IS this intercooler too big for a crx?
 

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I'm just worried about teh height. its 9" tall and I current have a 5" fmic that touches my bumper support. I know I would have to cut the bumper support for this new ic, but it is made into my bumper and is how my bumper mounts to the body. therefore I wouldnt be able to get rid of it totally.....would it be possible to get rid of the center seciton of teh support and the mounting points remain in place?

What is the tallest fmic you have seen on a 91 crx si?

Re: IS this intercooler too big for a crx?
 

so if you have a 5 inch right now why are you swapping out?

Re: IS this intercooler too big for a crx?
 

its too small for my application and boost level.

Re: IS this intercooler too big for a crx?
 

whatcha runnin?

Re: IS this intercooler too big for a crx?
 

its a t3 .48/.60 @ 12 psi
the fmic I have now, appears to keep the temps pretty cool, but not really cold. its cooler than my hand, but not a lot. I mean teh hot side of it gets pretty hot. if you hold your hand on it, it will burn you. the core on it is 15x5x2.5

Re: IS this intercooler too big for a crx?
 

id honestly go with a lsd motorsport 6 inch bar and plate...

im shooting for 400whp on one of those...

itll suit you fine, and dave, csaddict. just mounted one in his crx 2 days ago without cutting the bumper support.

Re: IS this intercooler too big for a crx?
 

did it hang low at all? mine sits just inside the grill right now. well, thining about it, I guess one more inch isnt gonna make it hang low. lol. I was wanting something like a jrc 8" or cca 8", but I dont have the money for that.

Do you think a spearco 17x6x3 (core sizes) would suit my needs? I'm on stock internals, so the boost wont be going up anyhigher than 12 psi. although I am in need of a rebuild(turbo), and may just upgrade turbos in teh process.....just an idea im tossing around...

Re: IS this intercooler too big for a crx?
 

The metal bar comes out, and isn't needed to support the bumper at all. Without it, your front end has the strength of tissue paper, though.

I ran without one for a while, then got one, cut it mostly away, and then reinforced the top 1.5" I left behind. I used it to hang the 24X11X4" FMIC... yup, 11" tall.

I'm planning on removing it and running a 12" tall IC.

If I were you, I'd trim the bar and run something bigger. Tall and thick get you further than wide... and most the ICs for Honduhs out there are wide and not much else.

Re: IS this intercooler too big for a crx?
 

well after a point in height, if the bumper is on,its not getting any air flow anymore.....right?

Joseph: do you think this 9" ic would do the trick? they say it has a .2 pressure drop and temps from 120º-28º. it soudns to me like it would do me well. Pretty soon, I'm gonna get thenew fmic and make a new charge pipe to get rid of the ghetto pos I have from teh turbo. I'm gonna doa pcv system as well, in hopes that my fms and rms will stop leaking.

Re: IS this intercooler too big for a crx?
 

Those intercoolers are VERY VERY poorly made and suck badly at lowering and cooling air tempatures. Ive seen plenty of those intercoolers int person, they are nice and big but when u hold the outlet up to light and look into the inlet side you can see straight through it. Thats exactly what you dont want. The more metal the air has to hit the cooler your air will be that is passing through and if u can see through it then there is not much metal fins used for cooling. Hope you can somewhat get what Im trying to say. I use to work at a shop and make intercoolers.