HKS Intercooler

[Fish]

You dont *have* to loose the AC with a front mount, just takes a little longer on the install.

Follow this link to the Knightsports website. You will see the intercooler of a v-mount in the top couple of pictures, and the kit a bit further down.

The difference between a front mount and v-mount is that the v-mount shares the cold air between the intercooler and the rad, the front mount sits in front of the rad.

Fish

[Fish]

Si, I will call them tomorrow.

Fish

[scoobster]

So the FMIC blocks some of the air flow to the Rad! but is engine cooling a big issue on the RX? is the standard cooling system not up to the job so to speak

But isn\'t the V mount a compromise between engine and intake cooling?

What i mean is wouldn\'t a FMIC give you better intake cooling than a V mount and fit an up-rated rad to correct the loss of water cooling the FMIC makes???

If you know what i mean

[Fish]

The stock setup is crap IMHO. Fancy putting the tiny little intercooler behind the rad! How stupid.

So long as the kits are installed properly, you shouldnt have many problems.

The one thing to try and do, is to try and stop the air going around the units. I.E. forcing it to go through the intercooler and rad.

Fish

[scoobster]

At what stage is the stock IC no longer efficent, sorry for all the questions but i am finding it hard to figure out the best route for mods on the RX coming from the Skyline

would i be better off getting a PFC first before i start with IC\'s etc?

the stages of mods on the RX seem to be the other way round to the liner thats all! with that i did with the Skyline was the exhaust, downpipe, cat, induction kit, up-rated turbo and IC before fitting and mapping of the PFC

[20B_boy]

Get a Power FC first; rotors depend too much on perfectly adequate fuel; once u change the exhaust you are playing with fire without a programmable computer that u can throw in more fuel with and play with boost settings in order to try and keep things running how u want them....

All the intercooler setups have some kind of compromise.

Any one actually have a v-mount that they can comment on? I know Bri just got a car with one on but that felt well hot at pod the other day with a bit of heat soak? the heat from the rad and bay must soak a v-mounted i/c worse than with a front mount core...

[scoobster]

So what boost does the FD run as standard? and what boost are the tubs good for without up-rated internals

Any one actually have a v-mount that they can comment on? I know Bri just got a car with one on but that felt well hot at pod the other day with a bit of heat soak? the heat from the rad and bay must soak a v-mounted i/c worse than with a front mount core...

Thats what i was thinking, the FMIC set up must be quite a bit better at keeping the intake temp down

Do the FD\'s run with high under bonnet temps? good reason to tell my other half (notice i said other and not better LOL) that i need a vented carbon bonnet for it!!!:D