which powder is that on the UIM? translucent/anodize blue? i've been debating playing with that color

 

It's high temp paint: Plasti kote 102 blue

 

The only cutting required is the old rad mounts,the black brace, and the old batt tray. And like I said before the under belly tray. Small Batt. 51R...I had to buy that and the tie downs. It comes with the top and bottom mount.

 

Where did you buy the battery from?

R.K.

 

Autozone. This is where I cut the black bar so the fans would fit. You might not have to if you have a stock rad and/or slimmer fans, which is what I'm thinking about.

 

This stuff always made me chuckle a bit. A larger intercooler does not create more pressure loss (I assume they mean pressure drop). It actually does the reverse. A large difference in IC size or additional tubing length will cause more initial lag with the additional volume that needs to be pressurized (Why I always stuck with SMIC's and didn't even make an FMIC for myself) Pressure drop is an issue of the intercooler being too small or poorly designed and causing a restriction to the flow of air through it. As flow increases restriction goes up as well and you get more pressure drop. All other conditions being equal the larger IC will provide more surface area to exchange heat. There is of course a point of diminishing returns but it is still an improvement, just not a linear one. So if someone is telling you a smaller Front Mount is better for certain turbos than a larger front mount I'd ignore them. Assuming other conditions like install problems, hassles don't exist opt for the larger no matter your turbos.

 

Also for the greddy, the only intake it garuntee's it to work with is the greddy intake. Suprise Suprise!! I had to make the apex fit on the car. some cursing and yelling and it worked well..

 

I cut my intakes too.

 

good, i was worried that it was an anodize powder, it wasn't nearly translucent enough for what i want to do with it

 

That is so dependant on so many different things. Mainly boost but also turbo set ups etc. someone should be looking at inlet air temps as opposed to hp because that will dictate hp with regards to an ic

 

Now you tell me, Kevin! I wanted the 3-row Type 32 V-spec GReddy (dammit)

 

And if you're using a Koyo rad (I am), the GReddy Airinx BARELY fits with the air pump in place. Best to go with a midpipe, and yank that stupid air pump for more room

 

That's tight in there. The GReddy allows so much more room between the Koyo rad and the motor. A vented hood would do wonders for helping hot underhood air to escape. Might be my next mod for summer 2004, although mine doesn't run that hot except during gridlock with A/C on...(100 C, 212 F). Once I get rolling and air flows, water temps drop back down to 87 to 89 C (very hot summer days).

 

Nice install. The Blitz has a very nice "symmetrical" piping setup

 

I was thinking of going with the blitz front mount as well and I wonder.Is there any way to install the intercooler without having to stand the radiator up?Maybe droping the front of the radiator lower to make room for the pipes.Also do you have any pics of the blitz setup without the front bumper on?Would help out a lot.Thanx.

 

Also how hard is it to stand up the radiator and did you have to get special ac hard lines fabricated?

 

You don't need a pic w/o the bumper because it goes behind the front brace, no need to even take it off to install.I just took off the AC lines and rebent them. On almost all FMIC you must stand the rad up.Its easy, all you do is tilt it back, they give you a new pipe for the bottom and instruct you to cut the top one shorter.

 

It's not too tight, but I would recommend buying thinner fans( like T-Fal or something like that) I even fit a catch can in there.

 

so the blitz kit comes with everything you need then? Including the bottom pipe you are talking about?
Also how has this setup affected air intake flow?
So far it seems like a cool setup.Did you do all of it yourself then?

 

In general the Blitz intercooler is installed without removing the front bumper thus making it easier to install, correct. Zyon13b can you email me the instructions to install this? Thanks.

R.K.

 

I threw the instructions out. They were no good except for the pics, I don't read japanese. Preed D, I don't know how it affects the intakes, I assume its not much different. Yes I installed it myself, took about a day and a half. I think there's another FMIC that mounts behind the front brace too.

 

i know that greddy has a CARB# for their intercooler for california but does blitz have a CARB# also?

 

Apexi GT Delta Fin Core FMIC. Art has one.

 

Some Greddy FMIC info:

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...cooler+install

 

does anyone know how much psi the blitz fmic can handle? Also whats the part number and or brand of battery that you used? thanx.