merckx Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 For those of you that might not be aware I wanted to draw your attention to the fact that your intercooler might need replacing. With salty moist air rushing through them in the winter they will corrode. I've got a 97 car and the front of the intercooler is starting to crumble and fall apart. This will have an impact on the efficiency and the intercooler will not be performing like it should and could need replacing especially on the early cars. An original replacement from Toyota would be approx £1000 Lovatt is kindly organising a group buy and they will be a fraction of this cost. Click Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Some pics of how they look when you poke them a bit here - mine was a bit messy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJI Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Are these UK-spec original replacement intercoolers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 I believe the UK and J-Spec share the shame part so it should be a direct swap in either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richy2jz-gte Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 ive fitted the 1st one made to my uk tt with no probs at all (took about 40mins) everything lined up bang on, it is thicker than the stock i.c so the plastic inner arch just touches the i.c at the bottom corner but is no problem. The diffrence was very noticable it pulled harder and smoother through the gears and stays cold to the touch even when giving it some right foot running 1.25bar, where as the old crumbly one used to get warm just driving normally (below 3.5krpm). i need ten names down to get this thing rollin....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 Toyota charge £875+Vat so, just over th £1k mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 I offer this replacement for the stock mount IC, which uses a state of the art core and is made to a beautiful standard: 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: http://www.formula3.freeserve.co.uk/intercooler/intercooler.zip or http://www.formula3.freeserve.co.uk/intercooler/intercooler.html They will sell for 580 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richy2jz-gte Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 these i.c's are £300 + p+p for 10, unless you want to collect it. ive been running 1.25 bar with mine on and it stays cold to touch where as my old one used to get hot and car used to have a slight flat spot after a good blast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 What sort of power can these ic's take? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richy2jz-gte Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 these easyly cool temps made by stocks running 1.3bar cant realy say on hp because it depends on set up, you should get less boost temp runnin a big single with 600bhp than stock twins runnin 400bhp so it depends on set up. but will easy cope with stock or hybrid/stock turbos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredm Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 The Chris Wilson intercooler looks very good but is nearly twice the price of the Radtec. How can the Radtec be so cheap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted October 31, 2004 Author Share Posted October 31, 2004 The Chris Wilson intercooler looks very good but is nearly twice the price of the Radtec. How can the Radtec be so cheap? Maybe it's the Chris Wilson one that is expensive! I think it's difficult to draw comparisons as there are very few side mounted intercoolers available. I'm sure the Radtec SMIC will be equally as good as the Chris Wilson one. Radtec appear to have a very good reputation: Radtec is a well-known name throughout all forms of motor-sport, we have been supplying the industry for over eighteen years. Our aluminium radiator & intercooler range has been tested in extreme climate & race conditions time after time, and thanks to a company policy of continuous research and development the performance of our products has reached a level that we feel is without equal anywhere in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 I'll post some high resolution pics of my IC on my website this week, and you can compare build quality, count the tubes, assess fin density, blah blah. But as I have always said I am unwilling to fund proper testing as it's just prohibitively expensive, I was quoted over 1k for certified flow V temp drops figures, per IC, so double that to compare any 2 IC's...I just don't sell enough to justify that sort of expenditure. Mine is a lot more expensive, the same company wanted nearly double the price radtec were quoting me for aftermarket all ali water rads, but the dear ones were very different to the cheaper ones. Size isn't everything, IMO Nor is cost! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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