I'm curious to see where some of you have stuff them. I will hopefully be getting my hands on a dsm setup soon but the thought of finding a location for that smic is mind boggling. will it fit in front of my radiator and behind my bumper, or I guess I'm prolly gonna have to trim that bumper a bit. but how much trimming does it take to get it to fit? are there any other places I can stuff it that would still give it descent flow? I kinda wanna keep it hidden but if I end up stuffing it behind my bumper I guess I'll just paint it black and try to hide it. anyway I have a 91 lx with a 92-93 front that has oem fogs so those fogs will prolly get in the way of the piping but hell, who knows.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDM MonopolyMan &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I'm curious to see where some of you have stuff them. I will hopefully be getting my hands on a dsm setup soon but the thought of finding a location for that smic is mind boggling. will it fit in front of my radiator and behind my bumper, or I guess I'm prolly gonna have to trim that bumper a bit. but how much trimming does it take to get it to fit? are there any other places I can stuff it that would still give it descent flow? I kinda wanna keep it hidden but if I end up stuffing it behind my bumper I guess I'll just paint it black and try to hide it. anyway I have a 91 lx with a 92-93 front that has oem fogs so those fogs will prolly get in the way of the piping but hell, who knows.</TD></TR></TABLE>

can you mount it so its facing the ground instead of out front?

 

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can you mount it so its facing the ground instead of out front?</TD></TR></TABLE>
uhhh.. I dunno about that..

 

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I've always wondered that but then its come to my good sense that its impossible.

 

thats a kinda out there idea.. anyway, anyone have a good location for this damn intercooler?

 

First, fogs gotta go Had to loose mine for the FMIC

Second, why not just put it where your air box was?

 

i was thinking that too, but would it get decent enough flow?

 

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This is where every Factory turbocharged car's side mount is located.... it'll work well enough for the time being. But you def gotta get a front mount for best flow

 

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This is where every Factory turbocharged car's side mount is located.... it'll work well enough for the time being. But you def gotta get a front mount for best flow </TD></TR></TABLE>
Thanks man, a friend just gave me an idea, what if I relocated my battery and my coolent reservoir, then stuck the side mount there?

 

It should be out front, you have any idea hot freaking hot it gets under the hood.....you'd be doing more damage than good keeping in the engine bay. You mine as well not run an intercooler. If you do, mount "in front" of the rad, and trim the bumper a tad if necessary. It is an air-to-air heat exchanger, got to have the cool charge for more power man.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by maroonaccord2.2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It should be out front, you have any idea hot freaking hot it gets under the hood.....you'd be doing more damage than good keeping in the engine bay. You mine as well not run an intercooler. If you do, mount "in front" of the rad, and trim the bumper a tad if necessary. It is an air-to-air heat exchanger, got to have the cool charge for more power man.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

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an intercooler is hardly functional if there is no cooler air hitting it. in the stock battery location, both sides are surrounded by hot, ambient air under the hood. widening the hole in the factor airbox is a good idea, but then you have to make sure your splash guards are tight so you wheel doesnt shoot up rocks at high speed; and at the same time make sure its getting plenty of flow for heat exchange...and if you do that, you'll probably have to remove the battery anyways for the charge pipe to run from compressor to the IC

 

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an intercooler is hardly functional if there is no cooler air hitting it. in the stock battery location, both sides are surrounded by hot, ambient air under the hood. widening the hole in the factor airbox is a good idea, but then you have to make sure your splash guards are tight so you wheel doesnt shoot up rocks at high speed; and at the same time make sure its getting plenty of flow for heat exchange...and if you do that, you'll probably have to remove the battery anyways for the charge pipe to run from compressor to the IC</TD></TR></TABLE>
yeah, thats actually what I was talking about, I would cut the shape of the side mount out and sink it down into the wheel well.

 

Honestly, why bother with a SMIC? It gets heat soaked so fast and isn't really efficient even under low boost. I would honestly say spend a little more for a johnnyrace car FMIC and know that your engine loves you.

I have said it before and I will say it again; a SMIC is about as efficient as a fat chick on a treadmill eating little debbies.

 

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I have said it before and I will say it again; a SMIC is about as efficient as a fat chick on a treadmill eating little debbies.</TD></TR></TABLE>

is that in regards to losing weight?...cause if its about getting a little handy before work, we all know fat chicks work harder

 

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is that in regards to losing weight?...cause if its about getting a little handy before work, we all know fat chicks work harder </TD></TR></TABLE>

You sick, sick little man!

No, my reference was in regards to her losing weight .

 

well at any rate I should be getting the whole setup for free or in exchange for some labor.