FMIC Differences

10-31-2004

Do you guys think Bar & Plate style fmic are better or Tube & Fin? Which manufacturing technique offers better heat exchanging properties? Many factors go into this comparison so lets compare the 2g Greddy tube & fin big fmic to 2g Slowboy bar & plate big fmic. Also keep in mind that the i/c piping design is different. Slowboy has a shorter distance from turbo/fmic/bov/throttle then Greddy because Greddy utilizes the area where stock intercooler used to be, then upper i/c piping goes to throttle. Which one do you believe is better even though both are very good fmic's.

Pimpin Dsmstyle · 10-31-2004

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AJ · 10-31-2004

Greddy offers 2 core choices in their DSM applications. 1 is a V Spec and is your "tube" design, and one is the R Spec and is you "fin" design. The design is both of them is set for differant applications. The V setup is used more for factory sized turbos with a little more boost and the R setup is used more for those big dick slinging turbos. They are both basically tube and fin design cores, just have a little differant design and thus used in differant applications by those who do buy specific for their application.

A good bad and plate design is generally able to hold more pressure and is generally built for maximum performance with less pressure drop and usually has more "uniform" dimensions. Generally the way to go if it's a well built core in my opinion.

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**1ViciousGSX** · 10-31-2004

Both of the GReddy FMIC's for our cars are the R-spec cores.

Pimpin Dsmstyle · 10-31-2004

Hes running a greddy right now... it kinda has a long piping route back home. So he is wondering if there is any way to get more power out of a slightly ( or highly) different intercooler setup. Looking for over 500 whp, so whatever would work best for that...

**Shane@DBPerformance** · 10-31-2004

The Greddy kits are ok. They are fairly inexpensive compared to the better kits out there. People have made decent power with the Greddy's, but you would have a hard time finding a kit that didn't perform better, unless you made one out of some of the cheap cores sold on EBay. If you really want to make power especially on pump gas, then get something better then the Greddy.