be nice! fmic question advice really needed

[Dalo Harkin]

What crash bar 

That intercooler a beast. Piping wise what did you use? Universal kit or what?

There is literally only the brackets that hold the radiator on in place haha, the whole kit was bought off a member on here called TonysGTI, really good and a very good fit

Have you run it with this on yet? the lag I think is going to be massive, those tubes look very small diameter 

[nickellis1]

What crash bar 

That intercooler a beast. Piping wise what did you use? Universal kit or what?

There is literally only the brackets that hold the radiator on in place haha, the whole kit was bought off a member on here called TonysGTI, really good and a very good fit

Have you run it with this on yet? the lag I think is going to be massive, those tubes look very small diameter 

He took it out earlier today and he said it felt and pulled great, with it been my old car he let me have ago to compare... Personally I thought it pulled slightly better, didnt seem to have any more lag than before.. Think the pipes are 2.5 inch, he's only aiming for 230-235bhp, with the help of a ko3-s or ko4-001 so this set up should be more than enough :-)

[GTi_James]

could save your pennies and when you have under£600 you can get it THS fitted by R-tech...and a remap at the same time?

[davemk4]

600+ remap cost too.

Im trying to get an interccoler fitted this summer ready for map. Again happy to fit a basic kit but if they terrible then eont. Just seen plenty of good power mk4s on what looks like basic fmics

[Dalo Harkin]

could save your pennies and when you have under£600 you can get it THS fitted by R-tech...and a remap at the same time?

I spoke to RTech a while ago and was told they no longer sell/supply the THS Intercooler 

[Gabriel2202]

I copied the THS design with an ebay intercooler and silicone hoses of ASH. I went for this cooler....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TwinPass-Intercooler-FMIC-Medium-65mm-inlets-225mm-high-Highly-Polished-/220967240092?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3372ac819c

As it is slightly smaller than some of the others so fits behind the crash bar (aum requires a bit of cutting) and I'm not hitting large power (running 200bhp) to warrent the beast intercooler. Depends what you want out of it. If you are gonna keep chasing power then go with prawny's set up. Regardless of the single/twin pass set up fitting a 'custom' intercooler like this will take a fair few hours so do it right the first time.

Here's how mine looks, although it looks dodgy in the photo it is perfectly straight  ....

[Gabriel2202]

also the above cooler has a plate separating the inlet and outlet pipes so the air runs the whole intercooler  cost around £200 all in (the intercooler was on offer when I bought it)

[Wazzzer]

Sorry Dave I've only just seen your PM. If you want any more info let me know

[davemk4]

Well acording to the ebay seller im in contact with there 2.5" intercooler is a direct fit apart from map sensor hole . And thats a slim one that fits quite low.

[davemk4]

I copied the THS design with an ebay intercooler and silicone hoses of ASH. I went for this cooler....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TwinPass-Intercooler-FMIC-Medium-65mm-inlets-225mm-high-Highly-Polished-/220967240092?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3372ac819c

As it is slightly smaller than some of the others so fits behind the crash bar (aum requires a bit of cutting) and I'm not hitting large power (running 200bhp) to warrent the beast intercooler. Depends what you want out of it. If you are gonna keep chasing power then go with prawny's set up. Regardless of the single/twin pass set up fitting a 'custom' intercooler like this will take a fair few hours so do it right the first time.

Here's how mine looks, although it looks dodgy in the photo it is perfectly straight  ....

Lools a good intercooler that. Dont supose you have a list of exactly what pipes you used on it??