Keith C Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 As my ins co won't cover my with a nice big FMIC, plus I'm loathe to lose the active spolier anyway, I've been looking into a custom job to go where the Toyota jobbie is. The benefit of that is that I wouldn't have to tell the ins co as that would be classed and an OEM replacement part I've had Pace recommended to me, and they certainly are cheap, but someone else told me about this company called Radtech. Apparently they make top-notch IC's, often used in racing, so I was just wondering if anyone (Chris? ) had anything to say about them? On a related note - what are the exact dimensions of the bay in which the stock IC fits? Obviously any custom job I get will take up all of that space, but I want to keep the plastic cover in the wheel arch so that the IC is protected from things being thrown off the wheel. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminator Posted June 22, 2002 Share Posted June 22, 2002 Alex was looking into custom IC's I am sure he has laods of information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam W Posted June 22, 2002 Share Posted June 22, 2002 I spoke to Chris recently about this very subject (for my Mk3) - he reckons Pace are best avoided because their cores are very low quality. He recommended Docking and Co, based at Silverstone, http://www.dockingengineering.com/ Chris says . . . "They do a lovely job, albeit at a price. But you get just what you pay for with ali fabrication I'm afraid" I don't know whether I can afford to have a lovely job done or not, so I might yet end up going with Pace, or perhaps this company you've discovered if their rates are reasonable. Do they have a website? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted June 22, 2002 Share Posted June 22, 2002 Keith There are a couple of Jap companies who already do an uprated side mounted replacement IC for the Supra. ARC definitely do one and I think either Greddy or Apexi also have one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminator Posted June 22, 2002 Share Posted June 22, 2002 When you say uprated, how do they differ from stock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted June 22, 2002 Share Posted June 22, 2002 They have ARC name on the front The ARC core design of their FMIC is suppossed to be one of the best available in Japan. I assume this is also used on their SMIC's as well, not sure if the dimensions are bigger than stock but could find out. If you can read Japanese try this link: http://www.arcinter.co.jp/i,c.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted June 22, 2002 Share Posted June 22, 2002 Radtech do a proper race core, as used in F1, similar to the Behr cores. You need to TELL them you want the race core, it's worth the extra, and a stock sized I?C, in stock position, with this core (made by Serck under licence in the UK, I think), will be over twice as efficient. It's not cheap, but neither is an HKS FMIC. I think of IC's as free power, once the initial outlay is made. WORTH THE EXTRA, DEFINITELY! Docking can also fab using a similar core, I think they use Behr ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith C Posted June 23, 2002 Author Share Posted June 23, 2002 Cheers Chris - just the sort of info I was after. Seeing as a stock Toyota IC costs over a grand I think I'll get Radtech to make me one - at least then I'll be getting my money's worth. How would a stock-sized Radtech IC compare to a big HKS jobbie performance wise? Also (sorry about all the Q's), would a race-cored stock-sized and positioned IC be able to serve UK-spec hybrids? I'm toying with the idea of the hybrid route (gotta keep it ins friendly remember ) at some point, so it would be good to get an IC now that could cope with the demands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminator Posted June 23, 2002 Share Posted June 23, 2002 Originally posted by Chris Wilson stock sized I?C, in stock position, with this core (made by Serck under licence in the UK, I think), will be over twice as efficient. Any one know how this compares to the efficiency of a FMIC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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