Hey guys

Many of you know the story of my car from way back when

I got the PE TT kit when it first came out. THe turbos on that kit, I still maintain are of extremely high quality, and we have been able to make decent power with hit up to about 13-14psi of boost.

But going any higher than that, it appeared that the intercooler, being on a smaller side for those high boost levels, was beginning to be a bit inefficient..

Enter the new FMIC.

I acquired, with hte help of George (aka George@GTM), a new FMIC, and it's dimensions and characteristics definitely scream "over the top", at least in my opinion. It's an aftermarket FMIC upgrade intended to be a bolt on for the R34.

Myself, George, and our friend Kevin, spent EIGHT hours yesterday installing this FMIC on my car. It started out by just being a "test-fitting" session, and at some point we just threr down the gauntlet and started playing for keeps... and finished the installation.

The reason I say this is, as you know, these kinds of projects involve lots of custom fabrication. Thank God for Kevin on this one. He has got a welder and the welding skills to boot, which let us finish the project in one day.

Dimensions:
PE-spec ARC Intercooler: 22.3" (W) x 10.3" (H) x 2.5" (D)
New bar and plate intercooler: 24" (W) x 11" (H) x 5" (D)

Here are the BEFORE pics (from the original PE install):






Here are the pics from last night:

The old vs the new:







Kevin the extraordinaire:




The pictures of George are not posted since he didn't have his shirt on...so I don't want people to misinterpret our relationship.....lol

Here are some final BEFORE and AFTER pictures:

BEFORE:



and AFTER:





I know, I need a new bumper... Hope you guys enjoyed that.

 

Mean sedan. Keep it up.

Chris

 

looks good, probably THE fastest sedan out there

 

really sick. very nice work!!!

 

Looks awesome Gurgen!

 

So does your stock impact beam still fit? LOL, looks good man.

 

nice nice.. that is a sweet IC

 

Nice work. Sick intercooler. Congrats

 

Wow that FMIC looks amazing! Great work man!

 

H-O-T

I still want to get a 07 G35 sedan and do a one off TT setup.

 

OK...thats hot. Screw my lust for the Legacy GT, I wanna find out if I can drop a built (none HR) in a new AWD G35 Sedan and have it bolt up.

 

sleeper!! minus the giant I/C lol

 

Thanks for the kind words guys.

Abyss, AWD G35 sedan with a 6MT swap would be amazing.....

paranormal... dude, be safe out there in Iraq man. God speed.


The FMIC is definitely working...Haven't measured the IATs yet, but surely it makes a difference, a huge one. I can already feel a minor gain in power. The major gain is going to come when we can advance timing a bit, given the detonation propensity will be wayyyyyy lower. After some boosted runs, you would touch the intake side ofteh IC, it would be hot, while the exhaust side of the IC would be literally COLD (not even warm)...this baby is working.

I hope to post some videos soon...yesterday I fianlly saw my car from the outside being driven by Geroge...wow it's truly humbling...the whole package, exhaust, turbos, sound very mean...definitely no longer a sleeper of ANY kind.

 

Here is the $64,000 question:

Who wants to see George without his shirt on working on my car?

 

LOL I know!!!

 

Also...do you guys think I should get the heat dispersant coating put on this baby?

It'd be nice to do some before and after comparisons!

 

no pressure drop with that huge thing?

 

The bigger the FMIC, the smaller the pressure drop...it's near zero with this thing.

 

lol is this you guys later on that night after the install? haha im just messin gurgen! i couldnt resist

 

I thought my 4+31+11 looked huge against the stock Vortech IC.....that thing is FAT !!!!!