Bambi
03-29-2013, 09:34 PM
Hello everyone,
For my KA24E-T sleeper/OEM-appearing setup I'll be using stock a SR20DET air box, SMIC plumping, and KA24E/CA18ET Frankenstein bottom mount manifold with heatshield with a T25. What I'm stuck on is what I'll doing for the intercooler.
Apart from the obvious SMIC, I first looked into turn-flow intercoolers (such as ones made by ARC). While these seem great, they're rare and ones I have found from old threads weren't cheap either! They're not readily available, they're not something that can easily be found for sale at any given moment and when you do the condition of it can drastically vary.
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/2327/arcturnflows13reference.jpg
The next thing I decided was to look for a 'new' option I could purchase easily. This of which I was availbe to find very quickly after just visiting GKTECH (http://www.GKtech.com)
http://www.gktech.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/500x500/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/1/s13x-nhik1.jpg
http://www.gktech.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/500x500/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/1/s13kit1.jpg
While it looks great, it's VERY pricey. It's advertised for $599.01 AUD which at current exchange rates is $623.81 USD and that's excluding shipping costs! This is not an affordable option.
At this point I was starting to look at SMIC and trying to consider that route but after a lot more research and mostly thinking, I didn't want to settle for it. So what I took as a last resort was searching eBay. I did find a few "same-side" FMIC's but none in the states and then I stopped myself thinking it was silly to justify buying an eBay intercooler I know nothing about nor have heard anything good about.
After this I was seeking for advice or a solution. The people I spoke with on KA-T.org, while interested on the matter, didn't have much to say. And finally after a while somebody from a FB s-chassis group mentioned using an RB20DET intercooler and making it work with the SR20DET SMIC plumbing. Sounds great!
TLDR
I've tried finding pictures and detailed info about using a "same-side" FMIC from a RB20DET with SR20DET SMIC plumbing but nothing really comes up.
That is now where I'm left off...
How do I go about doing this? Who's done it? Where are there pictures? What is needed to make this work? Etc.
And also, what are some other possible setups I can do? Anyone care to share something they've done? Creative solutions would be great!
Keep in mind, must be using SR20DET SMIC piping. That's the overall and main goal.
Any great info/links/pics I'll be putting in the original post to make it easier for future searches as I've searched and Google'd things many times only to spend a lot of timing skimming pages upon pages for answers.
For my KA24E-T sleeper/OEM-appearing setup I'll be using stock a SR20DET air box, SMIC plumping, and KA24E/CA18ET Frankenstein bottom mount manifold with heatshield with a T25. What I'm stuck on is what I'll doing for the intercooler.
Apart from the obvious SMIC, I first looked into turn-flow intercoolers (such as ones made by ARC). While these seem great, they're rare and ones I have found from old threads weren't cheap either! They're not readily available, they're not something that can easily be found for sale at any given moment and when you do the condition of it can drastically vary.
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/2327/arcturnflows13reference.jpg
The next thing I decided was to look for a 'new' option I could purchase easily. This of which I was availbe to find very quickly after just visiting GKTECH (http://www.GKtech.com)
http://www.gktech.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/500x500/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/1/s13x-nhik1.jpg
http://www.gktech.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/500x500/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/1/s13kit1.jpg
While it looks great, it's VERY pricey. It's advertised for $599.01 AUD which at current exchange rates is $623.81 USD and that's excluding shipping costs! This is not an affordable option.
At this point I was starting to look at SMIC and trying to consider that route but after a lot more research and mostly thinking, I didn't want to settle for it. So what I took as a last resort was searching eBay. I did find a few "same-side" FMIC's but none in the states and then I stopped myself thinking it was silly to justify buying an eBay intercooler I know nothing about nor have heard anything good about.
After this I was seeking for advice or a solution. The people I spoke with on KA-T.org, while interested on the matter, didn't have much to say. And finally after a while somebody from a FB s-chassis group mentioned using an RB20DET intercooler and making it work with the SR20DET SMIC plumbing. Sounds great!
TLDR
I've tried finding pictures and detailed info about using a "same-side" FMIC from a RB20DET with SR20DET SMIC plumbing but nothing really comes up.
That is now where I'm left off...
How do I go about doing this? Who's done it? Where are there pictures? What is needed to make this work? Etc.
And also, what are some other possible setups I can do? Anyone care to share something they've done? Creative solutions would be great!
Keep in mind, must be using SR20DET SMIC piping. That's the overall and main goal.
Any great info/links/pics I'll be putting in the original post to make it easier for future searches as I've searched and Google'd things many times only to spend a lot of timing skimming pages upon pages for answers.