Hi all
i cant decide weather i should fit an intercooler to my classic, can anyone tell me if i would notice the difference or is it just a waste of money

ok sorry guys i mean change it for a front mounted intercooler

 

If your car is a turbo, I sincerely hope it already has an intercooler!

 

and especially in this weather

 

There wouldnt be a noticable difference if you only put the front mount on. If anything it would create a bit more lag due to the extra piping. You only really need a front mount if your going for big power e,g 350+

 

the unit under the hood scoop is the intercooler. Its a top mount intecooler otherwise known as tmic.

Are you thinking of a front mount intercooler? (fmic)

 

yes mate front mount someone told me it will give me a lot more power but im not convinced i will notice the difference .

 

Someone is telling you porkies!

FMICs are about keeping charge temps down, not power per se. Depending on the MY of your car and supporting mods, it may not be the best move for you.

A good one, with appropriate supporting mods, properly mapped will permit more power to be extracted from the car, but it's not a simple modification by any means!

Tell us more about your car and we can advise.

Ns04

 

I'm not sure if you fit a fmic you need a re-map for it to run, someone else can probably answer that.

What I can say is that to see the best results from a fmic it would need a remap.

I have only been on this site a little while and have only owned as uk turbo for a short period of time. What I have learnt, thanks to peoples advice, is that you need to have a goal in mind as to what bhp you want to increase too.

Then you can work out what extra bits a peices you need to get there. For example, upgrading Intercooler, turbos and downpipes.

There are certain add ons that you can simply (he says!!) bolt on and not worry about remapping and see an increase in perfromace, e.g decat downpipes, centre section and uprated backbox. There are others that for them to work properly and not damage the car require a remap, e.g turbos etc.

Hope it helps!

 

Definatly need a remap if your fitting a front mount!!!

 

well i love the look of mine weather it helps or not lol

 

I would advise having a remap no matter what you fit. The subaru engines are very delecate and changing things round can confuse it.

My best advice would be to save up and pick up bits and bobs as and when they spring up in the for sale section / group buys / ebay then get them all fitted and mapped.

What scoob is it (WRX/STI/RA......??)

For example if its a WRX you can probably pick up the following at roughly these prices 2nd hand then get a remap for circa £400 and you'll be up to 300-340 BHP

TD04 16g - £150-200
STi pink injectors - £100ish
Decat dwnpipe - £50-80
Decat centre section - £50 ish
Exhaust - £100-200
FMIC - £60-140

You can quite easilly hike up your power for very little money this way and see 320BHP easilly or go the whole hog and get serious power, but will take longer and cost more.

Hope this helps.

 

What model, year, turbo and what are your power aspirations and what ECU are you running?
With that information it will be possible to give you specific advice.

A FMIC will add safety depending on your model and power output.
This business about turbo lag is way overstated by people repeating what they have read as opposed to first hand carefully guaged trials.

 

to be honest for the price of the front mount intercooler, you may aswell get new injectors and a remap


think thats what ill be doing next

 

Do you mean TD05h 16g?

 

if your looking for a fmic then harvey is your man. ive just bought one off him and its great.no noticable lag but then again ive not been above 60mph as im waiting for a remap. also had it fitted by harveys lads and they went out of their way to make sure things got sorted

 

yes i did, sorry. Was trying to give my best advice in a rush, lol.

 

and a fuel pump

 

Where would you get a decat d/p for 50 - 80 quid most i see even on ebay are around the 120-130 mark?? is that for a 2nd hand one ??

 

Its a imprezza 2.0 litre awd turbo not an sti or anything . iv already chipped it and put a hks induction kit on. even thou iv chipped it can i still get it remaped?. im going to go for the decat and probably put a dump valve on but not going to bother with the fmic now cheers for your help

 

If we knew your model year we could probably tell you if it could be mapped.
Depending on model, year and power output then possibly an HKS induction kit is a retrograde step. Is this the foam mushroom.
If there is nothing wrong with your existing dump valve an after market replacement will not add power improve response or do anything your existing DV does not do other than make noises.