what to look for in a fmic Options

[eggman40]

I want to purchase a front mount intercooler for my 3s. Im looking everywhere but im not quite sure what to look for. does price play a large role in performance? whats more important, a big core or big end tanks? anyone with personal experience have any suggestions? i found this on ebay wasent sure if it was worth it.
obx intercooler thank you for your input

[urbandork]

from what ive read size is relative to the type of turbo and power ur looking for.

two types of intercoolers tube and fin and bar and plate. tube/fin is cheaper but not as strong as bar/plate. The diffrence in the two are tube/fine are made out of tubes with fines in between and bar/plate on the other hand uses bars with plate in betwen them to make the walls of the tunnel the air flows through.

As for end tanks, there was this site that explained this perfectly, but simply put ur guna be looking for end tanks that will give u good airflow and not cause to much turbulence.

I tried searching the sight for the thread but couldnt find it hopfully someone knows where it went and puts it in the sticky

[playr158]

simply and cleanly put

spearco @ 320cfm of flow > everything else

[scothaniel]

If your running a stock or mildly upgraded ct2x turbo, just about any FMIC will do the job. Stock EVO or Neon SRT, DSM FMIC (Dejon Tool, slowboy, etc), Small Greddy (31V) or small Spearco like play158 said. I try to stay away from the cheapies - buy a used Greddy thats been proven.

I personally like IC's with same-side inlet/outlet ports for our cars - keep everything on the drivers side where you've got plenty of space. Clock the turbo and keep everything short and simple.

[lagos]

i like my spearco.


only tip i will give you, is to really measure out the space you have in your front bumper, and dont buy anything thats too large.

[eggman40]

thank you guys very much for the info i appriciate it. Now i got a better idea of what to look for.