Mertin
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Registered: 12th Oct 05
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Won a Seat Sport intercooler from a Cupra and pipework (for a 1.8 20v T) off ebay last week. Bought the forge hose kit for the PD130 and planning on selling on the hoses for the 1.8 20v
Fitted the intercooler last night, worst part of the job was trimming the bumper to fit due to the pipework. Started off with taking a little bit off with a hacksaw. In the end I got the grinder out and just kept trimming little pieces off until it fitted. None of the "modifications" can be seen from the front though which is all good  Not overally impressed with the fit of the Forge pipework, pretty shit tbh. Some hoses seem way too long, and the wiring for the sensor has to be extended as its really tight. Luckily I managed to play about with the hose and get it sitting a bit closer, and freed up some wiring that was taped up so that I didnt have to go cutting wires.
Few pics from as I was going on, wasnt finished till dark so Il get pics today of how it sits behind the bumper
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adiohead
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do you have to notify insurance for a FMIC?
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antnee
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Adio, you should as its a mod.
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tom_simes
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Registered: 12th Jan 05
Location: Undy, Newport Drives: Skoda Octavia vRS estate
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Looks good so far, how much did you get the IC for then?
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Mertin
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Originally posted by tom_simes
Looks good so far, how much did you get the IC for then?
Intercooler and hoses was £256, and then £230 for the Forge hose kit. Hoping to sell on the hoses that came with the intercooler
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JM_16v
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Registered: 17th Oct 05
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i dont undertand why buy a FMIC with a hose kit then another hose kit :s
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Mertin
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Originally posted by JM_16v
i dont undertand why buy a FMIC with a hose kit then another hose kit :s
The hose kit was for a petrol and wouldn't fit. Hose kit was standard hose too and wanted to go for silicone and alloy hoses. The standard boost hoses on Seat's use shite connections that loads of people have problems with, me being one of them
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JM_16v
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faire one, couldnt buy a FMIC with Derv pipes?
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s4k1b
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why all this in the first place? what was wrong with it originally?
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Simon_16v
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The SMIC are shite thats all
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s4k1b
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sorry, silly question, what do ICs cool? oil?
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flybikeslee
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i chopped a window in my crash bar for a little extra air to flow through 
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JM_16v
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Originally posted by s4k1b
sorry, silly question, what do ICs cool? oil?
air
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JM_16v
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Originally posted by flybikeslee
i chopped a window in my crash bar for a little extra air to flow through
i wouldnt like to have a crash with that now lol
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Mertin
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Intercoolers cool the air that comes from the turbo before it goes into the engine. The standard intercooler is pictured above, and sits in the wheel arch and hardly gets any air flow compared to a bigger one which sits in the front bumper. Plus im planning getting a uprated clutch, exhaust and custom map for more power.
This intercooler came up on ebay so thought I would go for it, sell the pipes on hopefully and buy the forge kit. Should hopefully work out cheaper than buying one brand new from the dealers. So you happy now iv explained why I bought it? 
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andys sxi
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Registered: 19th Jan 06
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Won't putting it infront of the normal radiator make the car hotter?
April 08 feature car
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s4k1b
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im over the farking moon mate lol
thanks for that though
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Mertin
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Originally posted by andys sxi
Won't putting it infront of the normal radiator make the car hotter?
Theres already an air conditioning rad/condensor infront of the rad anyway. Plus, the cupras come standard like this so cant see it having a big effect if some come from the factory with it
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