I do run a 51r battery, which is the turbojeff battery tray. But I do still have some clearance, but I don't know how much. I could prob take a pic of it installed.

As for price, Shine would dictate that I would assume, maybe they will respond here with a guesstimate. I was thinking they could prob do it in CF also, but I don't know. Since most ducts sell for the 150-200 range, I assume that it would be similar.

 

I am one of those people who own the $1500 SMICs -___-

Ive also used the XSPower FMIC... I still think they are AMAZING for the price.

< 25C all day baby

 

i'd also be very interested in this duct as i have the ss/ebay Ic, plus i' lazy to make a duct lol. be nice if they could make it to utilize the 99 front extra duct

Los

 

Hey Str8Down, I left question a couple days ago about size. Is th 18" total width or is it the width of the core? Thanks I would also be very interested.

 

I answered it about 4 or so posts up. I even quoted your question

 

Opps!!! What a dumb & blind A** I am. Sorry I missed your responce. Yes, still interested.

 

Interested....

 

interested, but in the duct for the larger ic. would they be making both or just the smaller one?

 

Just the smaller one, since they are copying my duct. If you want the larger one, just buy from Pettit.

 

I'm interested

 

Just a quick bump to keep thread alive until after holidays are over Still interested, Merry Christmas

 

I PM'd Shine with this thread to show them you guys were interested, but they never responded again. I don't know what is up. He said it would be a definate go if there was interest.

 

Bump!! I want this!

 

Anyone know how/where I could get a mold made for this?

 

I'd like to see an installed picture of it. Good work.

 

people who talk down on the ebay i/c are just mad because they spent 1k. I have the ebay smic w/ a custom aluminum duct hat lines up perfectly, i paid 100 dollar for it. Total cost was less than $400 for everything. I relocated my ast and mounted it next to my headlight and moved the battery to the storage bin. I made 328RWHP at 14psi on stock ports with a 10 AFR

 

No, it's because we hold our cars to a higher standard. I didn't spend 18k on my car to put the cheapest parts I could find on it. You guys and your cheap *** intercoolers

 

I have to agree with him.

 

I got a older used but in great condition pettit coolcharge II for $350 shipped to my house with the duct that came with it. I guess I paid less than you for your ebay I/C setup. See my cardomain if you want to see it...

-Jeff

 

So do you both run PilotSport tires on your cars? If not then why? They are the undisputed best, so you are destroying our FD's with your cheap upgrades.

Point is, the EBay IC is an upgrade to the stock IC. That has been proven many times over. SO why do I have to buy $1500 Intercooler if I don't need it and the Ebay IC works great for my application.

 

<//---bridgestone here!

 

If you want to run an E-bay intercooler, then more power to you. I'm just tired of people coming on here talking about how great their $80 IC is and how we got ripped off for buying a $1500 ASP/M2 IC. I think we can all agree that the XS IC is better than the stock unit, which isn't saying much.

 

i agree that the m2 i/c is definately better quality...i have the seen the difference in person.

I just think someone running on the stock turbos can spend their money on other things such as koyo radiator, wider wheels and tires, koni suspension etc then all into an I/C

Im suprisingly impressed with the quality of the ebay i/c....if the exact model was sold by racing beat people would pay 800 for it



I really cannot think of the benifits to running the 1200 i/c over the ebay performance wise on stock turbos?

 

I guess it's peice of mind. It's like this here:

I can buy payless shoes, since I have holes in my current shoes, but I'd rather spend more money for the timberland boots. I don't have to buy the timberlands, since the payless shoes will work just fine, and be better than my shoes with the holes in them, but why replace them with something that is just only a bit better? Why not just go out and buy something I've really wanted and not neccessarily needed, but wanted to have? Not saying that I really wanted my pettit (I really want a vmount), but it's better than the xspower.

I too have stock turbos, but want to upgrade to BNRs later. So are you guys only arguing the fact that the xspower is ONLY a stock replacement? Or a good performance stock replacement. I can agree that it's a good stock replacement, but would feel a little nervous using it on an engine that is going to be pushed far beyond stock levels of performance. I'm not saying you guys are idiots for buying these i/cs. Just curious to why you would put such cheap i/cs on our expensive very tempermental FDs.

-Jeff

 

Ok. Talked to Ken. Shine agreed to make it based on the response here. Just waiting to hear from him what he thinks it will cost.