Anyone plan on going with the AIRTEC Stage 2 Fiesta ST front mount Intercooler upgrade?

[Harvick]

Anyone plan on going with the AIRTEC Stage 2 Fiesta ST front mount Intercooler upgrade?

 

[razorlab]

Won't fit USDM crash beam.

 

[Harvick]

Won't fit USDM crash beam.

Makes sense thanks for the info.

 

[Sourskittle]

Man... I wish it did.... Cx racing makes the same cooler for $350 with mounting brackets. (Its actually for a IS300 on ebay). But either way, unless you want to do something about the crash bar, its a no go. I'm hoping the company that is building those awesome lower strut mounts and strut tower braces will make an aftermarket crash bar for us so we can open up the honey combs in the front bumper and get more rad flow or fit taller intercoolers.

 

[me32]

One of the issue I see is that it blocks too much flow to the radiator.

 

[Sourskittle]

One of the issue I see is that it blocks too much flow to the radiator.

And its 4" thick at the bottom.

But on the flip side... The focus st has coolers that are 5.5" thick !!

 

[lessard.dcj]

One of the issue I see is that it blocks too much flow to the radiator.

Air will flow through it into the Rad.

and the rad has a fan to help, even better would be if we could get bigger Rads to help as well.

on a side note, i want this IC SO BAD.

Edit - What part of the crash bar would get into the way, if it woks on theirs... are our bars thicker?

 

[lessard.dcj]

What is the issue with our crash bar that prevents this from fitting?

 

[Sourskittle]

The us crash bar takes up space between the bumper cover and the bar. The euro ones have a gap.

 

[iso100]

Unless there's internal air diverters in the end tanks I just don't see the top 2/3 getting much flow.

 

[Sourskittle]

Unless there's internal air diverters in the end tanks I just don't see the top 2/3 getting much flow.

Ask airtec about that, lol. That's what I was told as well ( and I think i posted it earlier maybe ). I admit.... I want it because the way it looks, lol.

I don't like fancy wheels or fancy paint or low ride heights.... BUT I WANT THAT COOLER because the way it looks, lol. Plus... Even if its just an extra bit of metal being used as a "heat sink", its doing something.

 

[lessard.dcj]

if HPD sells the PRO Alloy IC why wouldn't AIRTEC work?

 

[razorlab]

if HPD sells the PRO Alloy IC why wouldn't AIRTEC work?

They can sell whatever they want.

You can see in these photos of the Pro Alloy FMIC it will not fit with the USDM bumper beam:

 

[Sourskittle]

I would not run the pro alloy one either way... Its like a stock 1988 volvo cooler, lol.

 

[lessard.dcj]

so what needs to be done to our beam to make it work?

 

[razorlab]

so what needs to be done to our beam to make it work?

I would imagine swapping it for a UK/AUS version would be the easiest.

 

[Sourskittle]

I would imagine swapping it for a UK/AUS version would be the easiest.

I think Razor is right. Until someone builds us a new front crash beam