Stock rb20 SMIC

Post by **DriftingisLame** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 1:01 pm

As I'm doing my swap I was wondering if its worth keeping my stock SMIC, or if I should upgrade to a front mount before I go ahead and mount the side mount.

How much power/PSI potential does the stock side mount have?

Thanks.

Post by **Yellow4g63** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 1:42 pm

DriftingisLame wrote:As I'm doing my swap I was wondering if its worth keeping my stock SMIC, or if I should upgrade to a front mount before I go ahead and mount the side mount.

How much power/PSI potential does the stock side mount have?

Thanks.

Get a fmic the stock sidemount is almost the same size as the SR20 unit. It will heat soak in no time.

Post by **DriftingisLame** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 1:44 pm

well thats not what I want to hear! lol, thanks for the info, guess I should go ahead and pick up an FMIC then.

Post by **BoostFab** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 1:47 pm

might as well go w/ the fmic while you're at it.

Post by **Carl H** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:08 pm

try driving around with a stock smic with the bottom 3 rows crushed.wow that sucked.

Post by **RB20DETodd** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:15 pm

I think the smic is good to 250hp, if you have the cash upgrade to a frontmount and save yourself the time.

Post by **Yellow4g63** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:55 pm

RB20DETodd wrote:I think the smic is good to 250hp, if you have the cash upgrade to a frontmount and save yourself the time.

I don't know about 250 on the stock turbo. Maybe with an aftermarket turbo it could hit 250 with the stock sidemount for one pass.

Post by **biglipzit** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 7:45 pm

blitz use to sell an upgrade smic that came with my front clip. any info on this?

Post by **DriftingisLame** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 10:30 am

Yeah I'd like some info on that side mount upgrade if anyone knows about it.

Post by **RB20DETodd** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 12:48 pm

Yes RAPE just get a front mount and save yourself 300 bucks.

Post by **DriftingisLame** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 11:49 am

Guys I know the FMIC would be the better choice, but I was wondering if a Supra TT side mount would be a nice upgrade to the 20's stock side mount.

What do you think? I've found some upgraded side mounts, but they cost about $450 after shipping = P

Are cheap ebay FMIC's a bad idea?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...WD10V

Post by **SHIEF** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 1:39 pm

If you care about your engine, then don't do a ebay intercooler. Just my .02 though.

Post by **Yellow4g63** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:29 pm

DriftingisLame wrote:Guys I know the FMIC would be the better choice, but I was wondering if a Supra TT side mount would be a nice upgrade to the 20's stock side mount.

What do you think? I've found some upgraded side mounts, but they cost about $450 after shipping = P

Are cheap ebay FMIC's a bad idea?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...WD10V

The Supra Sidemount is a good upgrade over the 20 or 25 stockers.

Post by **DriftingisLame** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 4:24 pm

Cool I think I'll do that then.

Once I'm shootin for big power and have more money to drop I'll get a FMIC.

Post by **RB20DETodd** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:32 pm

SHIEF wrote:If you care about your engine, then don't do a ebay intercooler. Just my .02 though.

Why is that?

Post by **SHIEF** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 9:35 pm

Having a good intercooler/system is key if you plan on making decent power down the road. Skimping on a decent intercooler just isn't something I'd do.

Post by **intrexin** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 10:25 pm

what abought a mkIII supra front mount intercooler how are they for the rb20?

Post by **dsm007** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 6:14 am

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Yellow4g63 wrote:
The Supra Sidemount is a good upgrade over the 20 or 25 stockers.

Supra SMIC isnt a bad option at all for some guys on a budget or wanna keep that steath look,they are kinda hard to find at a good price sometimes because the supra guys know about the dsmer's using them to make really good numbers with them(up to 450hp)and running as fast as 11.9,another great thing is you carefully pry up the retaining tabs you can flip one of the endtanks to have the inlet and outlet pointing out of the same side.Just make sure if you plan on doing this to throw away the little gasket under the endtank and seal it back up with JB Kwik epoxy or it will most definantly leak.....But other than that,it is a very efficient IC and will work pretty good for most of the guys on here just starting to mod their RB's.

Post by **Joe** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 6:26 am

dsm007 wrote:The Supra SMIC isnt a bad option at all for some guys on a budget or wanna keep that steath look,they are kinda hard to find at a good price sometimes because the supra guys know about the dsmer's using them to make really good numbers with them(up to 450hp)and running as fast as 11.9,another great thing is you carefully pry up the retaining tabs you can flip one of the endtanks to have the inlet and outlet pointing out of the same side.Just make sure if you plan on doing this to throw away the little gasket under the endtank and seal it back up with JB Kwik epoxy or it will most definantly leak.....But other than that,it is a very efficient IC and will work pretty good for most of the guys on here just starting to mod their RB's.

actually a 2nd(i think) gen supra intercooler is a FMIC with inlet and outlet on the same side already, i have one.

they are a great upgrade. overall length/thickness is good, its black, and those crazy supra guys run them to very decent powers.

Post by **DriftingisLame** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 11:48 am

So i think your talking about the mk3 supra, with a frontmount, I'm talking about the mk4 supra TT with a sidemount.

is this what you have? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...33742

and would that be easy to install and retain the stock piping? or should I go with a mk4 supra sidemount? like this one

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...33742

which one would be easier to fab up some IC piping to get it to fit up to the stock stuff?

Post by **Joe** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 11:51 am

yea it is the Mk3 one, i got all the gen's confused haha. thats my intercooler except i redid the pointless curved pipe and welded a straight one on. your gonna need custom piping no matter what you do away from stock.

Post by **krayton** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 11:54 am

SHIEF wrote:If you care about your engine, then don't do a ebay intercooler. Just my .02 though.

im on my second one. still doing good for me

http://members.cox.net/krayton/15.jpg

Post by **DriftingisLame** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 11:56 am

well I'm trying to get a replacement IC where I can still have most of the stock piping retained... I'm thinkin the mk4 supra sidemount would fit well with little modification to get it runnin through the stock stuff...

Also I'm thinkin about some kind of fan or intercooler sprayer, do they work very well? Unless i pick up something cheap I'm more than likely going to be running the stock sidemount on stock boost for a while. So what if I had a small fan on my intercooler? or a homemade IC sprayer? is that a waiste of time?

Post by **Joe** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:01 pm

the sprayers work (for a short amount of time) but a fan really wouldnt

the only time a fan does something is at idle, right? because when you are moving, the moving air at X mph would moves faster than the fan can pull/push. the only time an intercooler needs to work is when you are boosting, wich isnt while stopped.

Post by **Joe** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:02 pm

krayton wrote:im on my second one. still doing good for me

*disclaimer* intercooler did not come off ebay like that

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