Turborevs side mounted intercooler available again!

[nick4501]

Hi guys. Quick heads-up:

The turborevs dealer has just got more SMIC stock and put them on ebay:

VW GOLF MK4 1.8T GTI BORA JETTA INTERCOOLER KIT on eBay (end time 10-Dec-10 15:52:20 GMT)

They are £99 inc. delivery, which I think is a bargin. I've just ordered mine. They seem to be selling quickly though...he has sold 5 in less than 12 hours...

I will be doing a before and after comparrison when I get mine.

 

[finesse]

are these coolers larger than the S3 SMIC's?

 

[nick4501]

Not sure mate, you'd have to measure a standard S3 one...

 

[DJ_Troopa]

These look huge compared to the S3 ones. Makes me wonder how it'd fit behind the bumper? lol

 

[nick4501]

These look huge compared to the S3 ones. Makes me wonder how it'd fit behind the bumper? lol

Well I guess I'll find out in about a week's time!

 

[DaveA3]

what happened with this do we know? i was interested in some feedback here

 

[JS1500]

Excuse my stupidity but...

Would one of these work in place of one of the S3's (i.e one standard, one Turborevs)?
Would there be a problem fitting it in there?
Would there be much (any?) benefit over standard S3 SMIC setup?
(I don't really want an FMIC you see...)

 

[s3gazz]

iv got the side ones and a front mount intercooler and that runs great and notice alot of a difference so if
i end up going for these as well shorly there would be even more of a difference in temp, power seen as
there bigger than the standered s3 smic

 

[Imteyaz]

Just remember that these aftremarket SMIC's will have a pre-drilled hole for the MAP sensor - don't know if the S3's SMIC's have them. You would need to fabricate something to block the port on it. They look very similar to the Eurojet SMIC's which require a little trimming to the ducting that allows airflow to it. Nothing a sharp stanley knife and a steady hand can't deal with in 60 seconds....

 

[nick4501]

what happened with this do we know? i was interested in some feedback here

I eventually fit it. I ran into an unforeseen problem with the MAP sensor that sits inside the hole in the SMIC. There are apparently 2 different sizes of MAP sesnor (12mm and 18mm, at a guess). Mine was the larger size and the hole in the SMIC is for the smaller (apparently more common) size. I ended up sourcing a second hand one off ebay and it worked perfectly. I've been running my car like this for about a month now and seems well!

The only down side to this is that because it's quite a lot bigger than the original, I had to remove the ducting pipe completely and it still pushes the bumper forward by a couple of cm's, but doesn't look out of place unless you're really looking for it.

I haven't got around to recording any intake temperature logs after fitting the SMIC, but I did remember to do it before fitting. As soon as I get around to doing some more logs, I'll update this thread and let you know if it was worth the hassle!