Best front mount intercooler for the dollar

[kingots2004]

I think this car has the ebay one i was looking at, but im not sure.

thats what mine looked like

 

[TrAb]

remember you get what you pay for buy some ebay headers with that ebay intercooler lol

Yeah i dunno some things on ebay are hit and miss. Intercoolers are 90% of the time a hit on ebay. I have one of my stealth and its been very good so far.

 

[2QUICK2B6]

looks like a very small front mount to me ? whats the hp rating ?

 

[V6UnderPressure]

Some require you to drill holes (RJC, Cottons??? etc.). Alot of us Buick Guys dont like to make swiss cheese out of our cars. I chose the precision as it used the mounting holes from the cross braces in front of the radiator. Although I can't say I never drilled a hole in my car.:biggrin: Something you may want to consider.

 

[TrAb]

looks like a very small front mount to me ? whats the hp rating ?

I have no clue, but i dont plan on making anything crazy. Does anybody have pics of the FMIC's offered on full throttles site? Like this

FULL THROTTLE SPEED - - Extreme Front Mount Intercooler

 

[GNBRETT]

Dick Kerney has an amazing car and I don't want to take anything away from that fact BUT the IC he uses would cause you to overheat your engine if used on your street car....unless you are driving around in Antarctica.

Jason has on his site that the RJC MegaCooler (the one Kerney uses) measures at 4.75" thick and is for RACE ONLY applications. Do you recommend all of your street driven customers to hang these off the front of their cars? If I were gonna overheat my car with to big an IC I'd use a V3.

I will be runnen it on my STREET car and will let you know.... I will also be runnen an aluminum rad with twin spal fans.

It's gonna get driven a lot so I will definately post back my results and give people a real world answer if it can be driven on a street car or not without over heating. IC-475

 

[86brick]

Not sure who's I/C this is but This is the second I/C I seen do this in the last two years and not sure even if they are the same or not. At one point one has to decide on quality over price!

This was just this year at Reynolds 2009..

That is Roy Garcia's IC that was on his TSO car that ran 8.40 @164mph. It is a custom built piece if I remember correctly.

 

[84BuickGNYorkPA]

Some require you to drill holes (RJC, Cottons??? etc.). Alot of us Buick Guys dont like to make swiss cheese out of our cars. I chose the precision as it used the mounting holes from the cross braces in front of the radiator. Although I can't say I never drilled a hole in my car.:biggrin: Something you may want to consider.

I got the RJC right after they came out, 2yrs ago maybe, the top is mounted through exsisting holes and the bottom of the megacooler needed two holes drilled up through the radiator area.
With that and Razor's alky, only once had real knock at the track in 3rd gear.

Chuck

 

[TrAb]

Ok guys i ordered my ebay FMIC, ill let you guys know how it goes and post up pictures. I couldent pass it up at just over $150 shipped...

 

[TURBOPOWERED68]

Ok guys i ordered my ebay FMIC, ill let you guys know how it goes and post up pictures. I couldent pass it up at just over $150 shipped...

post a link to see which one you got

 

[TrAb]

Buick Grand National FMIC Intercooler Kit Super Kit:eBay Motors (item 110471942987 end time Jan-01-10 12:04:36 PST)

 

[TURBOPOWERED68]

Buick Grand National FMIC Intercooler Kit Super Kit:eBay Motors (item 110471942987 end time Jan-01-10 12:04:36 PST)

That’s the same one I have been contemplating for a long time.

I now the general consensus is "E-bay junk" But didn't Kenne Bell carry one of these back in the day?

 

[Buix893]

Yup....looks like a exact replica of the old school car tech IC....I wonder how efficient it would be with spraying alky? I wanna see some tests......

 

[JDSfastGN]

Heres an ebay FMIC . I'll probably end up with something else in the future.

i run that same intercooler on my 87 and my dads 86. It seems to work well. I have been 126 in my dads car and i have a friend that has gone 128 with one as well.

 

[TrAb]

i run that same intercooler on my 87 and my dads 86. It seems to work well. I have been 126 in my dads car and i have a friend that has gone 128 with one as well.

HOW can so many people have this kit and not have pics :smile: :redface:

 

[JDSfastGN]

HOW can so many people have this kit and not have pics :smile: :redface:

I don't run a kit. I bought the intercooler on ebay for 150ish and then bought a piping kit and pieced it together. CXRacing Intercooler 25x16x4 Buick Grand National AM:eBay Motors (item 160385505291 end time Jan-06-10 19:09:41 PST)

 

[DailyDrifter]

I don't run a kit. I bought the intercooler on ebay for 150ish and then bought a piping kit and pieced it together. CXRacing Intercooler 25x16x4 Buick Grand National AM:eBay Motors (item 160385505291 end time Jan-06-10 19:09:41 PST)

I didnt have much money (and I still dont) so I peiced a kit together myself. I paided $180 for mine back in the day. It was a little PITA, if I had money I would buy a kit with a bigger cooler and everything ready to go. But right now the car doesnt run so it doesnt matter

 

[T- Type Tim]

I bought marks unit and an very happy, old IC was a powerstroke

 

[Yankee John]

Yeah- I 2nd the motion! I have bought one of these already and I need to know how the pipes are run.

In the meantime, I'm running a Dutt-neck stock intercooler....

John

I know somebody has pictures of that ebay FMIC installed. :biggrin:

 

[Otto J]

Not sure who's I/C this is but This is the second I/C I seen do this in the last two years and not sure even if they are the same or not. At one point one has to decide on quality over price!

This was just this year at Reynolds 2009..

This happened to me a few years back,one peice end tanks would stop this problem from happening, although if you have a proper blow off
valve it would prevent this also.
This happens from compressor surge.