Front Mount Intercooler

1643 TYPHOON

1643 TYPHOON

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Anyone Running Front Mounts ?

Do You Have Top To Bottom Flow ?

Side 2 Side ?

Best Core Size Behind The Grill ?

Post Up Your Pics Of Your Creations.

Jason
 
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GM TURBO

Sell Out
Re: Front Mount Intercooler

I'll bite...

What's the difference between an FMIC and the normal air 2 air that's offered by McCoy and/or RPM?
 
myclone

myclone

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Re: Front Mount Intercooler

GM TURBO said:
I'll bite...

What's the difference between an FMIC and the normal air 2 air that's offered by McCoy and/or RPM?
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Nothing really....

The term "front mount" started years ago in the buick crowd (IMO) since their stock IC is behind the radiator and the upgraded units (other than the "stretch") were mounted in front of the radiator. Hence the term front mount...

Our stock system would, IMO, barely squeak by the rules and be considered a front mount but then again its more of a mid mount (yes, I made that up) since its not right in front of the radiator behind the grill.

Anyways.... a "front mount/FMIC" seems to have turned into a generic term for any IC thats not stock no matter if its actually mounted up front, on the roof, or towed behind the car on a two wheel dolly :roll: . Its just like the phrase "Ive got rims" which anymore could mean you have aftermarket rims, black painted steelies with the hubcaps removed, or anything else bolted on that serve the purpose of letting the car roll but more than likely didnt come on the car from the factory.

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nightdiver

nightdiver

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Re: Front Mount Intercooler

Thats what i did but i think its too much :roll:

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Loeryder

Loeryder

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Re: Front Mount Intercooler

There is such a thing as overkill.
Its gonna take a lot of CFMs to pressurize that baby.
 
Jer

Jer

Don't taze me bro!
Re: Front Mount Intercooler

Loeryder said:
There is such a thing as overkill.
Its gonna take a lot of CFMs to pressurize that baby.
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Yup... Too big FMIC=more lag.

Here's mine:
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And a shot from above so you can see how it's mounted:
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nightdiver

nightdiver

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Re: Front Mount Intercooler

Its gonna take a lot of CFMs to pressurize that baby
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It takes just one extra second with the tc locked.
I also got a small button on the steering wheel to unlock the tc and then the boost is almost instant. :cool:
 
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93ty475

Donating Member
Re: Front Mount Intercooler

here's mine....It works bad ass.....It's the mexican made syty frontmount....really cheap....

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Jer

Jer

Don't taze me bro!
Re: Front Mount Intercooler

Same eBay can be found on eBay for ~$200 shipped.
 
SY#2910

SY#2910

Banned
Re: Front Mount Intercooler

Check out my homepage photo album. I have tons of pictures of the custom one I did. Core is 31" x 19-1/2" x 4" thick. Cost me a little over $300 I believe. I will have to dig up the post on it. :lol:
 
Jer

Jer

Don't taze me bro!
Re: Front Mount Intercooler

THEMADTYPH00N said:
What are the dimensions of the core?
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If memory serves me correctly it's 31" across by 12" tall and 3" thick with 2.5" inlet and outlet. The intercooler was rated at 600-700hp and pressure tested to 35+psi and has 0.2 drop @ 15psi and ~2psi drop @ 30psi. All for around $200 which is pretty hard to beat.
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93ty475

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Re: Front Mount Intercooler

THEMADTYPH00N said:
Servando where did you get the core from?
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sorry I'm so late on this....here is the ebay seller that I bought this from, however they don't appear to be selling any at the moment....maybe they got out of the intercooler business....here's a current ebay auction for one by what appears to be a hardore seller ...his ebay profile is here for future reference....the one I used is described as a 24"x12"x3" intercooler core....It's not the most technologically advanced core there is but it works tons better that my old kb setup....

Loeryder said:
I am liking that southwestern concoction myself.
Details?
Other than no AC.. eeesh.
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I mocked up the piping with 3" aluminized mild steel mandrel ubends then used them as guides to make aluminum 3" piping and replaced it with the aluminum lighter ones....My goal was to make the shortest possible piping I could....only about a foot of pipe to from intercooler to the turbo....I'm positive this could be done around your a/c with a few tweaks here and there just don't know how this would perform with a/c...I decided to whack the a/c long before the intercooler project so it was less hassle for me.....electric fan is a must however....very simple to do btw, you just need all the parts in hand to get it done quick....lmk if you need any additional info or pics of the sections of pipes needed to do it.....
 
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