Custom FMIC?
02-20-2003, 10:26 PM
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Custom FMIC?
I have two goals in opposition.
Show: I love the looks of an intercooler that runs all the way across the mouth of a 98+ Integra. Like, for instance, this one:
Go: I want to build a custom, low cost, junkyard DIY turbo setup that spools quickly and has low lag. I want the setup to be useful for autocrossing. People say that big intercoolers cause a pressure drop, and that the FMIC pictured above is really frikkin' huge.
So, is there any FMIC's out there that are that long and tall, but narrow? Or am I just going to have to sacrifice beauty for performance and get a puny *** intercooler?
Ben
Show: I love the looks of an intercooler that runs all the way across the mouth of a 98+ Integra. Like, for instance, this one:
Go: I want to build a custom, low cost, junkyard DIY turbo setup that spools quickly and has low lag. I want the setup to be useful for autocrossing. People say that big intercoolers cause a pressure drop, and that the FMIC pictured above is really frikkin' huge.
So, is there any FMIC's out there that are that long and tall, but narrow? Or am I just going to have to sacrifice beauty for performance and get a puny *** intercooler?
Ben
02-21-2003, 01:11 AM
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Re: Custom FMIC? (mr_mbuna)
If you want an IC that has a low pressure drop and takes up the whole front, get one that has tanks on the top and bottom, not the side. When there are many short bars/tubes there is less of a restriction than when there are a few long ones.
I am planning on taking 3 DSM cores and welding them together in this manner.
*****1**2**3(cores across)
*** ______________
***/__________/----
*__|||||||||||||||
*____________/
YAY! CRAPPY ASCII ART!
[Modified by ion_four, 10:11 AM 2/21/2003]
[Modified by ion_four, 10:12 AM 2/21/2003]
[Modified by ion_four, 10:13 AM 2/21/2003]
I am planning on taking 3 DSM cores and welding them together in this manner.
*****1**2**3(cores across)
*** ______________
***/__________/----
*__|||||||||||||||
*____________/
YAY! CRAPPY ASCII ART!
[Modified by ion_four, 10:11 AM 2/21/2003]
[Modified by ion_four, 10:12 AM 2/21/2003]
[Modified by ion_four, 10:13 AM 2/21/2003]
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