mazda/feed

Hey guys just checking to see if anyone has done this, i have the ARC smic and i wanted to know if i could buy the piping form somewere, i called GREDDY and they said that they dont make the T78 piping to fit the ARC, i ask him why not its basically the same routing right, but he said that i shoudl try and contact mackin industrys

THANKS

mazda/feed

ok what 14 prp loooked but have no answer wow i tried to search for this and i found nothing, im getting the same thing, what im trying to do is use the twin ARC intake blaock off the bottom inlet and fab my own piping to fit the turbo since im running the ARC race intake

maxcooper

Of course GReddy doesn't make a piping kit that is specifically designed to fit with the ARC SMIC. There are many ICs out there and GReddy certainly doesn't have time or interest to make piping kits for them or test if one of their existing piping kits fits (and then be responsible if the end user has trouble). One of their kits might fit just fine, or perhaps with a little modification. But expecting them to have something specific is not very reasonable.

For the intake, cut the back out of the intake box and replace it with one that has a connection the same size as the T78 compressor inlet. You don't want to choke the turbo with a small diameter intake pipe.

-Max

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Just a suggestion, the greddy and arc stock mounts are way too small for a single turbo.

rynberg

Agreed, the smallish ARC SMIC isn't even big enough for running decent boost on the twins, let alone a T-78...

mazda/feed

well guys im going to get the specs for the rzce version, its suppose to be alot more beffy than the reg ARC smic, its suppose to handle it, so what your telling me is that no SMIC can handle a single turbo, since im not going to drag, would it or youj guys just dont know, i would like to get some really hard evidence please help

rynberg

The regular ARC SMIC is SMALL, not much bigger than stock. You can most certainly run an SMIC with a single, just not one as small as the ARC regular model.

mazda/feed

here are the specs ont he reg ARC IC

H 260 X ------ INCH 10

L 500 X------- INCH 19

W 70 X------- INCH 2.7

NOW THE RACE VERSION IS SUPPOSE TO ALOT MOR BEFFY SO AGAIN WTIH TECHNOLGY AND WITH THE MAJORITY OF JAPN RACER USE ARC COULD THIS WORK, AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE STOCK LOCATION WAS A REALLY GOOD PLACE TO BE IF YOU CAN GET THE AIR TO IT BY OPENNING UP THE DUCTING I DONT KNOW I COULD BE WRONG

rynberg

Those look like dimensions for a front mount intercooler to me......

mazda/feed

hey RYNBERG those are the dimensions for the reg ARC SMIC and see thats what i was saying the race version is suppose to be alot more beffy when i look at the stock ic its no way near the race ic that i have i mean its thicker by at least 3 inch and im going to custom my inlet to fit the 7t8 one of my friends is a welder and he can tig it if i have to

rynberg

The regular ARC SMIC does NOT have a 19" wide core, I'd put money down on that. ARC makes FMICs too and those dimensions make a lot more sense as an FMIC.

mazda/feed

rybberg your right my bad it was 12 ' across sorry lol

maxcooper

So, are any of the dimensions you posted correct for the race version of the SMIC (if such an IC does indeed exist)? 12" across sounds VERY much like a nearly-stock sized SMIC. Do you have a picture of the IC?

For less money and better results, you could get a GReddy FMIC with piping that mates right up to the T78. If you are intent on using an SMIC, the ASP units are the best available anywhere, though they might not fit with the ARC intake. And like any non-GReddy IC, you will need custom piping to match up with the T78 (or at least you will need to take responsibility for finding some pipes that work -- no one is going to sell you a T78 piping kit for their IC except for GReddy).

-Max

mazda/feed

hey max well i was giviing the specs for the reg arc smic ill go home tonight and take pics of the race version of the smic and get specs off of that, they guy did give me specs froma front mount not smic sorry for the mix up

SPOautos

You should try and get the size of the actually ic core...not the entire ic. The core is what really matters. It needs to have at least a 10x10x3 core if your going to run a single with it.

mazda/feed

wow spo thanks man so much i was lol measuring my ic and was like what are they talkin gabout this seems big enough lol x 10 x 2.7 i think but ill check tonight thats for the info