Intercooler options

Re: Intercooler options (gt hardtop)

Tue, 21 Oct 2014 15:57:32 GMT

Re: Intercooler options (gt hardtop)

Tue, 21 Oct 2014 15:46:15 GMT

Check out my intercooler and intake kit i have for sale. Cost me 3k. Everything is custom apart from the core which is an ATS core. It is the nicest air to air kit I have ever seen and made decent consistant power unlike off the shelf kits.
http://www.mr2australia.com/mr2play/tm.aspx?m=113834

Re: Intercooler options (MR2QIK)

Mon, 20 Oct 2014 23:32:35 GMT

Whatever you get, fan upgrade, shroud & direct wiring to fuse box is a big help.

Re: Intercooler options (DVS_MR2)

Sun, 19 Oct 2014 18:54:26 GMT

I have a new Aftermarket USA made Racer X Fabrication Smic kit for sale cost me about $675 landed looking $450 located in brisbane if interested.... Has 1 piece pipes silicone hoses an t clamps inc

Re: Intercooler options (DumpsterMummy)

Sun, 19 Oct 2014 02:35:34 GMT

Thanks Dylan
that's all really helpful :)

Re: Intercooler options (dylmrt)

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 16:57:10 GMT

You can pretty much classify intercoolers into 3 classes. The original JDM ones, the china/ebay copies and the USA made ones.

The major JDM options were:
1. Greddy/Trust - this was the most popular sidemount for the sw20. If you can a good condition second hand one, that would be my pick for sidemounts.
2. Apex'i - not as common as the greddy. was a thicker core than the greddy.
3. HKS - much rarer than the greddy, it was similiar in performance, but you'd be hard pressed to find one of these nowadays
4. ARC - Very expensive, but didn't perform any better than the greddy. Virtually impossible to find these now.
5. Phoenix Power - Essentially a modified Apexi core, with a bolt on pipe so that you could never "blow an intercooler hose". Also fairly hard to find these days.

China brand:
XS power, Monsta etc are just alibaba products rebadged and they were all a greddy copy essentially, so go this if you don't really care about brands and just want a cheap intercooler option that works. Fitment won't be quite as good as the original greddy, but silicone joins are pretty flexible so fit doesn't have to be 100% for it to work.

USA Made:
Berk Tech used to make a sidemount, claimed to work better than anything mentioned above, but i never got to see one in action. Due to price, they were never really that popular. They stopped making this a while ago so again you'd have to find one on the second hand market.

Intercooler options (DumpsterMummy)

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 16:01:47 GMT

Hey guys,

I am looking to buy an aftermarket SMIC for my 1990 SW20 Turbo. I've read all the past threads on the topic I could find, and it seems even eBay kits are usually okay, despite maybe missing some joiners or clamps (or quality of). However a lot of the kits recommended on these older threads (Monsta, XS Power), are either not made any more or I can't seem to find them. So I was just wondering if anyone has bought one recently and has some feedback on the quality and fitment of more current kits.

Thanks in advance :)