A good IC will make your car perform better. That is the only good reason to get one. I'd rather not have it be visible no matter how much it costs. Cops and thieves can see, too.

-Max

 

its gotta have bling factor yo.

come on...i am joking...i have owned an asp for several yrs. just cracksme up reading the forum lately....i have decided to play along.

 

I'd go front mount, Direct air for cooler air temps and just remove your a/c I did that on my car and it takes forever to warm up now once you take the condenser off the front of the radiator. I'd replace too while your at it, only took like 3 weeks for mine to go and leave me stranded after the fmic got installed

 

Huh?

 

I have nothing to add to this post other than to spit out my preference... but why does everybody think that FMIC's look so "cool" . On a stock FD, they look silly IMHO.

Also... "definatley does the job"?? What are talking about? A good quality IC is going to "do it's job" no matter if it's an SMIC, FMIC, or a VMIC.

 

Thank goodness! I thought you had cracked up. I kept reading your post and thinking "matty? How can it be?"

But you did a good job with the charade. It wouldn't surprise me in the least to read something like you posted on here.

-Max

 

Stock mount Greddy. I hope I added useful information.

 

If your main objective is saving money I'd go with a used fmic or smic off of the forum. I did my own custom fmic using the apexi gt core and the custom pipes, CT clamps, and couplers ended up costing a bundle. Not to mention how much easier it is to just buy a good used one off the forum and just drop it in. The custom one took quite a bit of work.

 

It seems these generalized "ebay" intercoolers are usually spearco. Spearco intercoolers are without a doubt good intercoolers, and they can be found on ebay consistantly for very cheap. So this "ebay" intercooler is just dismissed as crapy because where it was bought from, but in fact it's just as good as any of it's leading competitors. I would agree there are crappy "ebay" parts, but spearco intercoolers are not one of them. Now if it said "spearco core" and and the tanks were welded by some random other person, I'd probably stay away, but there are some good products on ebay.

 

Also... "definatley does the job"?? What are talking about? A good quality IC is going to "do it's job" no matter if it's an SMIC, FMIC, or a VMIC.


True but the question is which does the best job over all? I wondering how well a v mount would do with the stock hood? any one running a v mount with the stock hood? if so how well does it work?

 

Im currently working on building an HMIC (not so different from a VMIC). I think this set-up has two things going for it:

• Shorter piping
• Better cooling for rad

To ensure the efficiency of the IC, I will be using one of our reverse vented hood designs.

 

Quit being a troll and search FD3SR1. This exact same thing has been discussed at length by very qualified sources. You're just wasting peoples time and bandwidth either for fun, stupidity or laziness, I don't really care which.

Kevin T. Wyum

 

Dude im sure every topic that you could possible talk about has been covered so lets just shut down the forum and call it rx7searchclub.com, NOOOOOOOOO!

i just want to hear new veiws and like i said before people try new things and new things come out so, and people who have never posted on this topic befor can post to give everyone more information on this topic

 

Please post a link to one of the specific cores your talking about.

 

spearco makes nice cores

but i dont know about ebay ic's

ive had all ic designs smic fmic and v mount

guess what i stayed with???

im goin bigger ic core those since im goin single

lookin at spearco cores at the moment

if anyone has a hook up on spearco cores lmk

thanx
mike

 

And like I said earlier, there's been nothing new in the last few months since the last multi-page discussion. There are test results from the track with all three setups, for both air and water temps. Any of the three setups can work very well and each has their pros and cons -- which have been covered repeatedly. The problem is you appear to be too lazy to read through the older posts....about ANY topic.

 

u are killing me man...hahha.

 

there is no other topic in the history of the FD that has been discussed as much as the fmic vs smic debate. Anyone that has something good to say has said it 5 times already and refuses to reply any further. So the moral of the story is if you want good tech info do a search. If you want feedback from little kids who want bling bling yo then continue on in this thread. I am not being rude....trying to help you.

 

Yep.

 

I searched though a few pages of threads and didnt find the track tests.... If some one could post a link I would appreciate it alot
thanks
--Arron

 

Here you go, these compare actual temps
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...c+intake+temps
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...c+intake+temps
Now finding those didn't take more than 4 min...and I've got dial-up.