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I am planning on getting aninjen intercooler. how hard is it to install. I know I need to remove the front bumper. Do I need to replace the couplers from the factory unit?

Please let me know as I am looking at hard pipes as well.

Cheers,
Pete

 
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Bumper removal is easy. Just a lot of clips.

Hella clips on the radiator cover. A lot more under the car (pay attention to which ones connect the bumper to something that'll keep you from taking the bumper off. There are some you don't have to take off. Also 2-10mm hex bolts, 2 bolts that use a... 4 or 5mm allen wrench. 4 screws (2 in each fenderwell). First time you break the molded bumper clips from the headlight bracket, you'll think you're about to break something. Also, there are 2 clips on the headlight eyebrows that you need to stick something in the two square holes (you'll know what I'm talking about if you look at it), and I always use that 4 or 5mm allen wrench to depress the thingy.

Here's a video you can reference

As far as couplers.. What couplers are you talking about? The pipe couplers in the engine bay? I guess it really depends on the construction of the IC and if they included IC pipes and what have you. The OEM pipes that go into the IC are flanged behind the bumper. They only use couplers inside the engine bay. See if anyone has an injen FMIC install video and see what that says.

Kinda OT, but why you getting an IC? Upgraded turbo? Heat soak issues? If you have an otherwise stock setup, I'd put an IC low on the list of things to buy. Myself, I'm tuned to 21psi and I'm still not considering an IC any time soon. Maybe if heat soak gets bad in the summer, but that's really it. I'm really only gonna consider it if I upgrade the turbo. Bigger intercooler = increased turbo lag due to more volume to fill between the compressor outlet and the throttle body.

 
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Thanks for the quick response,

The reason I want the intercooler is for when I do run higher boost as well as for those hot summer days. That and I need to fix my lower bumper that got scuffed bad when it hit a big deep pothole. I have plans in the future to show this car. I told myself I would not build another car but the bug has bitten me again I was planning to run a C02 fogger system on the aftermarket intercooler. with meth injection. Not looking for great speed but I hear the intercooler is good for 10-16hp. Mine is a CVT so I donèt want to go too crazy.
My planned mod list is as follows,
Ijen Intercooler,
New exhaust would a Type R fit on the CoupeÉ
Hondata 6psi Flashpro
Hard pipes
Meth Injections
Rims my 17s off of my last show car will do for now but I would like something a bit bigger with bigger lips,
I have yet to see any body kits yet
and an adjustable suspension
I digress, Thanks for the video it will be most helpful.

Cheers,
Pete

 
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Mine's a CVT also. Save your money and grab a Ktuner v1.2 or Hondata flashpro. Cheaper and more power from that than an IC. I'm rocking Ktuner, myself. Even the base +0psi map is leaps and bounds beyond OEM. OEM tune goes for torque target. Once the engine sees the torque demand, it opens the wastegate. Actual manifold PSI you'll see at most is prolly 12psi or so, regardless of what that useless boost gauge on your dash says. I can tell you, from experience, that a +6psi CVT hatch is faster than a stock Si. In Las Vegas summer heat.

TBH, intercooler isn't a direct power mod. It's a supporting mod for other mods you got. Bigger turbo with more boost? Yeah, grab an IC. Stock at the moment? You'll notice more harm than good with increased turbo lag. That'll be more apparent than the cooler air entering your engine.

idk if the fk8 exhaust fits a coupe. Even on the hatches, the Sport and ST models are the only ones that can really accommodate it due to the center mount exhaust. Even then, you either have to remove a bracket on the car or remove one of the resonators on teh exhaust pipe.

If/when I get an intercooler, it's gonna be when 27WON releases theirs. If I were you, I'd check out their site. Small company doing all the R&D on shop cars. Doing a lot for the 10thgen community. Either that, or look at PRL's stuff. Bigger company, a lot of R&D to benefit the 10thgen community. Haven't seen much good come from people dropping Injen components on the 10thgen platform, odd to say, since they're a huge company.

 
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... are you going smaller? Intercoolers generally have an inverse relationship regarding cooling and power.

The higher the cooling potential, the higher the surface area, the larger the chamber, the more time required to pressurize that chamber under boost, the lower the torque/power curve.

So you usually want the smallest, highest flowing IC that will meet your cooling needs.

 
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Ahh ok, I thought it would help to have a larger IC but if it won't then I will leave it alone. My thinking is if I was running higher boost with the K tuner I could use it if not then I will stick with what I got.

 
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I think @xRiCeBoYx made a thread about intake wir temperture and increased boost.

Use an app like Torque and clock your stock temperatures. Then add boost and check your temperatures again, if additional cooling is needed, then increase the IC size.

 
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