was wondering if its ever been done, top mount intercooler like an STi, with a front mounted intercooler? i know mad fab work, but is it possible?

 

Sure it is. Just a lot of piping to be done... don't know if there's enough space for all that metal.

But why?

 

why a top mount?

its not going to cool as weel and you will get nifty heat soak

 

I think it's a "look cool" thing.

 

ya it would look sweet with that hood scop also

 

you'd lose more pressure than usual. it would be for show right?

 

well it definitely won't be for "go"

 

Possible yeah. Effective, no. too much piping, a whole mess of loss in repsonse. Not to mention the lag in boost time is gonna be insane. not worth it. Wanna be cool, rock a huge effective FMIC with a tuned turbo engine and youl'l be good.

 

naw Vmount is what the pimps run with custom ducting

 

but they aren't running TWO INTERCOOLERS in the V

 

if you run top mount only, it's actually more effective in trapping cool air, but you have to remount the radiator so it and the intercooler are in a v-shape, keeping front mount works just fine, but v-mount, must agree, looks awesome

 

You guys realize, the guy was asking about TWO intercoolers, right?

 

my turbo ka project is going to include v mount intercooler and radiator i'll have pics of it when its done i've got it all planed out. i'll be shure to post pics but it wont be for a while.

 

there really isnt room for a vmount in a engine bay with a KA

 

there is a 240 on the NICO boards that has an s13 with a top mount.