[s-cars] FMIC Alternatives

[brian bilotti]

Ted,
I stand corrected. Spearco IC's are B&P. Ok so, we
have whatever core (all cost between 400-500 clams)and
now it needs to engineered and built....
bb
--- Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com> wrote:
> i just looked at
> http://www.turboneticsinc.com/intercoolers.html
> 
> why do you say the spearco is a fin and tube design?
>  it looks like
> a stacked plate intercooler to me.  e.g.
> http://www.speedforceracing.com/Intercooler.html
> 
> i also came across this:
> http://www.proturbokits.com/intercoolers.htm
> 
> anyway, sounds like i better buy some argon and
> aluminum wire so i
> can practice welding aluminum.
> 
> -teddy
> 
> --- brian bilotti <vinnieb2 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Dave,
> > Good point. The reason these IC's are so expensive
> is
> > because a ton of engineering went into them to
> make
> > them "plug and play". You can buy a Spearco kit
> but
> > you're going to spend hours and $$$ making it fit.
> The
> > Spearco unit is a Fin and Tube design not Bar and
> > Plate. That said, yes it's possible to use a
> smaller
> > core but you are still going to have to figure out
> how
> > to mount it, mount it, fabricate the tubes, etc,
> etc.
> > HTH
> > BB
> > --- Dave Forgie <forgied at direct.ca> wrote:
> > > Iwas looking at a Turbonetics catalogue the
> other
> > > day and noted that
> > > Spearco has a number of intercooler  "kits",
> i.e.
> > > Air to Air intercooler
> > > cores and different end tank designs.  So I was
> > > thinking, if a person is
> > > not going into the stratosphere (so to speak)
> with
> > > horsepower but was in
> > > the 320ish range (mild RS2), then couldn't a
> smaller
> > > (height, width)
> > > intercooler that doesn't require cutting of the
> > > bumper be sized and
> > > fabricated (from off-the-shelf parts)?
> > > 
> > > I think the Mike Pedersen (sp) FMIC design is
> great
> > > and has evolved
> > > nicely.  However, in some ways, it is too large
> ,
> > > too custom and too
> > > expensive (US$2000!) for most "normal"
> applications.
> > >  A FMIC that could
> > > be bolted on to the car with out having to
> modify
> > > the car would be much
> > > better for many of us.  Any thoughts (Hap, Mike,
> > > Scott J.??)
> > > 
> > > Dave F.
> > > 
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