Top Mount Intercooler

[j3rk]

Does anybody here know if the standard top mount can be refinned at all? I have heard they can be but have never actually come across anybody who does it. I dont fancy going down the front mount route and an aftermarket one is hard to get hold of and even if you can get hold of an aftermarket one, the prices are phenomenal. The car in question is a 93 wrx. Cheers my lovelies

[eureka]

Does anybody here know if the standard top mount can be refinned at all? I have heard they can be but have never actually come across anybody who does it. I dont fancy going down the front mount route and an aftermarket one is hard to get hold of and even if you can get hold of an aftermarket one, the prices are phenomenal. The car in question is a 93 wrx. Cheers my lovelies

you can pick up a interwarmer for not alot of money these days

[j3rk]

you can pick up a interwarmer for not alot of money these days

Are you talking about new ones? If it's second hand ones your talking about im 99% sure they would be in the same state as mine lol.

[Nudge]

mines a my93 as well, i bought a V4 top mount to uprate mine but it was too big and diddnt fit, think the throttle body is longer on the early classics, i just changed mine with a version one sti, as its a bit larger.

[j3rk]

Its an absolute joke really. You can trawl through pages and pages of decent top mounts for other models above the version one at a very good price but when it comes to us poor ***** then its a major no no. I'd rather have mine refinned to allow better airflow than buy a used sti one with the same restrictions in the bent up fins. Or an sti one refinned lol. I've been looking at this problem for a little while now. Surely these guys who make the patented intercoolers can bring out a patented one for our early classics cant they? I have seen a top mount on a classic on a website before and what the guy did was remove the fins and use a mesh kinda thing to replace the fins. I have no idea if it worked for him as it was just a picture. Looked cool though.

I had the same problem nudge....nothing else fits mate lol

Edited February 24, 2009 by j3rk

[granby]

Its an absolute joke really. You can trawl through pages and pages of decent top mounts for other models above the version one at a very good price but when it comes to us poor ***** then its a major no no. I'd rather have mine refinned to allow better airflow than buy a used sti one with the same restrictions in the bent up fins. Or an sti one refinned lol. I've been looking at this problem for a little while now. Surely these guys who make the patented intercoolers can bring out a patented one for our early classics cant they? I have seen a top mount on a classic on a website before and what the guy did was remove the fins and use a mesh kinda thing to replace the fins. I have no idea if it worked for him as it was just a picture. Looked cool though.

I had the same problem nudge....nothing else fits mate lol

Maybe a front mount is a option

[Big 'D']

Out of interest the V3/4 topmounts can be modified to fit the V1/2 scoob, the elbow that the DV fits to on the V3/4 intercooler needs to be removed and welded shut then a new port for the DV needs to be fitted/welded to the drivers side of the intercooler, its a bit of work to get it done but would give you a larger intercooler option.

Cheers Iain

[prodrive tony]

Get a cheap front mount on Ebay £300 or there about's, never had any problems just big gain's

[j3rk]

Front mounts are really great...just a little laggy and stick out like a sore thumb. And besides, the insurance guys can tell a mile off you got modifications. Being discrete these days always helps us does'nt it guys? lol