Proalloy.co.uk - Ibiza cupra FMIC kit

[Prebs]

Im after a new IC kit for my "hybrid plus" setup as I think my forge isn´t up for the job

Has anyone tried one of these kits? (vs forge fmic)



http://www.proalloy.co.uk/cgi-bin/sitewise.pl?act=det&pt=52_921_62_634&p=721&id=proalloy

I would like a complete kit as car will be in for a new map soon and I dont have the time to start collecting different pipes/hoses etc to make everything fit.
Need a plug and play solution!

Thanks in advance?

Prebs

 

[chris_200120vt]

sure that is what ibizalex was using on this car which joehirth now has fitted on his car

 

[Prebs]

sure that is what ibizalex was using on this car which joehirth now has fitted on his car

I thought that was way bigger as I seem to remember a lot of bumper-trimming had to be done.

I´ll be looking into joe´s thread...

 

[chris_200120vt]

£810 for the kit think i shall not be buying one of those

 

[IbizaAlex]

That is one the one I had that Joe now has. Its a good cooler, but the silicone is poor and the cooler doesnt fit in the middle, and the crash bar needs cutting.

I make centering brackets for the cooler

The cooler and pipework that James had just done on his ibiza looks great: http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=293517&page=9

 

[Prebs]

That is one the one I had that Joe now has. Its a good cooler, but the silicone is poor and the cooler doesnt fit in the middle, and the crash bar needs cutting.

I make centering brackets for the cooler

The cooler and pipework that James had just done on his ibiza looks great: http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=293517&page=9

Thanks Alex

So there´s fitting issues with this cooler as midle section doesn´t fit propebly? (could be fixed with your coustom brackets I guess)

Does the bumper also needs a lot of trimming to make it fit as is says "No trimming or cutting needed" in the advert.

It has a rather hefty price tag aswell!

James cooler looks good but fidly to make everything fit as summer season is here I might give him a pm to hear with pipes, bends and hoses needed for this setup as I found pipework to be the most time consuming when fitting universal intercoolers.

 

[IbizaAlex]

It didnt need a massive amount of cutting, but I cut loads away as I bought the thicker cored cooler and managed to make it fit with aircon. I later removed the aircon anyway.

If you dont use my brackets then the cooler sits too high and over to the right. Who would want a cooler thats not in the middle?!

 

[James.Judd.1]

You will need the aircon removed to fit the same cooler as me.. you might get away with mounting the rad further back with one of alex's brackets.
Also a fair bit of trimming to the crashbar, slampannel and bumper.
Well worth the hassel though as it cost a fraction of the price of a proalloy and works/looks just as nice.

 

[CupraElliott]

Looks like the same size cooler as mine. I had to do a fair bit of cutting too but I welded some of the supports back in because the front end was seriously flexy. I also made most of mine from solid piping rather than having lots of silicone joins.

 

[James.Judd.1]

Looks like the same size cooler as mine. I had to do a fair bit of cutting too but I welded some of the supports back in because the front end was seriously flexy. I also made most of mine from solid piping rather than having lots of silicone joins.

VERY flexy lol the cooler bracket also acts as a support for the slam pannel too, better than it was to start with now

 

[CupraElliott]

Here it is, I run this with my ko3 hybrid.

 

[James.Judd.1]

Looks the same, toyosports one 3"??

 

[CupraElliott]

It is 3" yeah but I don't think it even has a make, it was just a universal one off eBay, was around £80-90.

 

[James.Judd.1]

Mine was around the same price.. looks the same but I baught it from toyosports and it has toyosports stamped into the bottom plate.
Not that its really a name you want to brag about haha.. nice bit of kit for the money though

 

[tom w]

Iirc cupra20 runs this pro alloy kit and it is a good piece of kit

 

[Cupra20]

i've got the pro alloy one yes, it's tight i must admit, iirc they do 2 different size thickness cores, i've retained my aircon and didn't trim anything off the bumper apart from taking the lower honeycomb grill off.

 

[Robbie C]

I bought a bespoke FMIC from Pro Alloy that they made to my own spec.

http://seatcupra.net/forums/showpost.php?p=2433819&postcount=89

Have to say I was very impressed both with the unparalled quality of the cooler itself and fantastic customer service I received. This is after I changed from a Forge cooler so I could compare both. Pricey yes, but you get what you pay for imo.

Also using Alex' brackets

 

[Prebs]

Thanks for the tips lads

My problem beeing that over here in Norway you get stopped by police/natinal car-authorities if you have a flashy cooler in the front as tuning is higly-illiegal even tho everyone´s doing it.

So what Im after is a cooler where I can re-fit the standard honeycombe mesh with some modifications.

I dont have aircon and also got hold of a set of Alex´s special made brackets so I recon it would be enough space for the proalloy one even tho its silly-money.

Im going in for a remap on my k03 hybrid plus setup with forge FMIC on the 9th of may so I´ll have some more info after that, but I don´t think the forge will cope with the heat so time will tell.

Please keep posting experineces with different BIG coolers.

 

[James.Judd.1]

Could you not also spray it black? never be able to see it then

 

[Prebs]

Could you not also spray it black? never be able to see it then

That would mean encapsulating the alloy witch again would affect the efficiency of the cooler. I doubt it would be measurably tho