If you still have your passenger side TMIC support bracket lying around, can you take a picture of it from a couple angles? I'm trying to see how different it is (if at all) from the 02-05 WRX bracket.

 

I believe the STi TMIC bolts onto the wrx without needed any new brackets. Just have to bend the a/c line

 

That's not why I'm asking.

I have a turbo kit that's supposed to fit, but the compressor outlet has massive interference with the WRX bracket. I have found a couple pictures of STi engine bays that make it look like the bracket is different on STi, but it's really difficult to see what's happening at the mount points when it's just random engine bay pictures with everything in the way.

I've made my WRX one work, but the amount of material I had to remove is pretty massive, and I think it will eventually bend or break in time under the weight of my IC... so if the STi support bracket is shaped different, I'll go get one or find a used one.

 

Here you go.







Hope that's what you're looking for. It's off an 07 STi from the passenger side.

 

Thanks for the help. It definitely looks to have more clearance than my 02 WRX bracket.

 

I dunno if this helps but the passenger side does not near fit my STi TMIC hole at all.

 

I have a Process West intercooler. The mount hole is a slot that you can slide the rubber grommet thing forwards / backwards until it fits. I'm sure I can get it to line up. I just need a little more clearance between the mounting bolts and the part that goes up to the mount so I have room to get the y-pipe on the compressor outlet.

 

Loosen the driver's side mount and you can get some more wiggle room.

 

I'm in the same boat and want the same bracket as well. I did tie strap it that side to the wrx bracket for now.
Anyone else to sell one?

 

You're welcome, what setup are you running out of curiosity?

 

Where the turbo sits, the bracket couldn't even mount to the engine block without hogging out a bunch of material from my WRX bracket. The drivers side mount isn't going to do ****.

I think people have no clue what I'm talking about. The turbo compressor outlet wanted to share time and space with my WRX intercooler bracket. The amount of material I had to remove from this bracket to make it work has significantly weakened it. Now I'm looking for an STi bracket, which is apparently what the kit was designed around. I have no issue with my intercooler, aside from the fact that it will soon be resting on the coolant line to the turbo when my hogged out WRX bracket bends or breaks.

To the person that asked, it's a Full-Race EFR6758 kit. Every possible clearance is tight getting that thing in a stock-ish location.

 

I have run my spearco tmic with only the drivers side bracket before without any problems. Hopefully you can find someone selling the STi bracket for cheap and give it a shot.

 

Well the Process West passenger side bracket is a little longer. Without the mount it rests on the coolant line to the header tank. I figure that's bad and to be avoided. Don't want to go over a bump and find out the IC ripped the coolant line and boiling hot sticky coolant is spraying everywhere.... yeesh, yeah, that would be bad.

I realized that I had one of these brackets from my EJ207. It got all bent up being used to pull the engine and move it around (it had marks from the importer doing that, and I also had it hung by that bracket. when I installed it.)

I did my best to bend it back into shape, and the TMIC is on properly now. It's still tight on clearance. I couldn't get it exactly the same shape as original, so the hole didn't line up until I put some major muscle into it. It's so tight on clearance at the compressor outlet that I had to push the bracket towards the firewall to slide the clamp onto the silicone elbow.

I'd still like one that I know is straight and I can grind some material away for additional clearance, but it's in place now and has clearance to the coolant line. It's just a major event to remove and replace the IC now.

I found this shot that had both brackets side by side, you can clearly see the difference in clearance between the upright portion and the mounting holes:

 

Should post a pic of the engine bay once you get everything all together.