Intercooler questions?

[tnm27]

alright..i have a 91 eclipse gsx. Because my car is some what of a daily driver,I don't want to do so many upgrades, just a couple, one of them is a new FMIC. i don't really like the Side mount intercooler, its just too small(heheh..) so i was wondering if there are any compatable FMIC with the car. Other parts will go into the engine, but as far as turbo goes, my 14b is probably just gonna get polished, etc. so yea..any suggestions or comments would be appreciated. thanks.

[clean2g]

You can get a kit or custom made setup, either way you may have to decide on what kind of core you want based on how you want to route your piping. Talk to some of the shops on the board, I'm sure they can fit you with a set of pipes and core or a kit. And also, depending on what your goals are as far as power goes will play a big part in deciding what kind of fmic core you want, but if you plan on keeping the 14b, any fmic core will work.

[b00stcreep21]

As far as cores go, the cheap ebay intercoolers do work, but will not perform as well as a known, name brand core like garrett. For the power levels your looking at, keeping the stock turbo and all, that would probably be your best bet. I personally would not recommend a cheapo ebay core for anything over 250 whp though. As far as piping goes, there are places that make kits, but unless you buy the intercooler that goes with that kit it's probably not going to be a direct bolt up. We can also fab all the piping you would ever need at LSE performance as well, just give us a call anytime we're open and we'd be more than happy to quote ya out :::end shameless plug::: ;)

[Kracka]

Tons of online vendors have pre-made kits available at cheap prices. I personally had the Buschur street-kit and it was nice.

Get quotes though, if a local shops wants to build you a custom kit at a reasonable price go for it.

[rst95eclipse]

I was going to recommend Johnnyracecar, but there are not any new ones out. A cheapo eBay core will do the trick.

[b00stcreep21]

Yeah, johhny racecar hasn't been making intercoolers for alomst a year now

[rst95eclipse]

I bought mine 5+ years ago. I was as happy as could be.

[Halon]

As far as cores go, the cheap ebay intercoolers do work, but will not perform as well as a known, name brand core like garrett. For the power levels your looking at, keeping the stock turbo and all, that would probably be your best bet. I personally would NOT recommend a cheapo ebay core for anything over 250 whp though. As far as piping goes, there are places that make kits, but unless you buy the intercooler that goes with that kit it's probably not going to be a direct bolt up. We can also fab all the piping you would ever need at LSE performance as well, just give us a call anytime we're open and we'd be more than happy to quote ya out :::end shameless plug::: ;)

I don't agree with grouping all intercoolers boughten on ebay into one category. Some will suck, some won't. Maybe when I get home, I'll post up the pictures of the inside of my core, so all those who keep chirping "EBAY INTERCOOLERS SUCK, THEY HAVE NO TURBULATORS" will finally shut up. Just like anything on ebay, somethings are crap quality, and some are good. You just have to look at what you're buying, and figure out which of the 2 it is, good or crap.

I personally run an ebay core, and made my own piping in case you haven't figured that out already. Bar & Plate, tons of turbulators (offset, not perfectly allignt turbulators like some of the crap ones have), 24x12x3 with 3" inlet/outlets. I have 2 buddies running the same core on their evo's.

[Pushit2.0]

There are a lot of different types of turbulators, but Ebay for life.

~John

[tnm27]

I'm gonna call LSE for there quotes and prices. i did so some searching on Ebay and they seem pretty alright. it would be nice HALON if u post up some pictures of yours? and from which buyers did u guys buy your ebay ones off of? i at least want a good one. so any one you guys recommend?