RB20 Intercooler

[PoorCollegeKidd]

Ok, still collecting parts before the pick-up on Wed. I don't ahve much money for a FMIC after the clip, but I would like to ditch that SMIC. I heard that you need both inlet and outlet on the same side for the RB20. I am looking for suggestions for a cheap way to find one or the cheapest. There was a rumor of a Saab intercooler working out nicely. What did you guys do? Thanx for helping another RB get on the streets!

[rb250sx]

you dont need inlet and outlet on the same side. It all depends on how you want to run your piping. If you are useing the stock plenum, i would go with the hybrid kit for the rb, you dont have to do much modification to get the piping to work, and its an excellent deal (around $650 for piping and bar and plate intercooler). If you dont want to bring your intake piping over the motor and have a custom plenum you can still go with the hybrid kit, but get the piping for the s14 with it. If you want to do a lot of custom work then the Isuzu NPR intercooler works very well and are very inexpensive, but you will have to modify the endtanks so the inlet/outlet dont point forward. You will prob spend quite a bit of money making your custom piping though.

[biglipzit]

lol well i can tell you one of the cheapest and best solutions is to get a stock MKIII supra intercooler. They are good for up to 11-14psi on the rb20 and do an excelent job at cooling the air. The one i use to have never got warm at all with the 11psi i use to run daily on 2 inch diameter IC piping.Attached is an image of the stock supra intercooler to give u the idea of what it looks like. It stays very hidden even infront used as a FMIC instead of a SMIC and mine was barely noticeable which use to piss me off. It is probrbaly the cheapest and most effective upgrade.

Not sure if u can imagine it infront of my car. The spearco one i have now is a direct upgrade to the stock MKIII supra one i use to have and it is amazing and works great if you can spend some cash to get it.

[themadscientist]

that's a 1JZ intercooler, you want the 7M one, the inlet and outlet are on the same side.I used a 7M intercooler on an L20ET, very laggy but when that thing finally filled up wooohoo! The RB20 moves more air than an L20 though so it should work great for you.

[biglipzit]

The 1JZ intercooler worked great for me. Yes it was pretty laggy but i could run all day on the track and my intercooler wouldnt even get warm. I had a pipe made to run along the bottom from the down outlet to bring it right next to the inlet.

[Shahee1]

MKIII all day ... I have a spearco core from a pro charger setup now, but the supra core was a great replacement. Will hold you for a while if you wanna wait til you can buy an aftermarket core.

[modestmouse]

Does anyone know where I could find a stock R32 intercooler and piping?