Non traditional intercooler layouts? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Shit Luck · 07-05-2013, 02:00 PM

anyone trying anything other than a fmic setup?

havent seen any water cooled or v mount style setups yet.

Tansey86 · 07-05-2013, 02:09 PM

I feel like a front mount is the most logical position for a intercooler given the coldest air is on the bottom - for front mounted engines anyway.

Ryuu0u · 07-05-2013, 02:13 PM

Someone do a top mount and a subie style hood!

Shit Luck · 07-05-2013, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tansey86

I feel like a front mount is the most logical position for a intercooler given the coldest air is on the bottom - for front mounted engines anyway.

thats all well and good if you car doesnt have heat issues like ours. the air from the fmic in now hot air flowing over a radiator and possibly and oil cooler. not to mention shortening some of the rediculously long intercooler pipe runs that on our kits.

DriftEightSix · 07-05-2013, 04:54 PM

No space under there for a top mount or any other style.

Long piping? Looks about the same length as most front mounts

Calum · 07-05-2013, 05:58 PM

Nameless hinted at a v mount, but certainly hasn't said anything concrete.

RedLeader · 07-05-2013, 06:38 PM

I think, at some point, the temperature of the air going over the intercooler isn't AS important as the fact that SOME air is going over the intercooler. Top mounts have a tendancy to heat soak faster, being mounted on top of an already hot engine. I've seen some interesting split intercoolers on Audis, but our car isn't engineered in such a way to make that possible. A V-mount would be cool, but how would it actually mount without a custom front engine cage (ditching the factory bumper beam and front assembly almost completely ala Greddy D1 FRS).

I'd think with an A/W setup, you have a little more freedom in where to mount said heat exchanger, but mostly because the lines running to it are so much smaller. You could do a rear mount setup (in the haunches over the rear wheels) but then you'd have to engineer scoops to get air to it. Unfortunately, front mount seems to be the easiest, most cost effective way to get the job done. Isn't that why most cars have the radiator mounted low and up front, to collect as much air as possible?

mrk1 · 07-05-2013, 06:40 PM

I think a V-Mount would be awesome on a BRZ. It would be a lot of work but I believe just about anything can be done. I built a V Mount in my GR STI.

Shit Luck · 07-05-2013, 07:43 PM

The rad support unbolts so that is a no cut affair. Hood is easy to make an opening in to extract heat and I believe battle version or someone has a tube beam...
It obviously wouldn't be an over the counter solution, but there should be someone willing to try.

fluffy-reindeer-slayer · 07-05-2013, 11:53 PM

here ya go.

King Tut · 07-08-2013, 11:21 AM

What turbo kit is that? I think a V mount setup would be really easy on this car. It would come with a new top support since it can be unbolted.

Syldrin · 07-08-2013, 01:33 PM

Looks like a greddy kit with a personal touch.

Looks to be next to the greddy tc2 as well.

mid_life_crisis · 07-08-2013, 03:26 PM

Someone do water/air damnit.

Shit Luck · 07-08-2013, 07:49 PM

i was thinking the avo kit with a v-mount similiar the smax car i posted up top would be easy.
almost no plumbing involved so the spool time would be instant.

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Shit Luck Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: red frs Location: pa Posts: 1,031 Thanks: 244 Thanked 229 Times in 140 Posts Mentioned: 11 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Non traditional intercooler layouts? anyone trying anything other than a fmic setup? havent seen any water cooled or v mount style setups yet.

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Shit Luck Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: red frs Location: pa Posts: 1,031 Thanks: 244 Thanked 229 Times in 140 Posts Mentioned: 11 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	The rad support unbolts so that is a no cut affair. Hood is easy to make an opening in to extract heat and I believe battle version or someone has a tube beam... It obviously wouldn't be an over the counter solution, but there should be someone willing to try.

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Syldrin Troll Feeder Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: boosted scion tc. Location: camp pendleton Posts: 568 Thanks: 14 Thanked 11 Times in 8 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Looks like a greddy kit with a personal touch. Looks to be next to the greddy tc2 as well.

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Shit Luck Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: red frs Location: pa Posts: 1,031 Thanks: 244 Thanked 229 Times in 140 Posts Mentioned: 11 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	i was thinking the avo kit with a v-mount similiar the smax car i posted up top would be easy. almost no plumbing involved so the spool time would be instant.

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