Atik
23-05-2011, 11:53 AM
Hey all,
Taken delivery of my Evo 8 FMIC, and am now trying to work out the best way of mounting it to the car.
As you know the stock FMIC on the VR4 has one pipe on the top (driver side) and the other at the opposite side bottom (pass side). 45429
(Image courtesy of this thread (http://www.clubvr4.com/forum/showthread.php?45978-Op-FMIC&highlight=intercooler+pic).)
The FMIC I have taken delivery of is this...
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With the intercooler mounted 'right' way up, the only way I can see to get the pipework to mount is as follows:
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If I was to flip the intercooler upside down, it would go like this:
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As you can see, the upside down version would be ideal as it reduces the distance the air has to travel and the huge bend it would have to navigate too. Any thoughts? Would the intercooler still work effectively in an upside down fitment? I cant see why not, but thought it better to ask before I go out and buy the relevant hoses and clamps and joiners etc. And for clarification, I could probably re-use part of the original pipe, but I want to replace the ugly looking one for a nice red one as the car will be undergoing some surgical procedures to get it to look pretty again, and I want to fit some nice looking hoses to 'bling' through the grilles.
Taken delivery of my Evo 8 FMIC, and am now trying to work out the best way of mounting it to the car.
As you know the stock FMIC on the VR4 has one pipe on the top (driver side) and the other at the opposite side bottom (pass side). 45429
(Image courtesy of this thread (http://www.clubvr4.com/forum/showthread.php?45978-Op-FMIC&highlight=intercooler+pic).)
The FMIC I have taken delivery of is this...
45430
With the intercooler mounted 'right' way up, the only way I can see to get the pipework to mount is as follows:
45428
If I was to flip the intercooler upside down, it would go like this:
45427
As you can see, the upside down version would be ideal as it reduces the distance the air has to travel and the huge bend it would have to navigate too. Any thoughts? Would the intercooler still work effectively in an upside down fitment? I cant see why not, but thought it better to ask before I go out and buy the relevant hoses and clamps and joiners etc. And for clarification, I could probably re-use part of the original pipe, but I want to replace the ugly looking one for a nice red one as the car will be undergoing some surgical procedures to get it to look pretty again, and I want to fit some nice looking hoses to 'bling' through the grilles.