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Just curious, I've got a JDM AWIC sitting in my garage as we speak, wondering what I should expect. I'm imagining it'll be a noticable difference, and that's all I'm really hoping for. If it wasn't, I'd be heated that I spent $150 for no noticable gain

Your car will run safer and will be able to safely run more timing. The peace of mind + extra horsepower is worth the $150.

With stock exhaust... don't expect too much. But it will run much better on a hot day.

Laurel, you got the pump and a core to use?

I never had an intercooler on a stock turbo, but you should notice a good difference

I'm gonna go with slight loss of hp and smoother running.

^what Scott said. You'll probably have a small drop in boost. The benefit of running the IC is that you can then up the boost safely. I'd say the next step is exhaust.

-Brian

I'm not sure what gains you will get stock. An MBC to get boost up will help. I think the DP is the biggest thing in the way of power.

I did mine at the same time as my hybrid turbo but I bet it will pull a lot harder at the top than stock if the cat isn't crapped out too much.

You'll get a pressure drop, most likely. But if you up the boost back to stock manifold pressures, you should see a few gains.

The OEM air/water intercooler is one of the least restrictive intercoolers you can put on this car. You might even be able to keep stock boost control with it.

I think you'll see some small quantifiable performance gains, particularly at high engine speeds. I couldn't guess at a number though.

I guess my next mod will be the CES downpipe... if anyone has one for sale..... hint hint.

I've got:
Various water fittings(i'm guessing as they're tiny)
a radiator
a pump
an intercooler

I was told that the AWIC radiator won't fit the US bumper. The tabs on the back have to be cut off and welded flat or pounded flat. I didn't get the radiator so I don't know if it's true or not.

If I was going to do it over I would have used a large tranny cooler that would fill the opening in the lower bumper skin.

I would think the radiator would allow the water to cool down so it doesnt become a nice heater.

When you're off boost, the air passing through the inside of the intercooler does cool the core back down some.

But I think -K- was just saying he didn't get the OEM radiator with his AWIC.

I slid the small oil cooler I am using down in front of the radiator behind the grill and zip tied it in place.

The AWIC flows better than the least restrictive STi topmount ever made, I've seen a write up on it. Boost loss will be minimal and the ecu should compensate for it.

Yes, dp is a must. Just so you know... once you do that, Laurel, you sorta can't stop doing stuff. Its like a disease. You won't stop until your car is faster than Art's.

Totally, haha.

I didn't know that the AWIC flowed that well. That's interesting....

Yeah, it was pretty interesting. I think a lot of the topmount's piping was more restrictive than the AWIC core.

When are you going to put the awic on?

It's looking like thursday, from what I hear..

Brat4by4 wrote:The AWIC flows better than the least restrictive STi topmount ever made, I've seen a write up on it. Boost loss will be minimal and the ecu should compensate for it.

Yes, dp is a must. Just so you know... once you do that, Laurel, you sorta can't stop doing stuff. Its like a disease. You won't stop until your car is faster than Art's.

Riiiiight. . . .

BTW, Laurel's got a WRX midpipe and an STi axleback on there, already.

lol, either the car will be faster than art's, or I'll die trying...

not really, the prospect of having a car with little to no safety features and that much power terrifies me

. . . let alone seeing a vinyl image of Martha Stewart going at such speeds would be more than the common public could handle.

Don't you have an Airbag, ABS, and a Passive restraint system. What else do you need?

No airbag in Laurel's car

Brat4by4 wrote:The AWIC flows better than the least restrictive STi topmount ever made, I've seen a write up on it. Boost loss will be minimal and the ecu should compensate for it.

That's amazing. Even better than the JDM v8?