Hi!

photostory of my FMIC / oil cooler:

FMIC (700x140x65):

kit:

map mount:

need to cut:

pipes:

map:

FMIC + oli cooler on board:

Edited 11 March, 200917 yr by fosa

Alot of pipework! But nice neat job. The welding is really neat!

Looks quite a small intercooler but a tidy install, how effective is it?

how effective is it?

I didn't try on this kit cus the weather's crap in poland :thumbdwn:

probably to 200ps/400Nm will be OK (turbo ARL/BPX + remap)

everything is about 200 pounds + oli cooler 100

how small..... I bet the SMIC wouldn't be that far off on charge temps

this FMIC maybe looks small, but it is 3 times bigger than SMIC.

photo with E51

Size isn't everything. Its the internals and the effectiveness at dissapating heat

Size isn't everything.

I know...SMIC is hidden behind bumper, FMIC is on the front

I found photo FMIC in my latest car 6L 130PD (FMIC+turbo ARL+remap=196KM/398Nm)

I guess so.. each to there own. No need if your not running extra's tbh. Nice welding btw

Oil cooler with sandwich plate as well - hmm perhaps, just perhaps

Nice oil cooler. Looks familiar. Mine's attached from the underside, but I like the brackets you must have welded up for it.

Size isn't everything. Its the internals and the effectiveness at dissapating heat

Depth is actially more important than width, and the Forge FMIC is only 50mm thick.

Depth is actially more important than width, and the Forge FMIC is only 50mm thick.

So a cheap ebay cooler is the same as a forge.........

Without wanting to put words in Ross' mouth here, I think he's mainly referring to the depth of the intercooler being an important factor. The Forge one is not that deep, and they made a custom one that *was* deeper for Shifty's, now Mr Grumpy's car.

The reasons for the Forge one being so expensive are - small runs, very easy to fit to the car, and the work itself is good for DIY fit too. You can probably do better/cheaper if you have a different hardware combo, as the Forge one IIRC was developed for the stock turbo.

If you know what you're doing you could keep the number of hoses down to a minimum, use a deep but possibly less heigh front mount, and make it work better with a highly tuned hybrid for example.

I won't be doing that personally, but Ross might well do at some future date