job, so 1 is available for sale. See below. Is your intercooler falling apart, the fins corroded off the tubes? If so, its efficiency will be extremely degraded. Running more boost than stock? Is this a good idea? NO! It's not even a good idea running STOCK boost with an I/C like that, and when the weather struggles above freezing it will be a VERY BAD idea! Don't want to spend over 1400 quid on a new quality front mount intercooler, only to have half of it masked by the aperture in the front stock bumper being too small to allow air through all the core? Even with a new aftermarket bumper that probably fits where it touches, (from what I have seen of most Jap products), the air will just take the easy route AROUND the expensive FMIC, rather than through it, because no ducting provision is made. The answer is my uprated, all aluminium stock mount intercooler. It uses all original mountings, and the original factory sealed ducting. It uses a state of the art core with fine pitched finning, on modern tubes with internal turbulators. The core uses 10% more tubes than the stock unit, too. The quality of its construction is superb, and all are fully leak tested under pressure before despatch. Pressure drop, both internally through the core, and aerodynamically, are less than the stock cores, making for a very efficient unit. Pics of the intercooler are now available at: www.formula3.freeserve.co.uk/intercooler/intercooler.zip or www.formula3.freeserve.co.uk/intercooler/intercooler.html They will sell for 610 pounds, there is no VAT to pay. Postage and packing to UK mainland addresses is 12.50, the package is bulky due to their fragile nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 I can't afford one right now (sob) but this would be my prefered route over an FMIC I think, will you be getting more stock in the future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted September 23, 2005 Author Share Posted September 23, 2005 Probably, but not until I get another firm set of deposits for at least 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev.O Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 How much would it be for you to fit it Chris?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted September 23, 2005 Author Share Posted September 23, 2005 How much would it be for you to fit it Chris?? I have sent you a PM. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 I took delivery of mine last week. They are of superb quality and imho extremly good value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 Simon, have you fitted it yet, if so what were the results? Can this thing cool as much air as a large FMIC, i.e. can it cope happily with a single? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted September 26, 2005 Author Share Posted September 26, 2005 A single running in its efficiecy range actually needs LESS intercooling than the stock ones at 1.2 bar, as, at 1.2, they are well outside their efficiency island and basically thrashing the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted September 26, 2005 Author Share Posted September 26, 2005 I took delivery of mine last week. They are of superb quality and imho extremly good value. Thanks for the feedback Simon. Did the pads arrive too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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