hi,

im looking to upgrade my tmic,

were could i get one from??

will i have any probs with fitting(ie any alterations required),

and finally what sort of costs??

mods are full decat,blitz ind kit,mbc,uprated fuel pump and plugs,will be adding a couple of extras and hopefully a remap next month,


thanks in advance.

 

anyone??

 

Quite a few people have done this mod with good results.

I cant remember the thread but if you search you should find it.

I sold an STI cooler from a 98 car for £125. You should find one on here in the for sale section.

 

cheers mate ill have a look around........

 

here or ebay are your easiest places to look, probably an STi5 one to start with seeing as you've got the phase one manifold, should just about fit, you'll need to change manifolds if you want to go the STi8 route

 

nice1....

 

Fit a STi 5 intercooler :-

 

It won't get much cool air with that paper over it

 

But at least I haven't any bent fins

 

how do you know with the paper on?


The slanty IC only has one intake where the later one have a "Y" pipe from the turbo to split the air for 2 intakes.

The MY97/98 and MY99/00 IC will fit but you need some sort of "Y" piece.
Plus you will need to cut about 5-10mm off the IC outlet and manifold inlet as the early inlet manifold sits slightly further back.
You'll also need to make support bracket up unless you can get and modify the later ones.
The dump valve on the early car is pre IC and the later cars are after/mounted on the IC. You may find the MY99/00 IC DV mount catches on the Idle control valve. So a solution to that is needed too Whether it is cut it off and weld a piupe on or weld it up and fit the DV pre IC is up to you

 

You don't need to cut the throttle body, if you "modify" the lip on the bulkhead. Modified mine with an angle grinder and a lump hammer.

In the process of getting a pipe fitted to the driverside of the Ic to fit the DV there, with a alloy blanking plate bolted on the old mounts

 

Pipe now done:-

 

wouldn't bother

just get a fmic instead