[s-cars] FMIC Alternatives - ROT thoughts

[steve powers]

Teddy says:

> --- "Lewis, Gary M" <gary.m.lewis2 at boeing.com> wrote:
> >
> > > What's the point of developing a perfect $2,000 intercooler
> > > if everyone who wants one thinks they can copy it for $500;
> > > or feels they're getting ripped off if they're charged $2k?
> >
> > I did speak to ASW about what they were doing, and it sounds like a 
> > really
> > nice set-up.  I don't think $2,000 is a rip-off for their product as 
> > offered.
> >  I just don't have it.  Nor am I stating I will build something as good 
> > as
> > what they have.  I do believe it will be volumes above stock.
>
> that reflects my thinking as well.  i don't want to spend $2k on an
> intercooler for the car.  i don't need to extract every ounce of power
> from this car.  i still have the stock K24 turbo, with MTM II+ chip and
> RS2 EM.  i just want to get better IC performance so the car won't pull
> timing and boost as much.
>
> > Question tho'.  If I pull this off, it sounds as if it will piss off a 
> > few of
> > the CO. contingent.  Should I take it off-line??  Seems like every time 
> > I
> > bring this up it pisses someone off...
>
> please don't take it off-line.  several of us do want to know what you
> come up with.  the CO contingent's position is basically that you can't
> really do it for much less than $2k for any kind of custom FMIC, so you
> might as well as pay $2k for the good one.  i'm not convinced that you
> can't come up with something substantially better than stock for 
> substantially
> less.

this is healthy conversation. I don't have $2K to throw at the problem and
am also looking at alternative solutions. no one's throwing stones here.
keep this dialog online. folks who want to ignore it will do so.

> i'm not sure how it happened, but my question about what was involved
> in building an intercooler seems to have been interpreted as an attack on
> the people who spent $2k+ on theirs.  it was just a question.  it seems
> like taking two stock intercoolers and welding them together may be the
> most cost-effective solution, at least until we see what you've got.

as you said, this may well be good enough. the sequential IC solution I've
seen may be good enough also. we all have audis but each of us has different
ideas on how to make them better. these may be based on technological 
knowhow,
discretionary income or even religion. so be it. I'm not offended and hope
that no one else is.

Now if someone has plans for a bitchin' cardboard rear wing setup, I'm in!

Steve Powers