FMIC - What have people got?

[Sean_]

As the title, I'll be looking to upgrade to a front mount intercooler soon. I'm not looking to spend mad money, 200-300 ideally. I ran a Toyosport wellycooler on my old R and it was savage, didn't have a problem with it and it wasn't too expensive. Anyone have one on their B7's currently? I was looking at some cheap 1.8t intercoolers with hoses like the below, I wonder would they suit? I'd say the piping won't fit but could probably use at least some of it?

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/320976039811

 

[Marc B7]

I put one of these on mine, as im running a standard turbo.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CXRacing-...-For-05-08-Audi-A4-B7-2-0T-Blue-/140831211105

It was horrible to fit. It took a lot of faffing, trimming, cutting, swearing, grinding, custom mounts making, bending and relocating of power steering cooler, until I was %100 happy with the fit.

The only plus points are that it is a complete kit. The price, I got mine 2nd hand for £150. It does seem to have a reasonably good quality core on it.

It seems to do the job. It makes more whooshing noise when putting your foot down in comparison to the oem setup although I also have an apr carbonio kit fitted.



Write up i found http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/419162-B7-A4-FMIC-Install-eBay-CX-Racing

 

[Charlie Farley]

looks good mark, a shame their advert description does not state it is not a straight forward fit, i'd be interested in one but shipping is a tad costly at £146.00 alone.....

 

[Sean_]

Seen that one online alright mark, seems pricey for something that's not a direct fit! Any idea what the core size is on it? Could compare to some of the cheaper ones I found and have a go at that, just get some piping made up if I have too.

 

[James.c]

This is on my to do list pain in the **** that all the cheaper kits are b5 or 1.8t versions il keep an eye on your process. Darkside have just brought a kit out it tells you the dimensions of their cooler I was Gona try and copy that and copy most of their fittings

 

[Sean_]

This is on my to do list pain in the **** that all the cheaper kits are b5 or 1.8t versions il keep an eye on your process. Darkside have just brought a kit out it tells you the dimensions of their cooler I was Gona try and copy that and copy most of their fittings

Yeah I know it's a nightmare! Wouldn't mind but when I had my Cupra R a few years they were triple that price! Even if all you needed with that kit was a few pieces I could live with that. Just need to find out what size core will suit first

 

[jay1601]

Got this on mine it's an Airtec cooler come off my cupra r

Then just made the pipework up to suit, all fully hidden
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[James.c]

Nice mate! Slam bar go back on or not? That would look class with a rs4 grill with no plate Knarly teeth!

 

[jay1601]

Running with no bar at the moment, if I cut the back half out could go back on but not to worried to be fair.

Really want the RS4 style grille but it's just trying to justify the price.

 

[Charlie Farley]

what about rad cooling chap, that IC does appear to block a fair old area of the radiator core, not 100% i'd want to rely soley on forced air cooling from the cooling fans, any probs to date.

 

[jay1601]

No an issue mate car sits bang on 90c without the fans cutting in, even in 30+c didn't have an problem.

 

[Sean_]

Looks class jay! What sort of power are you running? Does it affect performance at all seeing as it's such a large core?

 

[jay1601]

Only 2.0TDI (PD140) slow as feck, only 171bhp at the moment, no lag with the large core didn't notice a difference going from a small front mount to current set up, hopefully will come into play more then the hybrid goes on running 220bhp (ish)

 

[Sean_]

I was looking at an IC about half that size Jay, one that would fit just under the crash bar as I don't want to go and start cutting the thing. Did you get the pipework made up yourself?

 

[jay1601]

Haven't got a pic the first one I was running sat under the crash bar.

Not sure how the 2.0T engine is layed out but it's **** easy doing on the 2.0TDI
2x90 degree silicon and 1 straight join (hot side)

2x90 degree metal pipes welded with pressure sensor welded in (cold side)