neat looking 5sfte kit w/, air to water ic Options

[urbandork]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Toyota-MR2-...041740911QQrdZ1

might spark some intrest

[urbandork]

no one thought it was at least an ok deal or at least semi intresting.

[Chanh55]

sorry to be the one that says it craig... but no one likes you.

[celicarus]

hmmmmm

[lagos]

it looks pretty nice, but the ebay description on it would scare me away .

" I ran it for only 5000 miles after the upgrade until I finally melted the pistons. "

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

Its a nice setup with the AWIC. I looked at a similar intercooler on EBay once but thought it was alot bigger than that.

[urbandork]

sorry to be the one that says it craig... but no one likes you.

lol i love u man lol

[Dr_Tweak]

I personally think that a good water to air intercooler setup is the best route for the MR2, where you don't really get much airflow out back.

-Doc

[Willy2o9]

I personally think that a good water to air intercooler setup is the best route for the MR2, where you don't really get much airflow out back.

-Doc

hey doc, do you think this is worthwhile purchase?

[Dr_Tweak]

If you can score it cheap, yeah, it's a great starting point.

-Doc

[lagos]

just keep in mind that the IC setup will not fit under the hood of a celica.

[Willy2o9]

just keep in mind that the IC setup will not fit under the hood of a celica.

hes in cali, i already have begun negotiations since he is close to me, within 30 min... so if the auction doesent go well for him, i guess ill start my quest down the long road of Forced induction!...

how much should i be trying to get this setup for? 700? 500?

thanks in advance

This post has been edited by Willy2o9: Mar 1, 2006 - 2:49 PM

[WannabeGT4]

just keep in mind that the IC setup will not fit under the hood of a celica.

I bet it will if you relocate your battery and fusebox and do a little tweaking to the IC piping. I've seen it done on a 5th gen and it looks decent. Granted, it was a 3SGTE but I still think it's do-able.

EDIT: Here it is:

http://alltrac.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=12338

This post has been edited by WannabeGT4: Mar 1, 2006 - 3:35 PM

[scothaniel]

Wow - now thats some ugly piping!

[lagos]

just keep in mind that the IC setup will not fit under the hood of a celica.

I bet it will if you relocate your battery and fusebox and do a little tweaking to the IC piping. I've seen it done on a 5th gen and it looks decent. Granted, it was a 3SGTE but I still think it's do-able.

EDIT: Here it is:

http://alltrac.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=12338

the problem really isint with the intercooler, its with the stock mr2 piping that he includes in the kit. i tried to use mr2 piping before in my car, and found the, even with the higher gt4 hood, the piping is too tall and the hood will not close.

where is the heat exchanger for that water to air IC?

dont forget, the seller is putting his kit up for sale, becasue he did blow his motor.

[WannabeGT4]

Wow - now thats some ugly piping!

LOL. Did you ever fix that? Otherwise it's a pretty impresive setup.

just keep in mind that the IC setup will not fit under the hood of a celica.

I bet it will if you relocate your battery and fusebox and do a little tweaking to the IC piping. I've seen it done on a 5th gen and it looks decent. Granted, it was a 3SGTE but I still think it's do-able.

EDIT: Here it is:
http://alltrac.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=12338

the problem really isint with the intercooler, its with the stock mr2 piping that he includes in the kit. i tried to use mr2 piping before in my car, and found the, even with the higher gt4 hood, the piping is too tall and the hood will not close.

where is the heat exchanger for that water to air IC?

dont forget, the seller is putting his kit up for sale, becasue he did blow his motor.

Was that on a 5SFE though? Regardless it's still going to have to be tweaked a bit to get it just right. The piping that comes with the kit will push the intercooler to far from the motor so it's going to need to be redesigned any way. The intercooler looks like it'll fit without a problem though if it's done something like scothaniel's.

[scothaniel]

the problem really isint with the intercooler, its with the stock mr2 piping that he includes in the kit. i tried to use mr2 piping before in my car, and found the, even with the higher gt4 hood, the piping is too tall and the hood will not close..

That turbo/ IC kit on ebay is pretty good. IC is probably efficiant for 350 HP and would cost around $700 new. The blown CT26 isn't worth much - I've seen good ct26's with upgrade selling for $400.

As for IC piping, if it doesn't fit, make it fit! I used a front-mount kit from a Skyline on my wife's 6th gen, and I dont weld. I can operate a chop-saw though (pull down lever -ooooooo). You just put the IC where you want it and start cutting.

[scothaniel]

LOL. Did you ever fix that? Otherwise it's a pretty impresive setup.

Yeah, I had.. then my engine cranked walk! Besides, form follows function.