nice looking setup that

how much did it cost?

£750 with briskoda discount.....Ouch

Bill.

oh :'(

well awesome looking, was hoping it was cheaper than forge not more expensive!!!

I thought that sole purpose of FMIC is to reduce drop in bhp because of the heat soak, not to gain any :no: right?

In my country during the summer it`s not unusual to temperature rise above 40°C :sun: so I have a big problem with heat soak, sometimes on highway my max speed is only 190-200!!

So Forge FMIC is coming soon.....

Edited 16 May, 201016 yr by Gonzaga

I thought that sole purpose of FMIC is to reduce drop in bhp because of the heat soak, not to gain any :no: right?

In my country during the summer it`s not unusual to temperature rise above 40°C :sun: so I have a big problem with heat soak, sometimes on highway my max speed is only 190-200!!

So Forge FMIC is coming soon.....

Your on the right lines......but there's a little more to it than that just reducing heat soak.

What's needed is an IC that's appropriately sized to suit your engines CFM requirements, which has the highest possible thermol efficiency with the lowest possible pressure drop and internal volume.

Go to large with the IC and the charge air speed through the cooler will be to low, leading to internal core hot spots and syphoning.

To small an IC will cause a bottle neck and kill bhp.....this is what I think was happening to mine, the std smic is a good quality and efficient IC (on a standard car) but on a modified car its just not big enough to cope with the engines increased CFM requirements and the additional heat and pressure of the charge air.

Pressure drop through an IC is impossible to avoid but best kept to a minimum otherwise turbo surge problems can occure, and can also generate higher EGT's and pressures.

IC internal volume inc additional pipe work is very important as it effects turbo lag..... my Pro Alloy fmic inc the boost pipes added 7.3 litres additional volume to the boost system which when calculated using auto math worked out at just over one tenth of a second additional turbo lag.

Bill.