SU TMIC Installed.

[Bonafide_Spd3]

probably on a fully modded car, not just adding it onto a car with just a cai and light mods

 

[hectik1]

That looks real good.

 

[SMOKEYS36SHOP]

at the bottom of the dyno chart from Protege Garage it says- * Dyno proven gains of 20 horsepower on stock vehicle, no other mods.
* Dyno proven gains of 20 pound feet of Torque on stock vehicle, no other mods.

 

[Nutari]

at the bottom of the dyno chart from Protege Garage it says- * Dyno proven gains of 20 horsepower on stock vehicle, no other mods.
* Dyno proven gains of 20 pound feet of Torque on stock vehicle, no other mods.

Yes, yes. I've seen it. Its been pointed out several times already.

I've never seen one for theirs is what I was getting at. I don't doubt it though. It is a very very nice product.

 

[Circle9]

probably on a fully modded car, not just adding it onto a car with just a cai and light mods

Looked like a stock MS3 to me, actually it looked a little low for a stock MS3.

 

[Darkdashing]

how much of a pain in the arse would you rank this install 1 to 10?

 

[LBV]

I've done all my own installs and it's easy ... rate it a 2.

 

[SubieKiller3]

I've done all my own installs and it's easy ... rate it a 2.

how long would you say it took? did you have a helper?

 

[LBV]

15 minutes for me now at the most on my own. You just need to remove the TMIC cover and that's 2-3 bolts. Then the TMIC has a few bolts keeping it in place. After that you just need to unclamp the rubber elbow coming from the turbo near the firewall and the rubber elbow going to the throttle body ... oh and the by-pass valve as well.

The only issue you might have is getting to the clamps screws ... depending on how it came from the factory it might be difficult to access.

 

[PaPaSpeed]

how long would you say it took? did you have a helper?

It took me a lot longer than 15 minutes to do it, but I'm a real novice. I took off my intake filter, the BPV, then the stocker. After that you have to switch the cold pipe, I had to go look up the torques for those bolts, I think it was about 90 inch lbs. Then I made some gaskets for the new IC to sit on, the stocker had some but I couldn't reuse them.
When I tried to get the rear hose reinstalled, I couldn't get it by myself so I had to go recruit my neighbor. He's a certified Toyota mechanic, so it was smooth sailing after that. I held the IC up a bit and he got the rear hose on a tightened the clamps.
I thanked him, gave him a 12 pack, and proceeded to put it all back together.
Then I reconnected the battery, started her up , let it idle 15 minutes. Took her out for a test drive, and enjoyed watching my BAT drop.

 

[LBV]

Ya, good point about switching over the cold pipe if you're going to a different IC (forgot to mention that) but like anything, you do it enough times you get good at it.

 

[crossbow]

Replacing the intercooler itself doesn't actually gain you any horsepower. What it does do is modify the boost curve by reducing the pressure drop associated with the stock intercooler.

If you look at a boost graph from a stock intercooler vs an ETS, SU, or pretty much any FMIC/TMIC on the market, you'll see "roughly" a 2 psi difference.

Guess what happens if you add 2 psi to your car? + 20 hp, + 20 ft/lbs.

The intercooler is basically giving you two free psi, due to it's lesser pressure drop vs stock. That's what gives you the power increase.

 

[ooh_damn]

the intercooler looks great can't wait to put mines on. just waiting on a warmer day. still a little to cold out to be messing with the car.

 

[H3br3w_Ham3r]

It took me a lot longer than 15 minutes to do it, but I'm a real novice. I took off my intake filter, the BPV, then the stocker. After that you have to switch the cold pipe, I had to go look up the torques for those bolts, I think it was about 90 inch lbs. Then I made some gaskets for the new IC to sit on, the stocker had some but I couldn't reuse them.
When I tried to get the rear hose reinstalled, I couldn't get it by myself so I had to go recruit my neighbor. He's a certified Toyota mechanic, so it was smooth sailing after that. I held the IC up a bit and he got the rear hose on a tightened the clamps.
I thanked him, gave him a 12 pack, and proceeded to put it all back together.
Then I reconnected the battery, started her up , let it idle 15 minutes. Took her out for a test drive, and enjoyed watching my BAT drop.

Why did you take off your intake filter and BPV? What do you mean by switch the cold pipe? Why couldn't you reuse your stock gaskets?

 

[PaPaSpeed]

Why did you take off your intake filter and BPV? What do you mean by switch the cold pipe? Why couldn't you reuse your stock gaskets?

I took off the filter of the CPE Nano to give me more room to work. I needed to gain access to loosen the clamp on the cold tube to get the cold pipe out of the tube. It also makes it easier to reinstall when you get to that. I took off the Forge BPV just to get it out of the way and not scratch it. You can inspect it while you have it out or grease it if needed.

The cold pipe is the aluminum pipe that is connected to the intercooler and runs to the cold tube. It has to be reused, the new IC doesn't come with a new one. You also have reuse the stock gasket on the cold pipe. SU sells a new polished cold pipe, but I didn't spring for it ....yet.

The gaskets on the stock intercooler are round bushing like gaskets and didn't fit the slots in the new cooler, so we just made some new ones. I don't know for sure if you have to do this, but I didn't want metal to metal contact. I just cut circles out of some old blue silicone tubing, poked holes in them a slid them over the 3 mounting studs on the engine before we sat the IC on.

Hope that helps.

 

[AllLostThings]

Wow I better TMIC is my next big mod but I removed thte stock one to replace my bost tubes and I'd say that took like 5 minutes. Now the hose clamps on the stock tubes....that's another story all together...

 

[UHATEIT]

looks exactly the same as the ets but shinier, which is a plus, I dont know why ETS didnt polish all of theirs, would look nicer. Tho I never pop the hood so I don't really care but it would be a nice touch.

Anyone dont a comparison to see which one is actually made better?

 

[Darkdashing]

Replacing the intercooler itself doesn't actually gain you any horsepower. What it does do is modify the boost curve by reducing the pressure drop associated with the stock intercooler.

If you look at a boost graph from a stock intercooler vs an ETS, SU, or pretty much any FMIC/TMIC on the market, you'll see "roughly" a 2 psi difference.

Guess what happens if you add 2 psi to your car? + 20 hp, + 20 ft/lbs.

The intercooler is basically giving you two free psi, due to it's lesser pressure drop vs stock. That's what gives you the power increase.

so will the boost come earlier?

 

[coyfish]

Power kicks in a touch earlier with more throttle response. Install took 10 minutes. I've seen both ets and su tmic's in person and the finish of the su is clearly superior. Performance wise the are similar. Pay the extra 35 bucks for a better product

 

[john blutarski]

I wish somebody would post dyno results before and after with just the addition of an upgraded TMIC... I can't find any.