Guest bastaad525 Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 Haven't been able to get pics taken. For anyone that didn't read my thread a while ago there's this nice looking Trust FMIC at my job just sitting in a pile of junk... well police evidence... but it's junk just sitting there and as soon as the police give the okay that stuff is gonna get trashed, and I have dibs on the I/C. Problem is... I keep thinking about it and the unit looks pretty small, well, small compared to the I/C's I've seen guys from here running. So I figured I better ask... The unit's length is just right, the inlet/outlets positioned perfectly to line up with the holes in the radiator support... so that's like 2.5' long I think? But it's a very short unit, I'd say only about 6-9" tall. And about 3" thick. The inlet/outlet's are, I believe, 2.5" in diameter. With the height, it's only about half the size of the units I usually see in pics here... so... does that mean it's too small? I've kinda had my hopes on that unit but now I wonder if I'm gonna be hurting performance if I use it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jersey Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 The smaller NPR that i ran i believe was only about 9" tall and helped me run a good amount more of boost so, it doesn't sound like it's going to be bad. I really dont think you can hurt performace with a smaller IC like that unless it has a lot of pressure drop across it. Now if it were real big, it could hurt you by creating lag which i don't think you'll have with what you've described. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 I agree with Jersey. Except that you need to remember what all males have to deal with; that is SIZE...Ya gotta be able to deal with the remarkes just in case you happen to pull up beside a guy with a very LARGE I/C and you exhibit your smallish one..... If you use it ;be strong remember its not the size that counts its how you use it (aka et times)... sorry guys had to go with this one.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 525, Thats about the exact size of my Spearco. No matter how hard I drive or how hot the weather is, when I stop, open the hood, and feel the IC, the inlet is hot and the outlet is as cold as can be. I run 13psi with 2.5" tubing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bastaad525 Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 actually I kinda like that it is small for visibility reasons. I'm goign to mount it from the top of the radiator support, I tried a little test fit right there and when viewed from the front of the car you couldn't hardly see it at all. I also love that it will not block off the whole radiator. okay so I guess it's large enough... now I just go back to waiting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bastaad525 Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 actually I kinda like that it is small for visibility reasons. I'm goign to mount it from the top of the radiator support, I tried a little test fit right there and when viewed from the front of the car you couldn't hardly see it at all. I also love that it will not block off the whole radiator. okay so I guess it's large enough... now I just go back to waiting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvanen Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 So what about a large NPR intercooler? would that be to much IC for a stock turbo to handle? are we talking major lag time? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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