Front Mount Intercooler

[khoakers]

hey guys, i'm on the verge of boosting my car, so now i need to know a good size intercooler for the front. i just wanna make sure everything fits right. also, i have foglights, so i was wondering if that could possibly get in the way?

 

[Matt.]

you can go for anything from 26 to 30 inches in length, and with a stock bumper I would stick with 7 inches high, and 2.5 thickness

 

[Chris.]

i have a same side intercooler that is for the dezod turbo kit... for sale....125 bux

 

[Genuine Rolla]

 

[khoakers]

i have a same side intercooler that is for the dezod turbo kit... for sale....125 bux

pics? any other turbo components you could swing my way?

 

[speedfoos]

You will have to either trim the crash bar or the bumper with the Dezod FMIC to get it to fit right. But it's one of the only decent same side innie/outie FMICs out there. $125 is a good price.

 

[Chris.]

pics? any other turbo components you could swing my way?

this is it man... i have a 2.5 inch turbo exhaust... but realy... i dont want to ship it.

in these pics... i did not cut the crash bar like speedfoos did.. thats why it hangs out the bottom. and this is the first version intercooler dezod put out.

http://www.clubcivic.com/board/showthread.php?t=108379

 

[speedfoos]

I didn't cut my crash bar either man, mine hangs out the bottom too. As much as the Dezod stuff is quality, it's definitely not drop in fitment.

 

[khoakers]

nawh dude. i wouldnt wanna be driving around with half the intercooler sticking out the bottom. any other options for a good intercooler?

 

[Destroy]

Seriously, that looks like straight ass.

 

[baron340]

http://www.civicforums.com/forums/79-forced-induction-swaps/289891-little-backdoor-action.html

that is honestly the absolute best way to do ic piping in a 7th gen i've ever seen but you have to have some skills for it to work. just from looking at the way my pipes are routed and where the ic is and where i had to trim the bumper, i don't see any way at all that you are going to be able to keep your foglights.

 

[Chris.]

do you have an EX??? if not... then you can do any front mount intercooler that you can make fit.

but....if you have an EX....your basically stuck with one option...and ive already shown you that.

those of you with EX's you know what the problem is...

 

[khoakers]

exactly what is that problem? my guess would be the abs system sitting on the right side. anyways, i've found the new intercoolers from dezod that are alot smaller than yours and its still a same side intercooler. problem is its alot more than the one youre selling..

http://www.dezod.com/pd_dezod_motorsports_bar_plate_intercoolercivic.cfm

 

[speedfoos]

ABS module, AC dryer and the windshield washer rezzie are all in the way on the driver's side of the vehicle. You have to either get creative like Justin did in the post up there from CF, or run Dezod or other same side FMIC. Even the newer smaller one sticks out the bottom about an inch.

 

[EMIIspecED]

front lip would cover that up

 

[toneekay]

khoa, i would recommend picking up snakeshits dezod fmic, its your "best bang for your buck" right there. you can always trim the bumper support, it doesnt take much in doing that, plus its not much of a BIG cut.


*unless you buy those newer dezod fmic, and get a lip to cover the bottom tank of the fmic ;P

 

[speedfoos]

front lip would cover that up

It doesn't. At least the OEM one, anyway.

 

[toneekay]

^body kit

 

[Chris.]

like speedfoos said.. the newer one still sticks out... i had both. baron has my stuff now. i still have the V1 intercooler like mentioned. and if you cut the bar... you end up losing the full functionality of the IC.

 

[toneekay]

cut bar, cut bumper!

ftw!