i am considering a top mount intercooler so that i can run stage three, right now i am at stage 2 with a full intake, (i switch from cold air to short ram perrin whenever i want, i have the turbo inlet hose too) and full exhaust (borla headers, helix up and down pipes, greddy evo cat-back) i also have some other little things like a pully kit and sparkplugs. i have a lightweight flywheel and blitz electronic boost controller and hks ssqv bov... and i obviously allready have the utec

ok, now that you are all up to date lol here is my main question...

i really want to get the sti intercooler kit, this is the jdm sti intercooler with the jdm intercooler hoses and and air splitter (i allready have the sti hoodscoop)

is it worth the 800 buck to go and get the sti ic kit and then run a stage three utec map and eventually dyno tune my car... ?

does anyone have any guesses at what my hp is at now and what it would be at with a stage 3 tune?

similarly does anyone have any guesses at what my 1/4 mile time would be now, vs a stage 3 with sti ic kit?

has any one ran this type of set up and if so how did you like it?

thanks a lot, im sorry this is so long, but i need your input!


roger

 

If you use an intake and boost controller different than what is specified by the stage you are using, you may need a different tune. The sum of all parts don't always add up to what you think they should be.

The simplest way to estimate power is to make several consistent passes down the ¼-mile and let us know what your trap speed is.

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cool thanks for the advice, i think i might try to do that this week or so.... i also decided to go with the stage three

i might get it dyno tuned with my new setup, so hopefully that will help!

 

I'm assuming you have an upgraded turbo? If you don't, than the intercooler won't do you a whole lot of good. But I do hear the STI's are pretty good. And 800 isn't too bad for one.

 

i have the stock turbo, but the sti intercooler kit comes with a new seal and intercooler splitter and also has intercooler hoses!!! all that for 795. plus i allready have the utec, so i can run stage 3, instead of stage 2, so im hoping the intercooler will actully make a pretty big difference... but by summer i plan on having a vf34 or something like that, so it will really help out then!!!!!!