doshwrx2007

Thinking of buying a chargecooler or front mount for my classic wrx , i have around £1000 to spend but need a few opinions on which one is going to be better first please , im thinking more of reliability than power any opinions would be much apreciated,
cheers doshwrx2007

marc394

What else have you done to the car ? is it still standard or modded in any way
what year is it ?

D8MNS@R

as i hear chargecoolers heat up eventully after a hard drive & take long to cool

doshwrx2007

alright mark cheers the usual really, its chipped running just under 1 bar ,full decat system and hks air filter , not mega power but think the standard item might not be good enough for the hot summer coming up .

doshwrx2007

cheers for the advice D8MNS@R ,ive heard stories but did not know for shore

doshwrx2007

sorry mark its a 1995 jap import wrx

marc394

when you say its Chipped you dont mean a Superchip do you ?(please dont say yes).
If so for £1k get a decent set of headers Gt spec and fuel pump and re map and you ll be far better off .Dont bother with a front mount if your not looking at pushing 350 plus .You will need new turbo etc etc before you will feel any benefits of a front mount.
A good top mount is good for big power a friend of mine is still running a top mount (APS ) AND PULLED 442 BHP at Lads rr day.

doshwrx2007

no its not a superchip mate i think it was mapped by casmotorsport when they imported the car or it was done in japan cheers for the advice i'll look into the headers and stuff in the week

moneys

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why not get some flights and a match ticket for the 23rd i hear pete higham has some for sale that he no longer requires

doshwrx2007

might do mate and just leave the car as it is

moneys

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you could spend loads of money like man utd and chelsea and then do exactly what they have just done in the football




































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doshwrx2007

slir alex ferguson needs a front mount for that whisky nose b4 he over heats .

51st state

pete higham

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fwdnutz

hi m8 sorry i could`nt chat to you last night as was workin , but here is this age old debate of to fit a fmic or not!. tbh mate alot of crap is spouted about wether this is a viable option and in my opinion as with a lot of the top tuners in the country will agree that a fmic is the way to go!,
if you want your car to be reliable as i have found out to my misfortune last year especially with the import models if they are not mapped correctly for uk pump **** you will find they run very hot when you are pushing car in fifth well into the treble figures there is a lot of heat generated coupled with the ineffiencey of a top mount i/c and this is a start to a disaster looming, you could fit a later model top mount from an sti8 model which is a lot more efficient than the std one but these tend not to be cheap even second hand ones fetch silly money, however there are some good aftermarket kits out there that can be fitted with a few modifications to your car and it`s not as hard as some make out!
and all the crap about them bein more laggier is BS! as a good mapper can map most of the lag out of the system!

so i would say go for it especially if you decide to go for more mods in future and you want piece of mind that your car is running cooler intake temps!

doshwrx2007

cheers for the advice fwdnutz maybe i will , i also spoke to marc394 last night and he said about fitting a sti 8 top mount or something similler as i want reliabilty more than power to run a cooler intake than standard , also after seeing some of the brake set ups last night im rather tempted