RX7.Pilot

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Hello I was interested in getting this intercooler and I believe it will fit with my Autoexe Carbon Intake but was wondering if anyone was using this intercooler and had pictures of it installed or before the kit was installed.

How do you like this system on your car as well? Tried to search but no posts about anyone using this unit. Thanks guys!

mrb63083

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http://www.rhdjapan.com/knight-sport...d3s-rx-7-60128

I love that intercooler; I wish I could afford it.

RX7.Pilot

iTrader: (8)

Thats funny they show two pictures and one of them is the Greddy. I really need to see what this kit looks like on the car and before Im hoping.

Eiji

iTrader: (1)

Hope this helps...

jmadams74

I'm intrigued. . .would like to see "installed" pictures also. I wonder how it would do on a BNR stage 3 setup @ around 350 RWHP?

supergoji

ya i'd love to see installed pics. seeing as that's the size of one of my side mounts for my 300zx i wonder how much it actually cools the air.

t-von

iTrader: (8)

I see the benefits of it's compact design for tight spaces however, I can't see it being too efficent at actually removing heat from the charge air. The #1 main thing that makes heat exchangers (radiators, intercoolers, oil coolers) do their primary job is how much volume of air you can get to pass through the core at any given moment. The more air that passes through it the better it works. The main problem I see with this design is it's thickness. I know it's split in the middle but the air still has to travel through both cores. To make matters worse the air will be heated my the 1st core and then it has to pass through the 2nd core. Not good for efficency. Also air (like all other moving objects) will always take the path of least resistence. This set-up will have even more pressure build up in front of the core (compared to stock) so the ducting has to be perfect so the air actually passes through and doesn't leak around. I'm also curoious about the potential pressure drop.


Edit: Now I can really see modifying this for a water to air set-up. That would be perfect since ducting wouldn't matter.

ptrhahn

iTrader: (9)

That says "mad pressure drop" to me.

FD3S2005

iTrader: (11)

seems small, maybe only like 20% better than stock?

RX7LINK

iTrader: (3)

i used to love that IC... but now when I see it... it just spells "HEAT SOAK"

i would invest that $ on a vmount setup. more work but similar price and much better for the long run

RX7.Pilot

iTrader: (8)

Thank you so very much Eiji! Now I can really see what it looks like much better! What are your plans for this unit? How about selling it to me? hehe

RX7.Pilot

iTrader: (8)

Here is some more information about the unit. It actually does a pretty good job for removing heat and the fact that it uses two cores the way it does, makes pressure drop much less according to Knightsport.

You can also see the picture better on this link if you look for the cooler.

http://www.knightsports.com.au/FD3S.html

dagoof

It looks intriguing to me.

Does anyone have any experience with this intercooler?

How good does it actually work?

Eiji

iTrader: (1)

Its not my cooler unfortunately!

I might be able to dig up some installed pics later if I remember.

hades

iTrader: (4)

i wonder how much gains are being made from 2 cores instead of 1 thick core.

K-Tune

iTrader: (26)

fighters garage has a prototype of an FD intercooler that does a "U" style pass, but the design is different. not sure if they are going to be made though.

staticguitar313

iTrader: (2)

It doesn't look like it would work too great. Anyone have any test results against similar size SMIC kits like Greddy, Pettit Coolcharge or SR Motorsports?

RX7.Pilot

iTrader: (8)

Thanks for the mention of the shop. I bought a pressure tester from them. To bad they don't have some info on that cooler thought?

RX7.Pilot

iTrader: (8)

This cooler is mainly for the person that wants to fit in the stock location but have a better then stock core and performance. Since it is a twin core it would have less pressure drop then a large single core. The best full bay cooler if you had to choisce one would be the the Pettit Cool Charge III but you need to move the battery plus run open engine bay filters.

With this IC I think I can use it with my Autoexe carbon cold air intake. I know the Greddy IC will also work with it as well.

Eiji

iTrader: (1)

Better late than never right?

Enjoy.

RX7.Pilot

iTrader: (8)

Great! It looks like one is with the Autoexe intake box and the other is the Knightsport intake box.

Ka Kui

iTrader: (36)

Wow, this Knight Sports SMIC is very nice.... will it fit stock air box?

ptrhahn

iTrader: (9)

Not sure how two little cores with a couple of tight u-bends is going to have less pressure drop than a single core... never mind that the "2nd" core is going to have air flowing through it that has already been heated by exchanging heat from the "1st" core. When I spoke w/ Bell Intercoolers about my custom core, they told me that a thicker core will have less pressure drop than a thin one.

I could see this only as an option for if someone HAS to fit it into the stock space for some reason.

OyvindRX-7

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but has there been more testing of this? Maybe compared to other SMIC's available, like the Greddy one.
I'm in the middle of deciding which SMIC to choose, so I wanna make sure I get the right one.
Looks very nice though.

purerx7

iTrader: (61)

The KS smic core is significantly bigger than the greddy/trust and even the blitz smic. Aesthetically speaking I am not a fan of the welds but I know a lot of fd owners in Japan use this in their single turbo setup without issues.