I have a friend going to the US late this week, and i'm gonna get him to buy me a new intercooler over there. I was just wondering what sizes work well for EK civics, without having to cut the inside of the front bumper (stock bumper) too much. FYI, it will be for a B18C turbocharged EK civic Any help is appreciated, thanks Pictures would be nice too

 

bump

 

30" x 8" x 3.5" would be okay and the most common size. You will however have to cut out the inside of a stock bumper to make the intercooler fit. Most of the black part of the front bumper (lower grille) will have to go bye bye!

 

woah that's huge.. wouldn't that be a little too big? no turbo lag?

 

o man..i gotta see a pic of that.

 

Mine is 33x10.5x3.5...I am having to ditch the front bumper support center section and weld on a 1x1 square tube to hang the intercooler from.

 

isn't there anyone else here who drives an EK with a turbo??
personally 30" sounds too huge for me.. i'm not using a GReddy T88-34D turbo ya know!

guess i'm gonna have to go hunting around on other sites

 

 

where is ur friend going in the US? if hes in VA I can probably get him one for a decent price

 

Well then maybe you should go with 25x8x3.5. That size should be good, up to 30psi or so.

 

is it possible to buy this and cut it horizontally into two pieces and put on new endtanks?




[Modified by int3gra, 5:55 PM 4/10/2002]

 

i know it"s very black.. here mine

 

can't see anything

 

why not use the the drag spearco ic?

 

is it $275 ?

well i was just surfing ebay and found what this guy was doing so i thought it might work:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eb...815430&r=0&t=0

 

you can try a XS engineering: 24 X 11 X 3.

here are some few pics from an EK







[Modified by boostedeg6, 11:29 PM 4/10/2002]

 

ok it's better now

 

hmm anyone got pics of a 20 or 24" XS engineering intercooler on their car? how do their endtanks look like? the price scares me a bit (http://www.xs-engineering.com/intercooler_core.html) but if it will do the job, i'll probably just order it online.


[Modified by nathan's boosted civic, 3:46 PM 4/11/2002]

 

i have the 24" core on my car but, no pics right now. the endtanks are exactly as the ones on that EK


[Modified by boostedeg6, 12:54 AM 4/11/2002]

 

did u have fitment problems with your front bumper? i guess u had to cut the lower black grille out right?

 

no, fitment problems. i had to cut out the grill on the bumper and the bumper support was cut as well. but since it is 11 inches in height, about five inches of the cooler is covered by the top portion of the bumper.