Intercooler options?

[scottiescottiescottie]

I'm looking to upgrade me top mount and I'm finding it difficult to get something to suit my 2005 GT (I live in CHCH)

how much work is involved in modifying a wrx aftermarket top mount to suit my 05GT legacy???

[Guest boostin]

Lots. Don't bother. I've seen a few FMIC kits for those lately.

[GravelBen]

Out of interest, what sort of power level are you running to be considering the factory top-mount a limiting factor? I don't know about the BL/BP IC but have seen flow tests which show the BE/BH IC to be practically identical to the STi IC of the same time.

[scottiescottiescottie]

Well I'm not chasing loads of power but rather a few good upgrades and a retune to suit them.

I have built a 2door WRX from the ground up and followed the international legacy forums closely. It would be a rule of thumb that up pipe, down pipe, intake and intercooler mods with a retune net you some good power and efficiency gains.

So if a WRX cooler won't adapt what NZ options are around for a bigger top mount core to suit the legacys? (I will add an electric fan to ditch the heat soak)

[Guest boostin]

I've never seen one fitted with an aftermarket top mount, only front mounts.

[QRAF]

i love my aftermarket tmic its just a cheap one off trademe but its different and i haven't seen it on a legacy yet.

Yeah it was a mission to fit was meant for a ver7 but where there is a will there is a way.

[Guest]

 QRAF said:

i love my aftermarket tmic its just a cheap one off trademe but its different and i haven't seen it on a legacy yet.

Yeah it was a mission to fit was meant for a ver7 but where there is a will there is a way.

i did this on my BH leggy, after some modification to the intercooler and cutting of the water gallery and remodiling teh firewall it fitted

-smurff

[Guest boostin]

BL/BP intercoolers are completely different to earlier models. Put simply, they won't work without massive engineering and therefore costs.

Doing a quick search on Google comes up with either Perrin or AVO replacement top mounts. Either one of those translates into moonbeams and a couple of piles of rockinghorse sh*t each.

[scottiescottiescottie]

After so many dead ends locally I am begining development for a good TMIC upgrade to suit the BP series... Would anyone else like to upgrade their cooler for their BP legacy?

[cuscogtb]

From memory i think ive seen a aftermarket intercooler for BL/BP made by MRT in auz. It was part of a upgrade kit which consisted of a bigger turbo, bigger or thicker top mount, exhaust, and maybe intake?

It was all in a vid MRT put up on youtube a while ago but can't look for it cos got super slow internet .

[scottiescottiescottie]

Yea it's a great kit but not local and very pricey

[driftrex]

 scottiescottiescottie said:

Yea it's a great kit but not local and very pricey

and developing your own from scratch wont be?

[Guest boostin]

Whats wrong with the stock intercooler?

Or are you pushing more through it than it can handle?

[Guest]

With a stock turbo

i suspect the difference between an aftermkt tmic and the stock one would be about 10kw

[scottiescottiescottie]

 driftrex']

[quote name='scottiescottiescottie said:

Yea it's a great kit but not local and very pricey

/quote]

and developing your own from scratch wont be?

less than a brand name by $300 if you fab it all yourself ;-) the main cost for me will be the core.

[driftrex]

 scottiescottiescottie']

[quote name='scottiescottiescottie said:

Yea it's a great kit but not local and very pricey

/quote]

and developing your own from scratch wont be?

less than a brand name by $300 if you fab it all yourself ;-) the main cost for me will be the core.

have you had quotes done? or are you an alloy welder yourself?

also are the cores available in the size you need?

be interested to see what it costs you all up. not that i'd be after one, just interested.

one thing to remember is name big brand ones are designed and tested to be very efficient, it may be worth paying the extra $300 or you may not get any increase in power.

[scottiescottiescottie]

 driftrex']

[quote name='scottiescottiescottie said:

Yea it's a great kit but not local and very pricey

/quote]

and developing your own from scratch wont be?

less than a brand name by $300 if you fab it all yourself ;-) the main cost for me will be the core.

have you had quotes done? or are you an alloy welder yourself?

also are the cores available in the size you need?

be interested to see what it costs you all up. not that i'd be after one, just interested.

one thing to remember is name big brand ones are designed and tested to be very efficient, it may be worth paying the extra $300 or you may not get any increase in power.

it's been a few years since I was alloy welding but it's like riding a bike ;-) hahahaha... Also the laws of air flow are not rocket science but just takes time to think it through and design the tanks well with the space availible.

Yes their are tanks of any size availible fabricated in chch :-) I'll keep you posted in another thread.