intercooler questions

[Mike~p]

now that the ko4 is up and running i think its time to save for an intercooler and mabie rs4 front bumper....

so far ive seen intercoolers from....evolution,apr,greddy,abt,and a few i cant name off the top my head...Overall ive found the greddy to be the least expensive, and i havnt herd anything bad about it so i was just going to see what you guys think about it


thanks
mike

[Mike~p]

Anyone....... :- /

[nizmosx]

greddy might be a little much for the k04. you will see bigger pressure drops, its damn nice tho if installed right, im in the same boat as you and so far my options are evo front mount which i will most likely get or the abt one wich is one of the better ones for the a4 special for a k04 app. if you talk to steven at ams he will sell it for a grand. at least to me he will so if he wont sell it to you that cheap i will go and buy it for you if you pay for gas. ams is about 30-40 miles from me

[sighpost]

Hey you might want to look into running two side mounted ic (SMIC). The germans do this a lot with A4s and TTs. The thing about getting a FMIC is ventilation. You mentioned an S4 bumbper and thats good because you will need to worry air flow. With that being said the air flow into the wheel well isn't that great either.

[littlewhite]

Is better to get FMIC vs SMIC. I would look into SPP's FMIC also. I'm looking for an intercooler also and i really like the Greddy one. Some say due to its size and have alot of pressure drop, i'm no too sure on that. I believe DVS1.8T or his friend has a Greddy one and he could give u more info on that. I would like to know if the Greddy one cause alot of pressure drop

[Mike~p]

yeah i would really like to talk to someone who is running one because its around $300-500 dollars cheeper than all the rest...and when u say lowers pressure...witch pressure do you mean.... Boost? :- /

[littlewhite]

Yea, boost. I think one guy here was running one and it only holds @ 15psi. Could be b/c the FMIC 1/2 of it was up the bumper. I think he got that fix now. Right ??

[Mike~p]

Oh alright i see what u mean by half was in the bumper...yeah the greddy fmic is a little to big...well if i was just to buy a thin universal intercooler one the size of mabie the abt one...where would i find the hoses and fittings to match it...?

[Paul_858]

If you're willing to wait for the production line to get fired back up... duh engineering. Quality well worth the cost




Full hardpipe from turbo to throttle body


boost pressure bung


Optional Wiggin's clamps (yes they are wiggins clamps)

[Monchichi8]

WOW!..very nice.....I would like to get in line for one of these. whats the cost on this set up? also does will it work well on a stock or chipped 1.8?

[rk1.8t]

i'm running the greddy fmic, just had it lower to fill in the rs4 bumber. the l brackets that it came with r not long enough makes it sit high, but with stock bumber it might be ok. as for pressure drop didn't notice much difference holden around 16-17psi. overall i'm happy with it looks good fills up the bumber nicely and had all the pipes polished nice and shiny. oh yeah had to do some trimming for it fit behind bumber

[Devious27t]

i am seeing about 1.5-2 psi of pressure drop with this one... i really dont understand why people think that this kit is not a good one i love it. but like nismo said i dont know that it is really needed for a k04 imo this is for a bigger turbo then any KKK turbo that fits on an A4... the duh is also a good kit but i would say its also too big for a KKK set up as both of these cores can take more CFM than those little turbos can flow.... you might want to look in to the EVO or the ABT, you could settle for an SPP but i wouldnt. thats just imho.

[Devious27t]

oh and blackknight the greddy will fit behind an S4 bumper without the stock grilles i know for sure i dunno if it will with them in didnt try that.