ARC top mount on ebay

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paz

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I can't believe people will pay that much money for one of these :lol: - currently £225.
 
davey red.r

davey red.r

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agreed paz,why not just stick a arc sticker on the original top mount:lol: save a lot of bloody money:lol:


davey
 
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Animaldaz

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Not everyone wants an Fmic so this is the best alternative, i think its worth it although i didnt pay that much for mine.
 
johnsy

johnsy

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do you still get heat soak. im looking into a fmic looking forward to fitting it my self, but need to sort brakes first
 
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Sam_M

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Id rather have an ARC than a FMIC, I believe you can run more boost safely with the ARC and it will get the charge temps down quicker if you have been standing in traffic for a while,

I have no intention of changing the Standard turbo, I still have the standard TMIC and and the only time it would be a problem with Heat Soak is in traffic, but I dont tend to do the Traffic Lights Grand Prix so its not a problem. ARC all the way :D

OH yeah and I wouldnt pay more than £200 max for one mind you.
 
antgtir

antgtir

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Its strange that one as the end tanks have been modified i.e. lengthened by the looks of it as my ARC TMIC doesn't have those welds on it?

I wonder if its an early or later design to the one i have?

Ant.
 
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Animaldaz

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yeah ive noticed that, mine doesnt have them either. Ive been trying to find out the difference between the two models and so far have drawn a blank.
 
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paz

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This is the thing, if I still had my R I'd be open to the idea of an ARC, as the standard top mount didn't do a bad job apart from the heat soak. Its just the money they're going for now, a few years ago they were going for peanuts!
 
antgtir

antgtir

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How much for though? I thought they were up for a min of about £500 which im sure no one in their right mind would pay considering you can get the second hand version for less than half.

As ive said in the past, i didnt notice much of an increase in performance (although the car wasn't running at its best) but i did notice the change in the ability of the ARC TMIC to keep cool, much better than the OE version.

What have others found?

Ant.
 
marcymarc

marcymarc

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antgtir said:
How much for though? I thought they were up for a min of about £500 which im sure no one in their right mind would pay considering you can get the second hand version for less than half.

As ive said in the past, i didnt notice much of an increase in performance (although the car wasn't running at its best) but i did notice the change in the ability of the ARC TMIC to keep cool, much better than the OE version.

What have others found?

Ant.
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I know what your saying with the price of them new, it is ridiculous, i wouldnt pay it but people are willing to spend sometimes around £350 for a battered 10 year old example

The bidding on the ebay one hasnt done yet , wouldnt supprise me if it went for more than the £225 the bidding is at now.

Id rather spend £500 on a new one than any sub £250 amount on a decade old one, but i suppose thats just my opinion ofcause.
 
marcymarc

marcymarc

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antgtir said:
Any links / pics?

I wonder what the improvements are? Maybe a slightly large core.

Ant.
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From what i gather the newer ones use the M series core, dont think the mseries core was in production when they first started production years ago.

there a guy on yahoo auction japan who sometimes list these cooler and he has a really detailed picture and breakdown of the m75 core, which is the rnn14 core.

ill have a look for it.
 
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