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Old 2004-03-24, 01:04 PM   #1
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Default front mount intercooler,rad mount?

im looking for a front mount inter cooler,but not the usual kind. im looking for one that mounts wear the rad mounts or infront of it or something,you know like the wrc car.

basically i want to get my cooler out of the gravel but still get front mount power. or maybe some one knows a strong gravel resistant front mount intercooler?

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Old 2004-03-24, 01:11 PM   #2
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Default Re: front mount intercooler,rad mount?

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im looking for a front mount inter cooler,but not the usual kind. im looking for one that mounts wear the rad mounts or infront of it or something,you know like the wrc car.

basically i want to get my cooler out of the gravel but still get front mount power. or maybe some one knows a strong gravel resistant front mount intercooler?

thanx

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The WRC style IC/radiator setup would be pretty hard to put into a street car IMO. You'd need a new hood w/ a extractor vent, as well as a ton of custom piping for the radiator and IC. Plus you'll probably have to move a lot of the stuff on the front of the motor, and possibly delete the A/C. A custom intake manifold might also be required since I don't think there's room to route the IC pipes around the motor up high... Maybe if you were building a track car, where you could yank all the emissions stuff and have a bare engine bay, and had access to someone that can do a lot of custom fab stuff for cheap, you might be able to do it for under $10,000.

On the other hand, there are IC's that don't get destroyed by rocks, and/or a screen does a pretty good job of protecting 'em. I'm not sure about the '04 body style, but for the '02-'03, Prodrive makes a screen that would protect a FMIC as well as add downforce / reduce drag on the car.
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Old 2004-03-24, 02:26 PM   #3
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Default intercooler

thanx for the genuine advise.
ill look into my options allitle more

just good subaru advise, how refreshing

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You can put some heavy duty screen in front of the regular style IC. To keep the gravel off it.
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