Aftercooler OR FMIC?
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From: The Houndstooth
Aftercooler OR FMIC? My car has the non-intercooled LS1 vortech kit running 6Psi on a completely stock internal motor...
I want to up the boost, but looks like I will need to get some type of cooler to reduce the IAT before I go to any higher.
At first, I was going to just order the aftercooler setup from vortech and install it, then install the other pully and go 8-9Psi... The thing is, I'm worried that if I do this, it will be less effective and cost more than just doing some type of FMIC setup. I have also worried that the vortech aftercooler will not be suffecient if I ever want to go higher boost with a forged bottem end.
So basically I have two questions:
1) Will the vortech aftercooler be good for much more than the stock 8-9PSi?
2) Do any of you have any information on FMIC kits designed to work with a vortech S/C... or where I can get the components to possibly design/fab one up myself and then sell them
I want to up the boost, but looks like I will need to get some type of cooler to reduce the IAT before I go to any higher.
At first, I was going to just order the aftercooler setup from vortech and install it, then install the other pully and go 8-9Psi... The thing is, I'm worried that if I do this, it will be less effective and cost more than just doing some type of FMIC setup. I have also worried that the vortech aftercooler will not be suffecient if I ever want to go higher boost with a forged bottem end.
So basically I have two questions:
1) Will the vortech aftercooler be good for much more than the stock 8-9PSi?
2) Do any of you have any information on FMIC kits designed to work with a vortech S/C... or where I can get the components to possibly design/fab one up myself and then sell them
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I'll throw out a couple suggestions. I'll sell you the aftercooler, reservoir, heat exchager + hoses and relay for $300 + shipping. The only thing missing is the water pump and the elbow piece between the throttle body and aftercooler. The FMIC does outperform the aftercooler. I have the 3" OBX. I would recommend the 4" version. I used off the shelf 3" tubes (45's, 90's and a 180) and ran the tubing down where the battery goes. You could either relocate the battery to the trunk or stuff a small Genysis type battery in there. I squeezed the PC-925 in there and it works great.
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From: The Houndstooth
Wow that is nice... you certainly seem to have the setup I'm looking for 
Do you have any more pics of the setup or routing under the fender?
I feel like a complete noob asking this, but do you have to trim the bumper & ditch the fog lights for these FMIC's to work correctly?
Do you have any more pics of the setup or routing under the fender?
I feel like a complete noob asking this, but do you have to trim the bumper & ditch the fog lights for these FMIC's to work correctly?
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From: Anheuser Busch, Houston Texas
You could do a mount right in front of the air dam *cough* tiago *cough*, or something like the ATI dual mounts, except with one big IC or a pair of smaller ones.
I know there are people who have FMICs that kept their fogs. One of them may post up.
I know there are people who have FMICs that kept their fogs. One of them may post up.
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Originally Posted by KyleW93z
2001WS6, do you have any pics of your battery?? Im very interested in how you ran your intercooler tubing.