Good upgrade FMIC for R32GTR?

[[[d a n n y]]]

Hey peeps i got two questions

what;s the standdard FMIC size for the R32 GTR (RB26)

and what's a good upgrade size?

brand size thickiness etc

plz help

[Morgs]

How much power/what turbo(s)?

[Sydneykid]

And what are you going to use it for?

[Amaru]

I might tack on here too since ive still got stock fmic...

2530's making around 350kw and used majoritly on track

[[[d a n n y]]]

ah..sorry for not not enuff info.

just daily driving. stock turbos

[Morgs]

No point in upgrade, stick to the stock its good for 300rwkw~

[[[d a n n y]]]

lol if that's the case.

[Sydneykid]

No point in upgrade, stick to the stock its good for 300rwkw~

Agree:cheers:

[[[d a n n y]]]

but woudlnt it help if i wanted to run more boost with the stock turbos?

[Wazz]

not really *waits for SK to comment*

[Beer Baron]

how much boost do you want to run on the stock turbos anyway? I run about .9 bar and the stock IC works very well. Inlet temp is pretty well under control.

[Ronin 09]

how much boost do you want to run on the stock turbos anyway? I run about .9 bar and the stock IC works very well. Inlet temp is pretty well under control.

What sort of inlet temps? I am running 250kW at the rears, power fc and cams on stock turbo and get inlet temps of 40 - 50 degrees :confused:

admittedly this has been more in commuting, have to see how it goes on freeway

What is average?

[Beer Baron]

depends. if I sit in traffic It can quickly get up to 50degrees. then once on the move it's down to around 38. I find once it's gotten up to 50, the ic can't drop it down below around 38. but this may be in part due to the plenum and all the post IC piping being nice and hot. On the track it didn't go above around 35 (from memory). on a 26 degree day, inlet temp (that's in the plenum) of around 10 degrees above ambient is pretty good. I'm sure the plenum and post IC piping is a lot higher than 10 degrees above amb.

one other 'test' I've done is after a thrash put your hand on the inlet tank (VERY hot) but the outlet tank is very cool to touch. it actually feels cooler than ambient.

I guess the only real way to test the IC'c effectiveness is to get three temp sensors. one ambient, one ic inlet, one ic outlet. coupled with the plenum sensor you could tell:

1. how much your turbos heat the air over ambient

2. how effectice the stock cooler is at cooling that air

3. how much heat is transferred into the intake charge between the IC outlet and the throttles.

[Amaru]

Went for a strap last night... according to the aircon unit, the ambient temperature was 16.5 degrees. While cruising at 100km/h for ~10 mins the temp on power fc wouldnt drop below 33 degrees. After a quick squirt through 2nd and 3rd gears, the ambient temp wouldnt drop below 38 degrees, and quickly went up to 40 and sat around that the whole way home.

I take it that is 20 - 25 degrees above "ambient" its time for a new cooler? (was running 17psi and made 330rwkw in the same trim as I was driving it last night)

[[[d a n n y]]]

hm..maybe my IC has lot of oil in it.

once i took it out last time the pipings had oil in them,,

[Morgs]

Before or after the engine rebuild?

[Blitz]

............What morgs said.

[[[d a n n y]]]

lol before

now it's cleaned.

[pnblight]

Danny if your got std turbos you do not need an intercooler upgrade and as for running more boost through the std turbos JUST DONT it's not worth the risk. As if they let go they can damage the engine, i thought it hog wash till a friend in perth had it happen recently ($10,000 repair bill /motor and turbos) so i would take the money your put a side for intercooler upgrade and buy new turbos, it will be the best thing your ever done.

As i'm running 530rwhp on std cooler quiet happily and the best i think you might get out of std turbo would be in the high 300s

Ps oil in the intercooler means the turbos are passing and are not far away from going bye bye , sent four sets die now(mine included)

cheers

[600hp]

if you want to buy one look at the 100mm ones avalible.like trust HKS blitz and soo on.

were using a TRUST 100MM works fine.