[s-cars] FMIC Alternatives, try the stock one.

[Theodore Chen]

--- Trevor Frank <tfrank at symyx.com> wrote:
> 
> Ya know the stock one if probably the right solution for someone not
> willing to pay 2k.  Coming from someone who built his own I would have
> to say that if you where to buy an intercooler yourself and build it you
> would be hard pressed to do it for less.  First you need access to quite
> a bit of machinery and second the skill and time to do it.  If you can
> find someone to do it for less then they probably aren't the kind of
> fabricator that you would really want doing it for you.  I chuckle a bit
> when people complain about the price because it seems obvious to me they
> have no idea what it takes to do it. 
> 
> The size of the intercooler matters very little, let's say you get a
> smaller intercooler you may save 2-$300 dollars, but then you have to go
> thought developing a whole new system.  The labor is basically the same
> so you have an anemic 2-1.7k intercooler.

trevor,

what's involved in building an intercooler?  once you buy the core, you
have to add tanks to it.  the tanks have to have an inlet/outlet with
a tube so you can attach a hose to it.  you also have to weld tabs
in place for mounting the intercooler.  right?

-teddy


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