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Old Aug 22, 2010, 04:13 PM
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Garret cores are where its at... CBRD, JMFab, and BR all use them, not sure who else.
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Originally Posted by sgt_petty_210
ETS intercooler, and you will be set. 3 or 3.5" requires no modification. Above that you lose your crash beam. The intercooler uses the stock mounting points. Price is great.
+1 I have the 3 in ETS and it is great. Most of the ones listed use factory mounting points and ic pipe location, let us know what you decide!
Old Aug 22, 2010, 07:40 PM
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get a ets 3.8 garret core, they sell them and at a good price, also there core are good aswell from what i have heard but i wanted a garret core and they will build you one. id go hit them up all the others CBRD, buschr, AMS i dont think you could really go wrong with any of those companies i just went the ETS route
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buschur race FMIC.
Old Aug 23, 2010, 07:52 AM
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Thanks guys, all good info.
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The ETS core will also allow you to run the stock under tray, some of the other cores mentioned will not. The core we use is the same core that we use on our track cars.

1117whp Evolution 8 - 8 sec pass
806whp Evolution X - 9 sec Pass
900whp Eclipse 1G - 8 sec pass
1200whp Supra - 8.16 sec pass

The list goes on and on

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Old Aug 23, 2010, 08:38 PM
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Michael, how does the ETS core fit with the Beatrush undertray or similar?
Old Aug 24, 2010, 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by hammerevo
Michael, how does the ETS core fit with the Beatrush undertray or similar?
It will fit perfectly, since they use the stock under tray dims.

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Old Aug 25, 2010, 12:24 PM
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Thanks Michael.
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No Problem!
Old Aug 25, 2010, 01:56 PM
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+1 for ETS!
Been running my 3.5'' FMIC for about a year now with no complaints, it's a life saver in the 110 degree heat I have to deal with.
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-1 for ETS, didn't fit without removing my crash bar (which I expected) and trimming alot of my bumper (not stated), still had to literally stretch my bumper over it. 4" version.

Ordered it with stenciling came without, whatever.

Top mounting tab just snapped necessitating my having to remove the bumper and reweld it back together after about a year of ownership.

With the exception of it falling in even more pieces I don't know what other issues I could have had with an intercooler.

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...tall-help.html

You'll see it goes both ways with people. I'm not the only one that had problems. With the tab snapping and me having to do the whole intercooler install all over again, i'm pretty much fed up with the piece.
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Originally Posted by DawnoffateX
-1 for ETS, didn't fit without removing my crash bar (which I expected) and trimming alot of my bumper (not stated), still had to literally stretch my bumper over it. 4" version.

Ordered it with stenciling came without, whatever.

Top mounting tab just snapped necessitating my having to remove the bumper and reweld it back together after about a year of ownership.

With the exception of it falling in even more pieces I don't know what other issues I could have had with an intercooler.

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...tall-help.html

You'll see it goes both ways with people. I'm not the only one that had problems. With the tab snapping and me having to do the whole intercooler install all over again, i'm pretty much fed up with the piece.
The 4" wont fit with the crash beam, so that should be no surprise. This is the first time I heard bad about ETS. I have heard of a few people snapping the mounting bracket and that was because they failed to install it properly.
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We are working on a revised mounting tab solution. The problem is in shipping when the tab gets bent and customers have to bend it back and it weakens the tab. (The damage happens maybe 1% of the time)

The 4.0" is not designed to fit with the crash beam. I sent a message to my web guy to go over the description and make sure everything is kosher.

Did you order this through one of our vendors? Sometimes a stencil can be left off on the purchase order when it's sent over. If you ordered it from us and we left off the stencil i'm sorry. Believe me, it's not intentional, we love the advertising.

We try our best to satisfy every customer, if there is anything else we can do, please don't hesitate to PM or give me a call.

Thanks!

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Old Aug 25, 2010, 03:16 PM
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Hey Michael, i pm'd you yesterday. Did you read it yet?


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