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General Information => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: LoneWolf on December 15, 2010, 02:54:08 pm

Title: Front Mount InterCoolers: how to mount them?!
Post by: LoneWolf on December 15, 2010, 02:54:08 pm

Hi again guys,

 i just picked up a FMIC from a 2.0 Audi S3, and im struggling to work out how and where to mount it to the mk2, so if you run a FMIC, would you post up some pics and a brief description of how you managed it please?

 The more pics the better  :)

  Cheers,
             Matt

Title: Re: Front Mount InterCoolers: how to mount them?!
Post by: theman53 on December 15, 2010, 06:48:34 pm

http://www.vwdiesel.net/forum/index.php?topic=17736.0

not mine but has pics

Title: Re: Front Mount InterCoolers: how to mount them?!
Post by: R.O.R-2.0 on December 16, 2010, 08:17:02 am

post up a pic of the intercooler in question..

Title: Re: Front Mount InterCoolers: how to mount them?!
Post by: LoneWolf on December 16, 2010, 12:12:57 pm

Its the one in the first pic, with the plastic end caps

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?p=2868138

Title: Re: Front Mount InterCoolers: how to mount them?!
Post by: R.O.R-2.0 on December 16, 2010, 10:41:04 pm

are those coolers sitting up side down? or is that how they mount? cause i cant see that being very easy to plumb or mount with the in/out at the bottom. there most likely gonna have to be at the top so it clears the engine easier.

Title: Re: Front Mount InterCoolers: how to mount them?!
Post by: LoneWolf on December 17, 2010, 10:10:10 am

its exactly the same size as my rad, so the inlet and outlet are going to cause me some problems i think

Title: Re: Front Mount InterCoolers: how to mount them?!
Post by: R.O.R-2.0 on December 18, 2010, 01:36:52 pm

yea, its gonna be a problem if the in/out dont fit around your radiator..

Title: Re: Front Mount InterCoolers: how to mount them?!
Post by: Smokey Eddy on January 03, 2011, 01:17:58 pm

it wouldn't be worth all the grief. I would find a cheap IC from ebay. I have bought two from i think it was CRX racing...
anyways they are under $100. Loads of different dimensions to choose from. Delta fin intercoolers. helicoiled mounts on the top and bottom. all aluminum. really easy to do on my mk2.
(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/edmcclung/IMAG0053.jpg)

sorry no the plubing kit i got from crx racing. the intercooler is from this seller.  (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/EMUSA-INTERCOOLER-27x8-5x4-ACCORD-HONDA-CIVIC-FIT-CRX-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem19c18d492dQQitemZ110621444397QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories)