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  1. Cool Your Charge! The 15' WRX Front-Mount Intercooler Build, Part 1: Project Plans

    Cool Your Charge! The 15' WRX Front-Mount Intercooler Build, Part 1: Project Plans

    Interested in picking up our 2015 WRX FMIC kit? Check out more details on our product page linked below!

    Mishimoto Subaru WRX Front-Mount Intercooler Kit

    15' WRX testing
    15' WRX testing

    Already outgrowing the efficiency of your 15' WRX top-mount intercooler setup? Planning for some big power in the near future? Sounds like your Subie needs an efficient front-mount intercooler (FMIC)! Luckily, our team has been working to develop this product for months. Check out the process below!

    Intercooler Design

    Our team decided to start this product with the design

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  2. Does the 2015 WRX Need an Upgraded Intercooler? Part 3: Mishimoto Prototype Installed

    Does the 2015 WRX Need an Upgraded Intercooler? Part 3: Mishimoto Prototype Installed

    Interested in purchasing our 2015 WRX top-mount intercooler kit? Check out more details on our product page linked below!

    Mishimoto Subaru WRX Performance Top-Mount Intercooler and Charge-Pipe System

    Size Comparison

    Before installing our prototype cooler on one of our 2015 WRXs, we decided to take a few shots showing the huge size difference of our cooler compared to the stock unit.

    Mishimoto prototype intercooler (left) and stock intercooler (right)
    Mishimoto prototype intercooler (left) and stock intercooler (right)

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  3. Does the 2015 WRX Need an Upgraded Intercooler? Part 2: The Mishimoto Prototype

    Does the 2015 WRX Need an Upgraded Intercooler? Part 2: The Mishimoto Prototype

    Interested in purchasing our 2015 WRX top-mount intercooler kit? Check out more details on our product page linked below!

    Mishimoto Subaru WRX Performance Top-Mount Intercooler and Charge-Pipe System

    3D Modeling

    Now that the stock intercooler has been evaluated and modeled, we began designing our own cooler. Check out some of the initial models we put together for this prototype!

    Stock (left) and Mishimoto prototype (right) intercooler model
    Stock (left) and Mishimoto prototype (right) intercooler model

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  4. Does the 2015 WRX Need an Upgraded Intercooler? Part 1: Intro and Initial Development

    Does the 2015 WRX Need an Upgraded Intercooler? Part 1: Intro and Initial Development

    Interested in purchasing our 2015 WRX top-mount intercooler kit? Check out more details on our product page linked below!

    Mishimoto Subaru WRX Performance Top-Mount Intercooler and Charge-Pipe System

    Many of you checked out our recent thread about our progress on the 2015 WRX top-mount intercooler. We are finishing some testing to ensure that our product will provide the improvements our customers expect. Our prototypes look awesome, and so far they are proving to be quite efficient. So, we've decided to back-track a bit and highlight the process our team went through to create such an awesome product. We will also be including our final test results, as well as information about how you can get your hands on one of the first units to hit the shelves. Keep an eye on our threads and blog; we have some exciting stuff in the pipeline!

    How It All Started

    In late March our team ventured

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