In the market for a intercooler. See alot on ebay but is that the way to go ? If not some direction please.
intercooler
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a lot of people here have ebay intercoolers, including me. They work...unless you wanna spend way to much money for a greddy or hks or something
No reason to not go with Driftmotion really, unless youre going for a FFIM, which is quite a bit more. Everyone seems to love them, plus youre keeping the money in the community!
Driftmotion essentially is a eBay intercooler.... It's the same as Godspeed if I remember correctly.
Although that being said you don't have to worry about buying from DMccompared to some eBay companies.
I run a DM front mount kit on my 1J also did it on my 7M too
Although that being said you don't have to worry about buying from DMccompared to some eBay companies.
I run a DM front mount kit on my 1J also did it on my 7M too
If you have issues, DM will stand behind their products. The same can not be said about some random ebay seller...
Orion ZyGarian;1888061 said:
Unless you like things that fit.
Grandavi;1888098 said:
As reported here by quite a few, it was a good price but it was the opposite of plug and play.
I thought that was the older style kits, and he switched to a new style that wasnt awful? I havent seen it myself but I've heard good things
Nick M;1888233 said:
Not a single kit on the market is "plug and play" because of the very nature of the IC system (there's a reason toyota used so many long flexible tubes...)
I've had 2 Different DM kits although the pipes fit to the car I choose to modify both of my kits to work.
I've also installed the new Dm style 7m kit and it does work but with a bit of imagination.
I've also installed the new Dm style 7m kit and it does work but with a bit of imagination.
What are your initial power goals? Our stock intercoolers aren't absolute garbage. If you're aiming to bring the car just under fuel cut with stock electronics/injectors, I honestly don't think it's worth it.
Poodles;1888243 said:
Some consideration has to be given to moron owners, but the pictures taken and posted are pathetic in that regard. I said, based on testimony here, his is the opposite of plug and play.
I have a Ebay IC (31x12x4) and it works great. I bought a separate 2.5" polished aluminum piping kit from CX Racing and did all the cutting and fitting myself. It wasn't all that bad (an afternoon of cutting and fitting) and I was able to route the pipes where I wanted them, not where some kit thinks they should be. I have a T67 sitting atop a T3/T4 adapter, so I could not run my cold pipe over my turbo...I had to "custom" route it. Personally, if I was to do it all over again, I would do the same thing. My son and I plan to 7MGTE swap his '89 and we'll practically do the same with his IC piping. He already has a Ebay IC (31x12x3) waiting to be installed. Here are some raw pics of my install. I've since titanium heat wrapped my cold side pipes and neatly tucked all the under car piping up under a front belly pan/cover. I've also replaced the piece of crap 3" Spectre hoses at each end of my IC with 5 ply silicon CX Racing 3-2.5" reducers.
You can see here all the cold piping is now wrapped:
And a obligatory front pic...
Pic of comparison to what I took out of the donor car and the one I installed:
You can see here all the cold piping is now wrapped:
And a obligatory front pic...
Pic of comparison to what I took out of the donor car and the one I installed:
The DM kit seems to be ok, just be wary of shipping. I paid 24.50 to ship an EGR cooler gasket and ARP head studs....I can only imagine what the intercooler kit costs to ship...