WTA intercooler

[Andy_Mac]

Any of you looked into going for a WTA intercooler instead of a front mount. There's a few aussie liberty guys that have done it with great success but seems to be a bit of a underutilised option for Subaru's.

Mainly considering one as you get a hugely shorter turbo to TB length and don't end up with huge piping running through the engine bay. Especially with the newer cars with the secondary air pumps that take up most of the suitable piping space.

Also allows stock engine cover to be kept and can utilise more ideal intake designs.

Thinking about trying one just to do something a bit different, they're actually cheaper than the few supported front mounts for the JDM Legacy's. Can't imagine a custom one would be any cheaper either

Edited December 25, 2015 by Andy_Mac

[Guest]

Careful what you wish for.

I did a heap of research and stuck with fmic. I could see the merit but reality is its a pita and no use on a car that does the odd track day. If worried about iat with a fmic just add water/meth.

[Andy_Mac]

Yea that seems to be the opinion of 90% of people out there considering it.

The theory is solid but it will add more weight and complication with the upside of no bumper/chassis/bumper beam cutting needed to get intercooler piping fitting correctly.

You talking water/meth injection or just intercooler sprayers?

[slystiguy]

negligible gains over fmic with a significant amount of extra hassle.

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1413320

[Guest]

 Andy_Mac said:

Yea that seems to be the opinion of 90% of people out there considering it.

The theory is solid but it will add more weight and complication with the upside of no bumper/chassis/bumper beam cutting needed to get intercooler piping fitting correctly.

You talking water/meth injection or just intercooler sprayers?

Injection. Considered that too but tuner said to just run good gas and stop fcking around with old technology.

Fmic is a pain in the arse but its fit and forget. Few threads on here about it that normally end less than pleasantly.

[Andy_Mac]

 evowrx said:

Injection. Considered that too but tuner said to just run good gas and stop fcking around with old technology.

Fmic is a pain in the arse but its fit and forget. Few threads on here about it that normally end less than pleasantly.

True? Tried to have a bit of a search for NZ Subaru examples for WTA's but came up with next to nothing

Yea can't really be bothered with meth injection, would be interested to see what it can gain but its a bit far past my needs. May just end up finding a low wide front mount that'll fit past the fog lights and fill out the whole lower opening. Not alot of space behind the bumper beam on these ones so a tall one would require the removal of the beam in most cases.

There any particular brands of front mounts to go for? Hard to really tell the quality from online searches

Edited December 26, 2015 by Andy_Mac

[Guest]

Dont think there is f all difference around 250wkw whether ching or $$$ fmic. Know of a guy that was hitting a wall due to a good brand cooler, swapped to a ching and fixed issue made around 30wkw more.

Im running ching bar plate and logging tells me it works well.

[boon]

"Get a soooooooopercooler"

[slystiguy]

 boon said:

"Get a soooooooopercooler"

Lol was waiting for someone to say that

[Andy_Mac]

Shhhh *****es super coolers are a myth eh. The tuner i've used did just happen to reply to an eamil about a WTA setup he'd just done. Its just so damn hard to decide between that or a front mount. A setup through pro wholesale will be a fair bit cheaper hopefully, well before custom alloy welding at least

Edited December 31, 2015 by Andy_Mac