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Old 11-01-2012, 04:19 PM   #79
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Originally Posted by Varvs View Post
a whole bunch of cars come with factory Side-Mount Intercoolers. They are invisible to from the outside of the car.

its quite possible that if a turbo was in use, they went with SMIC to keep weight down and keep a the CoG low as opposed to a TMIC
Doubt Turbo

This is Boxer engine, most IC are atop, if it had the side one, it would not fit due to the bumper beam.
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