Well experts. What's the largest FMIC we can fit?

 

You can't just slap the largest FMIC without considering other parts of your turbo. You want the least pressure lose as possible. Unless you are gunning for all show. go to Bell Intercooler and they can create one for you as big as your garage.

 

1. Piping..
2. You want FMIC with more surface area not thickness (although both matter you should have better results with a "widder" FMIC
3. Remove crash bar or keep? IMO the crash bar is something you'll want to keep it bolts on to the car and it does more then just take the first hit.. it stiffens the front of the chassie as well.. so thats not something you want to move..
4. you want to keep it behind the crash bar or infront.. if you go aftermarket bumper i'm sure you can put a big FMIC in the front the crash bar but then you loose out on the tow hitch..

 

Wow thanks guys.

Klum,

Crash bar is something i want to keep. I don't think i would even consider taking it out. Going to probably have some test fitted sizes of FMIC's and see what i like the best.

 

measurements FTW.. talk to some of the guys here Relentless, GTM, Forge, etc.. they probably have a few Front Mounts they'll consider and know what the biggest is..

(I think the greddy kit has a pretty big intercooler o.o)

 

I'm going with a custom kit but i would like the best FMIC being that i'm in phoenix and the temps are NUTS

 

whats your power goal? my greddy intercooler flows for well over 600whp. bigger isnt always better. i don't care what my girl says!

 

If you really want to reduce IAT then you might want to consider Water/Meth injection. Meth can reduce IAT down to up to 60 Deg. I agree with bullitproof that bigger aint always better. You only upgrade your FMIC only if your current FMIC has reached its max or if you want to pimp your ride..lol

 

Power goals.. Eh.. Nothing nuts. I'm building this kit to be responsive and not laggy which is why i went with GT2860R's instead of GT30's. I HOPE spool will be greatly reduced because this car is a cruiser and not a drag warrior.

With a stock bottom end i will be running 6-8psi bone stock with a VERY free flowing exhaust.

 

^ then honestly you wont need much of an intercooler..

anything will be fine really.. like others said you can do water/meth injection that'll reduce the temps.. you can touch your intake manifold after hard runs had have it only warm to touch =) (also it keeps your internals very shiny when you disassemble for rebuild lol)..

or even set up an intercooler sprayer? duno how well that works tho..

 

Intercooler spray is a waste of money unless you are into Drag Racing. You need to spray a lot and at least 5-10 seconds before the race to cool down the IC. Some kit has an option that it will spray automatically when you are WOT but the second you went WOT and by the time you finish spraying to cool down the IC then the race is over. The real advantage of IC spray is to sit down on a light and spray 5-10 seconds then do the run. Also your tank will be empty after a few run.

 

Living in 115 degree temps in the summer makes me really think i need a good intercooler. Nothing EXTREME but something decent.

 

If the temp is 115F then you can get the biggest IC you can get as big as your house and that is not going to give you lower temp than ambient. Do you think that a bigger IC will bring down your temp lower than ambient temp? If your IC can give you less than 10F above ambient then you already have a very efficient intercooler. Like I said before, you only upgrade your IC if it is already maxed out. You seem to be more into looks and that is why you want the biggest FMIC even though it might even hurt your performance. C'mon any FMIC can handle your 6-8psi boost.

Like I said before, get a meth kit and that will bring down your IAT a lot and also will give you more resistance to knock.

 

I know this is an old thread but why not do a water to air setup ??It keeps the temops down...as long as you have a very good water pump and a heater exchanger that you can get pretty big on the g35s?

If I ever get around to have myself thinking go turbo...Im gonna make my own setup and I would be doing water to air...


1.)A few good things about water to air vs air to air is its a 4:1 ratio of in temps difference. You can also use ice in a the water supply(usually a fuel cell)
2.)Less boost lag since you have less piping and bends.

 

And water retains heat, so once you have heat soak, that's it - your heat exchanger will be max'd out. It'll work really well for short spurts but it's a poor choice for continued hard driving, like on a road course. Then there's the complexity of pumping water around...

Not sure how you're going to get less bends and less piping. The turbo kit still has to send air through the thing.