Product Review: ARC Intercooler

PHOENIX · 01-21-2006, 01:24 PM

Please post your personal experiences with this product and the company who built and sold it to you. Pros and Cons will help fellow mr2 owners in the market for this type of product make there purchasing decision. Posting pictures installed in this section would be great.

ARC
http://www.arcinter.co.jp/arc/products/ic/icb1.html

need a picture and some info if anyone has any on this. I have a pic that is installed, but i would like the whole thing like the other pics.

Vaeth · 01-31-2006, 10:13 AM

Place I bought it from: SuperAutobacs Nishikoya

Service: Excellent

Price: 98,000 yen (~USD$930)

Comments:
I had a good look at the intercooler before it went in my car. (but i didn't take any photos). The whole kit is of excellent quality, and I was not the least bit disappointed with how it felt and looked. Welds were top notch, and fins where all finely set and patterned. The kit came with everything I needed except for flexi-hose and clamps. The inlet and outlet tubing appeared to be powder coated silver in colour. The core itself was also surprisingly light.

Performance wise, it's hard to quantify how much improvement it provided. I did do a bit of hard driving one night though to test out the logging capabilities of my FC Datalogit, and on that night, the intake air temperature stayed at a consistent 40-43C despite repeated boosting all over the place. This was on a night where ambient air temperature would have been around 5C maybe (by my rough estimate). I would take these values with a pinch of salt though, as they are merely estimates. I intend to take better logs the next time I hit the track, and will post the results then.

jdbecks · 08-27-2008, 11:05 AM

Price: $600 ( USED)

Comments:

For a second hand IC it was in near perfect condition, all the fins were intact with no damage or leaks to the core, My one was powder coated and treated to some black paint like the spearco intercoolers, despite it going into the stock location the core is quite big, length and width, the thickness of the core is slightly bigger than the stock IC too. I also noticed how light it was.

I never was able to get any intake temps, although I was running 18psi in my gen3 mr2 for a year, and all through the summer with no problems,

I would recommend the intercooler if you get it at a good price

01-21-2006, 01:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
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01-31-2006, 10:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
Vaeth Lost in Osaka Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Osaka Posts: 109 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Place I bought it from: SuperAutobacs Nishikoya Service: Excellent Price: 98,000 yen (~USD$930) Comments: I had a good look at the intercooler before it went in my car. (but i didn't take any photos). The whole kit is of excellent quality, and I was not the least bit disappointed with how it felt and looked. Welds were top notch, and fins where all finely set and patterned. The kit came with everything I needed except for flexi-hose and clamps. The inlet and outlet tubing appeared to be powder coated silver in colour. The core itself was also surprisingly light. Performance wise, it's hard to quantify how much improvement it provided. I did do a bit of hard driving one night though to test out the logging capabilities of my FC Datalogit, and on that night, the intake air temperature stayed at a consistent 40-43C despite repeated boosting all over the place. This was on a night where ambient air temperature would have been around 5C maybe (by my rough estimate). I would take these values with a pinch of salt though, as they are merely estimates. I intend to take better logs the next time I hit the track, and will post the results then.

08-27-2008, 11:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
jdbecks No Skills Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: England Posts: 32 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Price: $600 ( USED) Comments: For a second hand IC it was in near perfect condition, all the fins were intact with no damage or leaks to the core, My one was powder coated and treated to some black paint like the spearco intercoolers, despite it going into the stock location the core is quite big, length and width, the thickness of the core is slightly bigger than the stock IC too. I also noticed how light it was. I never was able to get any intake temps, although I was running 18psi in my gen3 mr2 for a year, and all through the summer with no problems, I would recommend the intercooler if you get it at a good price