v mount intercooler

[sickboy2345]

Matt_K i was gonna buy this IC and do what you just did, could you please tell us if it works ok? does it cool properly? and where sis you get the brackets from? could you please post some pics of them? and some pics of the mounting please? this looks really nice and i just wanted to know how its been done.

cheers

[chrno]

I would say, as I always do. Revolution!
The kit comes with everything including cooler for the pas, no other kit does. And Knightsports have some dodgy routing for the rad in their latest kits.

The battery box from revolution beats the clamping from the Knightsports kit. And it gives you airfilters and Greddy elbow as well..  
I have excelent temps all the time and the quality is second to none. All cores are made by ARC wich kind of speaks for itself.

[sickboy2345]

whats the price of that revolution one got link?

[chrno]

It\'s on our homepage: http://www.neweraparts.com/Default.aspx?tabid=54&txtSearch=revolution&CategoryID=1&List=0&catpageindex=2&Level=1&ProductID=849

I spent a lot of research before choosing this kit, including visiting all the tuners in Japan looking close at their kits, as well as reading in Jap Mags.
Pic of PAS is from my car and I have a lot more if you wanna see.

[chrno]

Reread your post saying you don\'t want a whole kit. I would still go for the kit just to have everything sorted, then you can sell the filters as you won\'t need them. They also make a intercooler kit for singles but I don\'t know about the price or how long it would take to get a hold of one.

[karl_tate]

if i had the money i would of ordered one a while ago but i simply dont

[sickboy2345]

Price    GBP £2,645.06??!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

compare to 300 quid + some time spending on fitting it in(talking about Matt_K\'s IC that looks just awesome)

no way :]

btw: dont know if you seen Carl Hayward\'s V-mount - 1850 fitted with battery relocation etc. and apparently works great!

im waiting for Matt_K\'s reply to my post :]

cheers

[davyv]

£2500 is a lot of cash for a v mount. I already have a Ron Davis racing rad which i want to use and am prob going for a forge intercooler. My father can alter any pipes and do the welding if needed which is why i didnt want to spend all that money on a kit. Thanks for all the replies.

[chrno]

Sickboy: Do you get all the parts of the Revolution kit in the £300 one?

davyv: Fair enough. There could be a possibillity in just sorting the IC part of the kit as I know they make them. You can\'t get a better one quality wise., and the piping runs as for a single. Feel I should let Lil-Steve do it if you are interested as he seems to be involved with newera here advertisment wise.

[Matt_K]

My car\'s not on the road till Monday (waiting on the 1st to tax it and take it off SORN) so to be brutally honest about what we\'ve done with the v-mount - I honestly don\'t know if it\'s going to work yet. For all I know I might have to rip it all out again. I\'ll certainly update with my results anyway. I have to say though for all the idling it\'s done on the driveway since the first startup of the rebuild it\'s not had any heatsoak or high temps.

I bought the kit off ebay for a best offer of £229 (don\'t buy it now if you do. He always accepts lower if available) and it came with a load of brackets, pipes, clamps to mount it in the FMIC position. I\'ve not bought anything extra to mount it V-mount, just cut the pipes into a way they\'ll fit, and cut down a couple of brackets to mount it at the sides / front. These aren\'t the final products tho as if it works and nothing needs changing, i\'ll fab up some proper bits that look neater and made from thicker steel.



The ducting underneath is all custom however, sides and back to stop air escaping with a little side bit to channel air to the newly placed intakes. I work afor an engineering company so have access to everything I need to fab stuff though. Plus a father who\'s worked as a time server plater, welder and foreman

The IC is virtually sat on the chassis legs. Raised up half inch, and underneath I\'ve lined the chassis legs and IC with high grade water / heat / fuel & oil resistant sticky foam strips to cushion any potential movement and stop chafing

You can see here below how it\'s fitted. Maybe not the neatest yet, but as said - if it works I\'ll fab something more permanent and better looking.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/mkeeber/rebuild/DSCF2551.jpg?t=1219867219

It\'s quite alot of work. Buying a kit would have been far far easier and hell - it might even work more efficiently, but we\'ve rebuilt the engine ourselves so why not have a crack at eveything else. If it works, I\'ve saved money, learnt something new and call me big headed have the best feeling of satisfaction!

[sickboy2345]

300 quid includes IC all the pipes, brackets ,couplers:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MAZDA-RX7-FD3S-FRONT-MOUNT-INTERCOOLER-KIT-FMIC-RX-7-FD_W0QQitemZ220271311834QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item220271311834&_trkparms=72%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

all u need is make some brackets and find the way to fit it as v-mount (thats why i asked matt to post some more pics/info)

most of us already got rads and intakes(i got all brand new so in my case it would be waste of money..

[sickboy2345]

just noticed ur last post Matt, thx for the info, p[lease keep us updated as id like to know how it works if it does , then it will be my next thing to do :]

[davyv]

If you could choose just the intercooler for v mount , which one would you all choose .

[Matt_K]

just noticed ur last post Matt, thx for the info, p[lease keep us updated as id like to know how it works if it does , then it will be my next thing to do :]

First 100 miles of the run-in, while in no way conclusive as I\'m not using any boost and it\'s all under 3000rpm, it\'s still pleasing. Varying speeds and traffic conditions.

I\'ve not had more than 22 degrees on the open road. This morning coming to work It was a rock steady 19 degrees for the whole 21 mile journey. The highest I\'ve seen is 29 on start up from a 10 minute rest at the shell fuel station which obviously will be the heatsoak from the rad below. Going through the center of town it dropped steadily to 24, then again to 22 by the time I got home (5 miles)

I\'ll be interested to see how it handles boost and the heat generated, but i\'ll update then when I start upping the revs.

[karl_tate]

cool, sounds like its working well, what kind of spec is the engine?? my only worry is that it wont cope with 1 bar and single turbo