koreanwilcox

Well, I ordered an intercooler off eBay last week. The intercooler that I ordered is a 5.5" tall bar and plate intercooler. I wanted a fairly small intercooler because it is going on an EF with a stock engine. I don't need something huge, just something small that cools the air down a bit.

This is the intercooler that I ordered:



So I got a package today and when I opened it up I found this:









Now, this one is a few inches taller than the one I ordered, and the core is tube and fin, NOT bar and plate like I wanted.

I suppose I could try to contact the seller and return this to him, but who knows how much I would lose in shipping costs etc. Or, I could just keep this one and see if I can make it fit (shouldn't be too hard). The quality seems to be fine, the fins aren't nearly as fragile as my old JRC FMIC.

Anyways, so should I just keep this one? Or try to send it back and see what happens next time around?

What would you do?

Oh... I also got my turbo from Blaast! Looks excellent!!

drunkinmaster1

id rock it. i have an ebay intercooler and it works great.

cll77gen2teg

------ ebay usually not needed for low hp setups but itll work....leave him negative feedback for ------- up

naudlee

I got that same ---- with mine, its leik open finned,nto bar+ plat or whatever... idk, its sitting onmy teg right now, it shouldbeboosted within a week,so I'llknow then

igotnothin

i have the same one not in use. i also have a smaller one but its to small for anything i want imo

koreanwilcox

I've been doing some research and it looks like the core design is a copy of the Apexi staggered tube design.

The stuff I read said that it has better cooling capabilities than a regular tube and fin. But who knows.

I guess I can't really complain, for $85 shipped I can't expect too much.

greenbomber

i was just going to say its a apexi knock off, beat me to it

civicjdmb16a

keep it

koreanwilcox

I emailed the seller, so we will see what happens.

The only thing that sucks is, this intercooler is 8" tall. Which means that in order to fit it, I will have to hack up my bumper support. I really didn't want to modify my bumper support at all, which is why I ordered the smaller one in the first place.

I suppose we will see if the seller is willing to work with me.

idiot-stick

That's the same exact FMIC I'm running. It's cool cuz it's JDM. Even says so right there on the intercooler!