was wondering how that ssa intercooler was holding up. i'm thinking about trying it out myself. Thanks!!!

Los

 

I have one in my daily driven Fd for 3 months so far,the ast bracket is the only problem I've had.

 

2 Months, no problems.

Got it for 130 shipped. BEST upgrade for the money. Stock Ic = garbage, shame on Mazda.

 

anyone else have any insight? i appreciate the comments. i'm probably gonna end up getting one.


Los

 

No problems here. I'm still running my mock-up duct made out of cardboard and duct tape (not pictured). Keeps the i/c outlet temps cool to the touch, whereas unducted the outlet pipe is very hot. Even at >100 mph no problems with the mock-up duct I know I talked about this in another thread on the subject but I didn't use the pipes the kit came with. With the greddy elbow and turbojeff battery tray I moved the whole mess over so as to make room for a cold air box (yet to be constructed). $125 + shipping for the I/C kit, $60 for some k&ns ordered from Advance, and some junkyard/home depot engineering. That's my kind of upgrade

 

I have finally been running mine quite a bit during tuning. I am using a fiberglass duct I made. I will be relocating the intake sensor to the elbow for more accurate measurements. Temperatures are running around 10-20 deg F above ambient.

 

I have one. No problems here. I modified the stock duct to work untill I figure out a better solution. The intercooler is cool to the touch after hard runs on the highway, but at the strip it gets pretty hot after one run. Proper ducting would probably help alot. My opinion is its alot better than the stocker, and at $100 it really can't be beat. A great solution for those of use that have no money left over after paying the gas companies. BTW, my quarter mile time and trap speed did not improve after installation, though there was a good year between the two runs and conditions had changed. Money well spent but a V-Mount is still on my wish list.

 

What kinda air temps are you guys getting without the duct? I'd imagine they'd be pretty high, maybe even higher than stock without that.

 

Where did you get the black piping?

 

Junkyard, ~$2 each. They're I/C pipes from older turbo Volvos, cut down to fit.

 

now that is what i would call resourseful! good job. looks nice.

 

Cool, call me lazy but do you remember what model volvo?

 

240 and 740 turbo, pretty much any year I think. You can find these things all over the place at Crazy Ray's, but they're a little more pricey there.

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