OEM Intercooler Mods

[Steely]

Not a fan of sticking a FMIC on and losing my fogs so been over a few turbo orientated jap and german forums and came across this

http://autospeed.com/cms/title_Triggering-an-Intercooler-Fan/A_2478/article.html

whats anyones take on it, Im wondering if the stock SMIC had a better verturi etc could you get intake temps closer to that of a FMIC setup..

 

[Pyro]

Tis a good idea steely but you can keep your fogs well get some shortened ones

 

[oldskool]

ive seen some mk4 boys using this, however i dont know how effective it is on the go, which is the majority of my driving , the times im at traffic lights is very minimal, so in my opibion a fmic would be best. im not a fan of losing my fogs, but wanted more cooling so bought a cupra r standard setup, twin coolers. havent fitted it yet. may just sell it as i feel the stock smic is good enough for me

 

[oldskool]

in essence what im saying is, i wouldnt do it personally

 

[dh00001]

Forge do an uprated SMIC

 

[RS6]

The Forge FMIC allows you to keep your fogs and looks OEM when fitted

 

[Steely]

yes but its 450 quid, intercoolers fall into the same extorsionate prices as performance induction kits,

they might as well bend you over at the same time,.

i'm going to have a play and do some logs and see if i have any beneficial results then if im wrong best get saving!

 

[SalSheikh]

seen similar set ups on golf diesels (vwdiesel.net forumz) but they had a switch inside the car that the driver would switch on/off themselves and not by some electronic gadget or some peeps had the on full time. Steely, let me know how you get on fella.

 

[matt_s]

You could take a trigger from the handbrake switch.

 

[Murdered LCR]

A fan won't have the same effect as a fmic can't see this making any noticeable difference

 

[traumapat]

If it wasnt running its effectively obscuring the rear of the cooler adding more resistance to the air.
maybe tied in with a grill/vent in the wheel arch to give the air somewhere to go?
I cant see it getting close to a front mount though once on the move?

Be interested in hearing the results.

 

[Murdered LCR]

I bet it's worse than leaving the standard intercooler there especially on the move as like you say it's blocking the intercooler ,

 

[traumapat]

I think cutting some slits in the wheel arch is possibly the best you can do with the LCs side mount.

FMIC all the way.

EDIT Just realised Steely has an LCR but id guess the same would apply

 

[Pyro]

Maybe this same sort of thing on FMIC

 

[wayne lcr]

steely got a lc mate

 

[SalSheikh]

Maybe this same sort of thing on FMIC

c'mon Sam, go get some fans and stick them onto your fmic. mind you the result wont make much different at the moment.

 

[metroarmadillo]

c'mon Sam, go get some fans and stick them onto your fmic. mind you the result wont make much different at the moment.

 

[traumapat]

steely got a lc mate

Hmm he lie under his avatar..... In which case I was right the first time

 

[wayne lcr]

it does say semiskimmed cupra R lol.

 

[Pyro]

c'mon Sam, go get some fans and stick them onto your fmic. mind you the result wont make much different at the moment.

At the moment??