FMIC sizing questions..

**Saturnine** · 06-24-2004 10:30 AM

How thick of a core can fit behind the stock bumper?

**Avant Mat** · 06-24-2004 08:27 PM

A group of A4 gangs in my country custom made the FMIC and here is the size for your consideration ;

300mm x 125mm x 48mm and it fit our stock bumper pretty good.

**zemun2** · 06-24-2004 09:13 PM

The closest I found was 12x9x2

**madrussian** · 06-24-2004 09:44 PM

any idea where i can buy a decent stock core, i wanna see if it'll be cheaper to make my own or buy e-codes...

**A4Tuuuurbo** · 06-24-2004 10:13 PM

whats in the process of making ur own.. like how would u do it? i'll give it a shot.. i'm assuming piping can be bought from pepboys or autzone to get somewhere of a good fit of what u'd need.. but where to get the actual intercooler from? i want a fron mount.. any ideas? also where does it connect to and have to run to? sorry but i'm a total noob..

**Avant Mat** · 06-24-2004 10:38 PM

I'm not sure if you guys aware it or not, autoparts are one of the fastest growing industry in Asia. Most core is made in either Thailand or PRC, China. As I lived in the Asia Region, it is an easy access for us to go to the factory directly to order the core we are looking for plus the size as well. Concivebaly, you should know how much cheaper we can get as minimize all transportation fee plus middle men involvement.

Also, Japanese core is very popular in here as there are many GTR, EVO VII, Subaru on the street and those are turbo base engine plus the fact that, all tunning companies are making bigger aftermarket core for replacement. We have different sizes available and if you have the extra time to keep trying and thus, you will find something to suit our Audi's demand. The core size above is the OEM size of Japanese car which still have stock in the market.

**zemun2** · 06-24-2004 10:46 PM

You can get the core on ebay, I'm not sure about the quality though.

2" Steel, Custom Intercooler & Turbo Piping Kit

New FMIC 18x9x2 Intercooler

**Saturnine** · 06-24-2004 11:03 PM

That would be cool if that dude had a 2.5" tubing kit, i wouldnt wanna do 2"..

I was looking at a 23x6x3 spearco core on ebay.. i emailed the seller asking about the pressure drop, and he said it only had .9 psi drop.. Not to shabby

Originally posted by zemun2
You can get the core on ebay, I'm not sure about the quality though.

2" Steel, Custom Intercooler & Turbo Piping Kit

New FMIC 18x9x2 Intercooler

**Saturnine** · 06-24-2004 11:06 PM

From my "research" i think a decent size would be about 20-22"x 6-8" x 2-2.5" including end tanks.. A 3" thick core wont fit behind the stock bumper..

Originally posted by Avant Mat
I'm not sure if you guys aware it or not, autoparts are one of the fastest growing industry in Asia. Most core is made in either Thailand or PRC, China. As I lived in the Asia Region, it is an easy access for us to go to the factory directly to order the core we are looking for plus the size as well. Concivebaly, you should know how much cheaper we can get as minimize all transportation fee plus middle men involvement.

Also, Japanese core is very popular in here as there are many GTR, EVO VII, Subaru on the street and those are turbo base engine plus the fact that, all tunning companies are making bigger aftermarket core for replacement. We have different sizes available and if you have the extra time to keep trying and thus, you will find something to suit our Audi's demand. The core size above is the OEM size of Japanese car which still have stock in the market.

**Avant Mat** · 06-24-2004 11:24 PM

Saturnine,

This is the reason why we only use 48MM thick core. The factory is using the same siza they produced for BMW E46 supercharge engine by G-Power.We will install the FMIC in our A4 by next week and will post picture for sharing.