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Mishimoto Subaru WRX/STi Front-Mount Intercooler Kit, Part 4: Intercooler Pipe Fabrication/Development

Posted: September 29, 2014

Categories: Subaru WRX/STi Front-Mount Intercooler 2002-2014

Tags: wrx, turbo, teammishi, subaru, sti, rally, race, mishimoto, intercooler, front-mount, fmic, featured, fast, ej25, ej20, boost

Interested in purchasing our Subaru WRX or STi intercooler kit? Check out more details on our product pages linked below!

Mishimoto Subaru WRX/STi Front-Mount Intercooler, 2001-2007

Mishimoto Subaru WRX Front-Mount Intercooler, 2008-2014

Mishimoto Subaru STi Front-Mount Intercooler, 2008-2014

Time to weld up some pipes! This would be the more time-consuming portion of this project, as most of these vehicles would require a specific pipe kit. We would not be able to utilize one set of pipes across the model board, as we did with the intercooler. Going in order, we started with our Bugeye. One of our test vehicles featured a reasonably stock engine bay, as shown below.

Mishimoto Subaru WRX/STi Front-Mount Intercooler Kit, Part 3: Intercooler Prototype Introduction and Test Fitting

Posted: September 24, 2014

Categories: Subaru WRX/STi Front-Mount Intercooler 2002-2014

Tags: wrx, turbo, teammishi, subaru, sti, rally, race, mishimoto, intercooler, front-mount, fmic, featured, fast, ej25, ej20, boost

Interested in purchasing our Subaru WRX or STi intercooler kit? Check out more details on our product pages linked below!

Mishimoto Subaru WRX/STi Front-Mount Intercooler, 2001-2007

Mishimoto Subaru WRX Front-Mount Intercooler, 2008-2014

Mishimoto Subaru STi Front-Mount Intercooler, 2008-2014

Time to take a quick look at our cooler and see how it fits with our test vehicles. First, a quick overview of the cooler itself. Check out our first prototype!

Mishimoto prototype intercooler

Mishimoto Subaru WRX/STi FMIC Kit, Part 2: Initial Intercooler Design

Posted: September 22, 2014

Categories: Subaru WRX/STi Front-Mount Intercooler 2002-2014

Tags: wrx, turbo, teammishi, subaru, sti, rally, race, mishimoto, intercooler, front-mount, fmic, featured, fast, ej25, ej20, boost

Interested in purchasing our Subaru WRX or STi intercooler kit? Check out more details on our product pages linked below!

Mishimoto Subaru WRX/STi Front-Mount Intercooler, 2001-2007

Mishimoto Subaru WRX Front-Mount Intercooler, 2008-2014

Mishimoto Subaru STi Front-Mount Intercooler, 2008-2014

Time to start designing the basic dimensions of our intercooler! As mentioned in the previous post, this cooler would need to fit with all chassis if possible. Luckily we had a few of these vehicles as shop cars. First up, we pulled our 03 Bugeye Wagon into the shop and began taking a look at the space we had available in order to throw a huge core behind the bumper. Up on the lift she went and the bumper came off to reveal what we were working with.