I have an Evo 8 project that I’m restoring to be my daily driver , it has some spicy parts like 2.3L stroker , s2 cams , radium full fuel system with 1 450
It has a 4 inch intercooler that I do not want , so I’m looking at Intercoolers. I genuinely just want to daily my car and cruise obviously I’m in an Evo so I do want to do Evo things here and there but my primary focus isn’t 40 rolls and time attack , just cruising the back roads and driving it
I was thinking about a oem intercooler but I feel like that will be too limiting as if I do want to step on it I don’t want to heat soak it asap
I’m going down the direction or stm 3.5 or ets 3.5 since mine as well just get the best one if I’m buying one
but.. the Greddy Evo 9 one comes with piping and the cooler so it’s kinda bang for buck . Eventually I will be upgrading turbos to a FP red or so so I can just upgrade my inter cooler later + retune all at once
I will be calling stm to ask but just wanted to see if anyone has any experience with the Greddy intercooler kit

 

Yea its a cheaper kit than others. I am not sure why the price is lower but at the same price you could buy an used ETS intercooler kit.

In the installation instructions for Evo 9 they mention trimming the front bumper for the pipes.



I would just get something that doesn't require trimming like ETS or STM piping.

 

My experience may be outdated but we did the greddy kit on buddy's evo 8. He ran fp green/red/black on it and I don't remember him feeling the need to switch it. I remember there were some good intercooler comparisons here somewhere. It's nice that piping is included in the greddy kit but from what I recall at the time there was a performance difference with the intercooler. It doesn't sound like you are aiming to squeeze performance so if the price is right it's at least better than stock.

I opted with ets piping and a buscher intercooler for my evo 8

 

the benefit of the GReddy is that its a tube and fin core. compared to a bar and plate its a lot lighter (weight on the most forward point of your car), its more efficient when theirs airflow going through it, and it flows air easier through it so your radiator performance is also improved. Bar and plate is heavier, so its better at absorbing heat when there's no airflow, such as staging at a drag strip. If you're building a drag car or a stop light car, bar and plate is the way to go. track (road course) car, tube and fin is the way to go. street car / back roads car, I'm leaning heavily towards a tube and fin but a bar and plate isn't the end of the world. bar and plate will also perform better on a dyno for the same reason it performs better at a drag strip. Sure dyno's have fans but its a far cry from the airflow a car see's when actually driving. even dyno's that have cells built out with airflow simulations and stuff, usually top out around 50-80mph...

 

yea I’m either getting a stm cooler or the Greddy cooler, I honestly don’t want a drag racing evo I want it to be true to its nature just an aggressive evo all around rather then just straight line . I bought the ETS Cusco bar but they couldnt ship to California unfortunately so it’s either Greddy or stm