RACER X Intercooler

Hi All,
 
Wondering if this is a worthy upgrade to the typical greddy/ebay style SMIC. http://racerxfabrication.com/mr2-celica/intercooler/large-core-side-mount
 
Have scoured the interwebs and found nothing on it so far. I guess with the price tag and availability of other SMIC, its unlikely someone will buy it...maybe those with more knowledge on the subject can chime in on whether theoretically it will make much of a difference over the other SMIC kits?
 
Cheers

Did you buy it off their website? Total cost if you don't mind me asking, I might be tempted to head down that route too. Seems like a few things have to go (strut braces according to their website)? What size fan are you planning to use on it, standard 9" spal?
 
 

What turbo are you planning to run with it?
 

Unlimited money.... if only haha! Tony if your looking at external water spray options check this unit out, I plan to use it if heat soak is an issue. Elabtronics developed it in conjuntion with autospeed.com
 
http://www.autospeed.com/cms/article.html?&title=Intelligent-Intercooler-Water-Spray-Part-1&A=0527
 
 
 

5SGTE
Mighty car mods water spray is worth a look ;-) :-P

 
I think that was the first video of theirs I ever watched, great stuff haha!

Touch it with your hand or tongue .... Lol
Seriously though.... You will feel a power loss ... Or maybe you won't however your engine goes boom zoom not so zoom bang bang silence all in the space of twenty seconds....
Best to be not guessing, get a dyne tune and they will let you know, and getting sensors/gauges if your running your car hard.
Intercooler is one step, there are many more things needed. The turbo efficiency, along with limiting radiating and ambient air temleratures exposure is a third of the battle to making an efficient engine :)

Looking at that Racer X intercooler setup pictured it doesn't look very good. The intake pipe is running right next to the dump pipe, so intercooler piping is going to get really, really hot. Even if you thermo wrap your intercooler pipe its still going to get extremely hot and not make any difference. Maybe if you don't have that huge Racer X intake manifold you can run a better route but I can tell you if your piping ends up like the one in the picture you will have problems if your car ever goes to the track. On the street the dump pipe and manifolds don't get too hot as you won't spend much time at wide open throttle. A few laps on the track and you will have issues. There is a lot I can write about this to explain it all as because I have been trying different things to reduce intake temps at the track but its too much to type. Basically just need to know a few things:
Aluminium is an excellent conductor of heat so heat will spread through the pipe very fast and it will heat up very fast. It also cools down fast if you can cool it down but that close to the dump pipe which a the track will get above 600 degrees easily and with a few cm gap to your intercooler pipe, the intercooler pipe will start heating up to huge temps. Thermo wrapping the IC pipe will not help as it will just get hot through conducting heat anyway and the thermo wrap will trap the heat in it, stopping it from being able to cool fast.

That 2nd picture looks awesome. Yeah that's a good setup aslong as the dump pipe doesn't get close intercooler pipe on the down section to the intercooler. Air to Air intercoolers can only get a charge down at a maximum to ambient air temperature, so it just depend how hot your intake air temp are off the current intercooler setup. Piping wise that is a good setup.