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Hello everyone. Recently bought my first FD/Rx-7/ Rotary in a 1993 RHD. I read through much of the basics on here and had some specific questions about specific upgrades.
Looking to get rid of the common issue of radiator and intercooler inadequacy, I'm also not looking to break the bank since this car will remain relatively stock ( stock twin turbos, minor fuel pump and injector + a real tune). Looking at the Cxracing Intercooler they have a kit with an increased intercooler size as well as a better ducting attachment ( pic attached) also looking into a Koyo Radiator upgrade. Curious as to how the stock mount IC idea might sound to others. This car is a "sometime" vehicle that may make it to the 1/4 mile once or twice, but modtlm a cruiser in Suburban New York. Any insight or opinion is appreciated. I'm coming from the Subaru community currently own and drive a 2011 STI with about 530awhp/500awtq so I'm no stranger to boost and cooling.
I have been interested in upgrading my smic as well. Unfortunately any of the known reputable companies want to charge a fortune. CX racing kit is a nice cheaper alternative, but i cannot speak to the quality or performance since i still have the stock intercooler as well. I will be following to see what others have to say. As a note, even though the intercooler is larger, it appears to have the same number of rows/columns.
My Buddy had the CXRacing kit on his car, and it worked well. He went from that, do an expensive V-mount so it's hard to really compare with the 2. I'm sure the CX wasn't as effecient as the higher end stuff, but he never had a real issue with it. I think he made a custom duct for his at the time. This car also saw autox, and some small road course duty and it did fine.
I've also been looking into a cost effective V-mount setup. While the Greddy kit is gorgeous and likely worth all the money in higher power applications, I again and not trying to push this car too extreme. CxRacing has one ( pic attached, which obviously would require a custom ducting for the inter-cooler to be useful, but should show pretty decent improvements for occasional hard driving and drag racing.
06-26-18, 09:27 PM
