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Tech Area => General Buick Tech => Topic started by: Shimy87 on March 29 2017, 07:25:11 PM

Title: FMIC size
Post by: Shimy87 on March 29 2017, 07:25:11 PM
What would be a better core size for a car with my mods, a 24 x 11 or an 18x11?
Title: Re: FMIC size
Post by: TexasT on March 29 2017, 07:52:23 PM
Gonna need more info. Intercooler, radiator? Let us know.
Title: Re: FMIC size
Post by: Shimy87 on March 29 2017, 09:13:43 PM
Stock radiator, car stays steady at 165 temp. Going to put in a fmic. Looking for advice
Title: Re: FMIC size
Post by: 1KWIKSIX on March 29 2017, 09:27:39 PM
I'd think for a car driven on the street majority of the time the RJC IC-315-XTF would be the winning ticket!
This is the one I'd choose for my Buick if I was going front mount.......



http://rjcracing.com/product/intercoolers/ic-315-xtf/ (http://rjcracing.com/product/intercoolers/ic-315-xtf/)
Title: Re: FMIC size
Post by: Scoobum on March 29 2017, 09:42:11 PM
What would be a better core size for a car with my mods, a 24 x 11 or an 18x11?

You won't go any faster with a FMIC. Pull the transmission and have it swapped to a NL and grab a 2800 off the shelf PTC NL convertor. Then post for either a Precision SLIC...or a Precision FMIC.
Title: Re: FMIC size
Post by: Shimy87 on March 30 2017, 09:56:03 AM
Thanks guys!!
Title: Re: FMIC size
Post by: Scoobum on March 30 2017, 04:39:43 PM
Thanks guys!!

I hate seeing people piss money away on something that gives them a minimal return. We talked before, and that convertor can't be locked at WOT. One of the locals...and this young man knows how to tune...went 11.01 at 123 on a 1.7x launch on 20 PSI pump gas with a stock stroke 109 and a set of heads. Turbo was a 6131 with an off the shelf 2800 PTC NL convertor. The MPH tells me the convertor was coupling pretty well. An RJC IC would be overkill for your car. A Precision SLIC would work well...as you're spraying alky. You could also grab a Precision FMIC...as you're leaning towrds a front mount. Either could be had fairly cheaply used...as they aren't made anymore...to my knowledge. Your other option is to grab a multidisc Vigilante 2800 LU convertor. I believe they're available in a 5 and 7 disc. Slip rate comes in between 3 to 5 percent when locked...and they can handle it all day.
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