intercooler

[ignorantshed]

hi people,

hey can anyone tell me if its really worth gettin a front mounted intercooler need some info on it really power gains and stuff, how easy they are to fit, and where can u get the best value kit from.

If anyone could help would be cool cheers everyone

 

[Nigell_d6]

Hi,

really does depend on what you are doing with the car, in real terms if you are staying fairly standard changing from top mount to front mount you will increase your tubby lag but not much else, whilst a front mount in theory is better cooling hence morepower, the lag counter acts this, you will read about heat soak with the top mount, I never experienced it but that doesn't say it doesnt happen, in fact I got the symptom of heat soak with the fmic but was something else.

If your intention is to modify in stages, then this is one of the earlier mods, however if the engine is coming out, spend your money uprating engine, clutch, gearbox while out, ie. everything which can only be done out of the engine bay, will save you money later as these as standard will hold you below 400bhp safely, do lots of reading on here and other sites, learn what the car is capable of with standard engine and gearbox, if that is as high as you want to go then front mount is one of the first options.

fmic compared to tmic, realisticaly +20bhp others might disagree, however they differ mainly on max BHP they will handle
cost £350 - £1200 dependant on make
were to buy - depends on how deep your pockets and how you want the car to look, otherwise easy to fit.

whilst the above is quite general, lots of research first is the best way to go forward, save you money in the long run. I run an ND stage 2 fmic because my main criteria was that it had to fit with the ac and keep front of car looking the same with the capability of 450 bhp, I run 360 at the flywheel but after the next set of mods will be seriously thinking of dropping the engine again to uprate,

regards

Nigel

 

[Fast Guy]

fmic compared to tmic, realisticaly +20bhp others might disagree,

It realy depends what boost you're running. If you fit it to an almost standard car you might see 4bhp (like I did) but if you fit it to a car running higher boost, the gains will increase.

 

[Nigell_d6]

Hi, new you would differ and i dont disagree with you at all, I originaly was going to write 10 as i had loads of work done at the time of fitting it so was more of an interpolation on my part, hence the get out clause,

regards

Nigel

 

[gtirx2]

Well i fitted a d2 power kit for £233 then got stung for import tax about a month later but even so for the money its one of the best mods i have done.
I swear the low down torque has improved and i am only running a bar at the moment, and for the money i reckon its well worth it even if it a bit of a pain to fit.
The lag is slightly noticeable but not by much the other thing you may notice with a front mount is boost drop in the high revs when you start running more boost.
Some people will spend the same sort of money on a dump valve as a front mount will cost so i would say even if your car is standed i would still consider a front mount as the prices are so cheap at the moment.
www.d2power.com

 

[youngsyp]

As above, I think you'll notice more low down 'shove' than peak power gain. This is the reason to buy one imho. As far as I'm concerned, it's better to have plenty of low to midrange torque in a road car than peak bhp. Plus, heat soak should be eliminated all together.

I'm currently experimenting with heat shields/deflectors under the tmic which, seem to work quite well !

Getting a nice big cold air feed to the air filter would help matters further but, enclosing it altogether would be the ideal solution, for initial response, after sitting in traffic.

Slightly off topic but, just a though !

 

[kenan]

Well i fitted a d2 power kit for £233 then got stung for import tax about a month later but even so for the money its one of the best mods i have done.
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If you don't mind me asking how much was the import tax and where does the bill come from??

Also do you have any pics of the kit fitted???

 

[gtirx2]

Hi the import tax was about £36 and the bill came direct from dhl about a month or so later.
I don,t have any pics yet, i need to learn how to put pic up on here first
Its just the same as the hybrid kit and is very well made comes with everything you need to fit it too,if you do a search for hybrid power or d2power on here you will see some cool Rs with the same kit fitted