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Old 03-29-07, 03:29 PM
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i want to put a FMIC on my fd, i do not care about major gains in power just mainly looks, just wondering if any of yall have bought a universal intercooler and had them installed and also if any of these universals were generatic brands
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What do you like better your motor of looks?

I ask because a FMIC blocks the air going to the radiator=less efficient cooling of your motor. Also there is not really a universal intercooler and most of the ebay intercoolers although larger may be worse than what you already have.
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Originally Posted by n.houstonrx7
i want to put a FMIC on my fd, i do not care about major gains in power just mainly looks, just wondering if any of yall have bought a universal intercooler and had them installed and also if any of these universals were generatic brands
Unless you plan to fabricate you own piping, I would suggest going with a kit instead. The Blitz kit is good and IIRC doesn't require hacking up the car to install (I believe it can also be installed with the front bumper still on the car).
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Originally Posted by n.houstonrx7
i want to put a FMIC on my fd, i do not care about major gains in power just mainly looks, just wondering if any of yall have bought a universal intercooler and had them installed and also if any of these universals were generatic brands
why oh why oh why........

if you want bling factor just dont get a replica of anything.
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You need the V-spec

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haha.... ^^ #1 must have for posers
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Originally Posted by n.houstonrx7
i want to put a FMIC on my fd, i do not care about major gains in power just mainly looks, just wondering if any of yall have bought a universal intercooler and had them installed and also if any of these universals were generatic brands

you are ******* kidding right? you just have to be...

I hope that you are.
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Did you really ask that question? What kind of responses did you think you were going to get? "I don't care what it does, as long as it looks cool."
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Originally Posted by montego
you are ******* kidding right? you just have to be...

I hope that you are.
Haha no, no he's not. But what would your fake intercooler be without a fake BOV sound to go with it?

http://cgi.ebay.com/FAKE-TURBO-SOUND...QQcmdZViewItem
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Originally Posted by montego
you are ******* kidding right? you just have to be...

I hope that you are.
Haha no, no he's not. But what would your fake intercooler be without a fake BOV sound to go with it?

http://cgi.ebay.com/FAKE-TURBO-SOUND...QQcmdZViewItem
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ok first of all im not one to go cheap on anything on my car im just wondering if any of yall have used a no name intercooler and what they got from it yes i am going for more looks but i do want it to add some performance, its just i need to fill up the big hole on my feed front bumper. so you guys who think im going to put a plastic fake intercooler or anything fake on my car can just drive off a cliff
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get the greddy two row.
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I have the Ultimate Intercooler, it's called N.A. it's so cool the cops can't even see it...

Sorry I can't give meaningful advice anymore I'm driving off a cliff like n.houstonrx7 suggested because I can't use search and make up my own conclusions....

<--- Lemming....
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I have the blitz one and its awesome. The core is huge and it comes with all of the brackets to relocate everything you need. You also don't need to take off the bumper to install it. I haven't noticed that my car runs any hotter than with the stock mount I had but there is definitly more performance there.

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you know its people like dcrosby that **** me off . well yeah anyone can do research all day on the internet but i just wanted to get some peoples feedback on what they have used. so thanks CRAZYRX7 its people like you that are really helpful and nice car
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^

All you people.

Be pissed off if you don't like searching especially on a subject that has been so covered.

And with a sentence like "i want to put a FMIC on my fd, i do not care about major gains in power just mainly looks" what did you expect as a reaction, yeah we all just want to look cool?
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anyone can do research all day on the internet . . .

but it takes a real special kind of person to forego the research and do something as uniquely empowering as post a question that has been answered a million times on a forum

you sir, have indeed set yourself apart from we mere mortals that try to educate ourselves before we distract others

you sir, are clearly deservant of everyone's service. . .now you better apologize dradon03!
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if u mainly care for looks, any name brand FMIC will work. like mentioned: Greddy, Blitz, Apexi, HKS. They will save u a lot of time looking for fabricator to make pipings for a cheap generic intercooler. Prevent any headache and make ur life easier

if money is the main issue, just get a Greddy M-core Front Mount InterCooler from rx7store.net

its the cheapest intercooler kit u can possibly get while looking clean and have bling factor. that is the cheapest i would go for a FM intercooler
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Blitz, for the reasons already listed: MUCH easier install than a greddy, big core, kit is complete, looks great!

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Originally Posted by n.houstonrx7
you know its people like dcrosby that **** me off . well yeah anyone can do research all day on the internet but i just wanted to get some peoples feedback on what they have used. so thanks CRAZYRX7 its people like you that are really helpful and nice car

Thanks. Glad I could help.

R.K.
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Originally Posted by crazyrx7
Thanks. Glad I could help.

R.K.

+1 Mee too..

Glad to be that pebble in you shoe

Maybe next time you'll post something a bit more intelligable, like "Blitz or HKS" Pro's and con's given I'm working to achieve "X"....

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Originally Posted by big_rizzlah
anyone can do research all day on the internet . . .

but it takes a real special kind of person to forego the research and do something as uniquely empowering as post a question that has been answered a million times on a forum

you sir, have indeed set yourself apart from we mere mortals that try to educate ourselves before we distract others

you sir, are clearly deservant of everyone's service. . .now you better apologize dradon03!

Or what? well im sorry that you chose to look in my thread and it bothered you next time dont look.
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what exactly are you saying "or what" to?

to me telling dradon03 to apologize to you?

no need to apologize. . .it happens all the time, and will contine to happen alll the time.

for the extra special eye catching look, you should get a platinum intercooler with diamond bezels
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I wonder how much money that company has made so far selling the plastic intercooler....
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