I did some test back when we where making about 325whp on our EVO8 and we where seeing up to 2-3psi pressure drop across the core. Today we ran our EVO8 (which now has a completely stock EVO8 turbo which BTW made no difference in HP) with the stock intercooler and made about 360-362whp on average. I then just pulled off the stock intercooler and popped in our upgraded IC. First pull got us 380whp at the exact same boost level . I did notice that we hold about another 1psi of boost at mid-upper RPM's, but at the very end we still dropped to about 20-20.5psi. I did repeated runs and we where getting 375-380whp. I did notice that after many runs we where starting to heat soak and intake temps where pretty warm. It's really hot and humid here in Chicago so conditions arent' the best.

The bar and pate style intercooler is a straight bolt-on using the stock IC piping and fits right on with no modifications. It's physically slightly bigger than the stock unit (although about .75" thicker) and has about 60% more cross-section flow area. We should have these ready to go within 4 weeks.

Dyno sheets

This shows two runs with our IC, one with about .5-1psi more boost than the other
http://www.automotosports.com/media/amsintercooler1.jpg

This shows the direct comparison between the two IC's. The runs where made within half an hour of each other with just swapping the IC cores.
http://www.automotosports.com/media/amsicvsstock.jpg

Enjoy!

 

What are the weights of the stock one vs the upgrade?

 

price?

 

Here are the pics of the FMIC installed on the car.

http://www.automotosports.com/media/evofmic_01.jpg

http://www.automotosports.com/media/evofmic_02.jpg

Production core will be 1" taller, 1" longer (and a little thicker) than the prototype in the picture, which should yield about 65-70% increase in cross-section flow area over the stock core. I should have a price in the next few days.

 

That looks really nice I'd love to get my hands on one. You should make a really really really low intro price so I can buy one I like how it doesn't take up the entire front end like some aftermarket IC's. Looks perfect for an aftermarket IC to me great job Just a quick question does that size increase impact the intercooler spray capabilities?

Jeff

 

Clean up the welds on the production version. Price it at, or below Pruven's (not their full kit), and you've got a sure winner.



I've always perfered bar and plate for my own reasons...

 

The endtank you can see had some welding issues. The flex-head TIG torch sprung a leak so the coolant was contaminating the weld (we actually found coolant dripping slowly from the torch head). We switched to our other TIG torch head and it was fixed. Final product will be top notch quality!

 

Thought there was more to it...

 

AMS

Will this intercooler fit with the metal bumper in place or will it have to be removed like in the pics?

 

So, projected cost?

 

It fits with NO modifications? Don't have to use the slim-line fan and the relocated power steering cooler?

 

It fits perfectly, no cutting or removal of anything required. MSRP will be $795. I'll post pics of the new intercooler on and off the car. It's slightly larger than the first prototype I showed earlier.

-Martin

 

That sounds great. Please do post the pictures as soon as you can!

 

How much hp can you run with this FMIC?

 

Cool, this is one of the easiest mods to do to our cars.