SU TMIC Installed.

[SMOKEYS36SHOP]

here is a picture of the one broken tab on the front of the intercooler. the rear one has a hair line crack that i couldnt get a good pic of

 

[coyfish]

more and more I look at these SU tmic threads the more and more Im not gonna get one. Im hoping that fmic from PG pans out,but worst comes to worst think Ill go the ETS route. who is making the intercoolers from **********? rookie welder school students?....sometimes I wonder how much time and quality control someof this stuff goes through..Make a good product for a good price and youll be golden with tuner community.

The quality of the core / welds is great. The rear hot tube doesn't fit all that well but neither does the ETS. The only problem really is that the angles that the brackets are welded. They are slightly off which caused them all to break. The core was made by a reputable company. . . not SU.

 

[SMOKEYS36SHOP]

well i spoke with mark today and he is sending me a new intercooler with reinforced tabs until this new prototype comes out so i dont have to go back to stock...i will have it friday which is nice so i can install it again over the weekend...

 

[Abilor]

here is a comment someone left on the su site about there tmic they just got....i find this odd...

This TMIC is the dogs bollocks! July 13, 2009
Reviewer: Colin Beech from Baton Rouge, LA United States
Installed this four days ago. After speaking with mark on the phone, he assured me that the SU team went to all necessary lengths to get the fitment correct. This piece dropped right into place! The hoses were not horrible, and once clamped, the tmic sat on the stock bolts; they needed to be bolted, but all worked with no modification. Except the stock nuts didn't fit!! Su, send 3 12mm nuts with no attached washers!! I also never received tshirt... As for performance, this piece adds easily 20 horses. Butt dyno really feels it. 2nd gear chirps a lot. Very fast! Third gear torques like a beast too. Easily shaves half-second off 0-60. Mirror polish looks blingtastic, great show at meets and on forums. Get it!

That was me. I meant every word. I will post pics soon.

 

[djza2u1]

not sure if this has been stated before but if you take your rubber grommets and put them under the tabs, they are less likely to break. That is what i did before i returned it for a cobb fmic.

 

[coyfish]

I went to home depot and got some rubber gromets because I knew metal to metal was a recipe for disaster. Had triple rubber washers on each bracket and they still broke . . .

 

[Abilor]

not sure if this has been stated before but if you take your rubber grommets and put them under the tabs, they are less likely to break. That is what i did before i returned it for a cobb fmic.

what i did

 

[MM BOOST]

More than likely ordering this in the morning with cobb ap, hoping mine turns out better than most.

 

[SMOKEYS36SHOP]

That was me. I meant every word. I will post pics soon.

so where are the pics? i want to see pics of the rear hoses to see if they are kinked

 

[Circle9]

I too, put the rubber grommits between the tabs due to coyfish's reasoning.