Are Pace FMIC any good? I know you get an uprated rad with it but i have been told pace intercoolers have a tendancy to warp

 

there are better ones for the same money,HKS and APS to name a few.

 

just had a greddy one on mine yesterday very easy to fit and a top quality piece of kit.

 

orrite dave,
give Gavin a ring at Wallace Performance - or see here see if he has any left at that superb price..
service with him was second to none !

 

White Scooby - How much was your Greddy FMIC and where did you get it?

Is it hard pipes or silicon pipes?

 

Been told a pace drops straight in and with the others such as a hks you have to butcher your front bumper and it weakens the car

 

You don't cut anything structural, and you allow room for a larger volume of core.

If the bit that you cut away from the bumper for the APS has any structural value at all I would be very surprised.

 

I`m confused now.

Some websites say a PACE has the largest volume intercooler and it goes in with out and modifications to the bumper. Yet other websites say hks, blitz, greddy etc have a larger area

 

Pace is tall and thin i think where as HKS etc are shorted but wider

I think

 

The Greddy kit was £900 + vat full kit complete with hard pipes. Good fit but i did have to lose the fog lights but these should go back in once i space them off the bumper a fraction. Got it from Hyper Sports and Racing. www.hypersr.com or 0845 2250111 ask for chris he did the fitting for me.

 

pace is ok.. however the radiator is ****.

David

 

agree with David, the rad is pi55 poor.

 

So what would you guys recommend? I Dont want to have too much of my front bumper chopped away.

 

HKS

 

nice jake.. kinda gives me an idea how mine will look..

any plans to stencil on the "HKS" onto it?

 

Nice Jake.

Cops stop you, you will get done with the number plate though. Its to small

Believe me, i got stopped twice!

 

I've got the HKS Fmic too, very happy with it.

I would also advise looking at the Apexi fmic, that has one of the strongest cores.

Prob imo with the HKS is the core itself is very soft, much like a std TMIC core, you have to mesh it to protect it otherwise it would get caned very quickly.

The APS is a good FMIC very strong too.

 

Apexi

Blitz

HKS


They are all around the same price so what are your opinions. I dont really wanna move my fog lights or anything either



[Edited by DaveBlueRA - 8/13/2003 7:59:29 PM]

 

LMFAO.... Don't like the look of the Greddy one!

 

Or did you click one of your personal photos and revealed you are in fact a chuntey ferret?

 

Is the apexi one pipeless?

 

quality

money- think you will definately get stopped by the cops if you have the greddy one on

[Edited by jonny gav - 8/13/2003 7:28:49 PM]

 

WTF!!!!!!!!!

Never laughed so much since gran caught her tit in the mangle!
i see a delete coming on

 

Very funny whoever edited it

 

yeah right!

 

Damn missed it

TBMeech - interesting stuff about the HKS FMIC. I thought HKS FMIC was meant to be the strongest core.

Better go and do some more reading

 

f0ok.. better get some mesh..

 

Frank,

No mate, the HKS core is really good for airflow but the fins are made of chocolate, I do not believe they are much stronger than std tmic fins, you can push them in, hence why it should be meshed up, i'll take a pic of mine later and post it up.

The APS / Apexi FMIC's have superbly strong fins and don't need meshing at all.

 

worth knowing mate.. ta..

does the mesh affect the airflow performance??

 

Nice one TBMeech