oohnoo - Large SMIC's :)

[oohnoo]

Looks like I'm gonna be busy.
Got to find a Stealth to test fit these on as those folks are more concerned with fitment. Heading to Rays' this weekend to see if he has any laying around....LoL

Have to think how I want to do this once they're finalized as there seems to be a little interest in these. First come first served, start a list, etc. Think ONCE they're finalized I'll start a new thread where you can sign up for a set at which time I'll be asking for deposits. But I will only take deposit for xxx amount of people so not to get overwhelmed. Once those are made and shipped out I'll move onto the next group.

Also if there is enough interest I can also make these using 3.5" cores instead of the 4.5" for those lesser powered folks. Core specs are 3.5" x 8.1" x 8" / 533cfm

[Nihil]

These are AWESOME Bob! Glad to see you still making awesome parts for us! Would these be too big for a 15g setup? Right now I'm currently on 15g's at WG until I get the rest of the car ironed out, if I have the money, at the time of sale I'd be interested for sure, but I don't wanna put somethin on my car that's gonna cause surging or other issues, until I turn up the boost and I'd rather not spend money on more parts to sit in the garage lol

Somethin else I've always been curious of but haven't looked or asked, the driver side piping exits and goes up over the front exhaust manifold, and some of the nicer front mounts go under, wonder if a piping change could enable the side mount to do something similar, enabling cooler temps and less piping in the bay?

Just thoughts, it's exciting to see a good intercooler option for us since we're lacking in that department with good quality stuff!

[CoopKill]

If I did not sell off the rest of my side mount pipes I wpuld consider this. May anyway soon. Hmmm.

[CoopKill]

++ 1 on Piping under the exhaust mani. So much cooler, and cleaner.

Edit: Possibly have an option with a blank end tank so one could have the return welded where needed? Thinking out loud...

[wingnut]

ITS...

ABOUT...

TIME!!!

...carry on

[Nihil]

If I did not sell off the rest of my side mount pipes I wpuld consider this. May anyway soon. Hmmm.

You went with the ETS front mount, didn't you Bill? That was the route I was gonna go, once I got there, because of the quality and routing under the manifold.

The fact that you like these better and you've currently got the ETS setup means a lot.

The SMIC setup for us is the best most efficient setup for us, enabling the full utilization of all vents/air flow provided by our car.

Once again Bob, mad props to you for uppin the 3S game!

[oohnoo]

Got to do a little work last night, little rusty as my work area is a mess and did this on a portable table so the work height is off but I think they came out good. Welding them to the cores tonight.

Question is..Single Pass or Double Pass. Of coarse the double pass requires more time and rods which have to be accounted for in pricing. Oh and AC has to be turned on in garage while working...

[arm0red1]

Interestinnnnggggg, id be interested in the double pass but against making these so cost prohibitive that its out of reach for all but 10% of us 3s folk....

[oohnoo]

Honestly once I get more sit down time it should go allot quicker.
I'm going to weld a set of the single pass end caps to a core and pressurize it and see what it can take.......think 50psi would be sufficient?

[mdcrose]

Just a suggestion, you might want to use water to pressure test rather than air, you should have ~40-50 psi from a municipal water supply. At least fill it mostly with water so there isn't so much rapid expansion should something fail.