Sounds like the Evo8 cooler is perfect for your needs. I opted for mine because if I move to a larger turbo in the future, it should still be efficient enough to suffice.

Glad this discussion remained (mostly ) civil, and we got the threadstarter to a happy decision.

I bought my 2.25" bends from JCWhitney. I bought 3 u-bends ($15 each) and a 5 silicone coupler and clamp kit on ebay ($25).

 

I'll look into it. Thanks again guys.

I'd really like to go 255 walbro first, if anybody can find me one for 40 bucks ill pick it up immediatly.

 

I have the JRC 27 x 7.75 x 2.75 core mounted on my car now, just need to get some bends and straight pipe and I'll start welding it up. I can't comment on the craftsmanship because I've never gone out and looked at other intercoolers up close, but it seems ok to me. I'm more than willing to let anybody who wants to get up close and criticize it at the next TR track day or at the next mitsu meet I go to, though it will be painted black so some of the details may be lost. The only thing you cannot do is criticize the wacky pipe routing I'll be using .

As for dyno numbers, I doubt I'll be making it to Sanford any time soon, but if I do I guess I'll post them. Track numbers will come shortly after installation is complete and clutch break-in is done. I went 12.9 at 104 on the stock smic at 15 pounds, heatsoaking badly enough that I was getting pretty bad knock in 4th. I hope to run 18 pounds with a little tuning, no knock. We'll see how it goes and how my timeslip compares in the next few weeks.

 

i use the jrc intercooler also and i haven't seen any problems with it yet, granted i haven't beaten the car like i want to, i've done a hefty number to it. I bought it because it was the only intercooler around that could fit where I put it, but all in all it's a very decent intercooler. I'm definately not new to this and I have seen plenty intercoolers and for what the JRC intercooler is, it's not all that bad and I don't see the why you guys call it cheap metal, maybe the budget ones, cuz those do suck but not the regular ones. Anyway, they redesigned the intercooler recently so any new JRC intercooler bought is a little different from the older stuff. When I get my car to the dyno, i'll be able to see exactly how good these intercoolers are, but for now on the street running around, it's fairs just fine.

 

Well i ended up buying a Greddy fmic. Thanks for all the info guys.

 

Gay.

 

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