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Originally Posted by corvino26
I am very excited about this kit but I do have some concerns like...
1) has anyone had any problems over heating on a daily driver since the intercooler basically block all the air flow to the radiator?
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It doesn't totally block air flow to the radiator, air flows through the intercooler and then to the radiator. One of the major reasons for the dimensions of our FMIC was to balance charge cooling vs. air flow to the radiator. In a daily driver you won't see overheating issues. Even when we were climbing passes in Nevada we saw no issues, even with the a/c running.
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2) I don't like silicone piping and would like to have aluminum piping so is there hard intercooler piping available for this kit?
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No, we don't have a aluminum piping option. The silicone is wire reinforced, and will not burst under any pressure you can theoretically put through that engine. It's not the cheap 3-ply silicone that has given silicone a bad name.
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3) is it possible to put the hks ssq bov or greddy type rs bov on this kit?
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Anything is possible, but you'd probably have to weld a flange in to do it.
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4) is there a way to do away with the stock air box and pipe straight to the throttle body?
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It is possible to do away with the stock air box, but I'm unsure what you mean by second part.
The kit replaces the entire stock exhaust manifold, which removes that cat. The secondary cat is left in place - everything after the header can be left completely stock.