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Rev9 Intercooler for 2016+ Honda Civic 1.5T.
I will be installing this is my 2018 Honda Civic SI.
I wanted an upgrade solution over the factory intercooler, while keeping factory intercooler piping and looks. (Sleeper)
Living on the central coast I saw some ridiculous IAT temps last summer.
After hearing from a few users using this intercooler with good results but not much info out there I decided to make the purchase.
Here is what $300 gets you.
Overall quality and appearance looks great. Arrived well packaged with no bent fins or dents. Welds look suffice. The end cap castings look to be of good quality and are nicely deburred. It does appear to be aluminized painted. There are a few runs but no big deal.
Update: Install:
Install went smooth. Remove the front bumper. This video is a great guide.
After the bumper is removed it's as simple as remove the hold down mounts on each side. Remove the intercooler piping. Rotate the intercooler forward and out. Installation in reverse. Everything mounted well. I did have to trim some of the plastic shrouding as the intercooler is larger.
Unfortunately my data did not turn out. However I can say that I drove the car and got some temperature into it. I then made four 2nd and 3rd gear wide open throttle pulls. I then turned around and made four 3rd gear wide open throttle pulls. I finished this up with some start and stop traffic. Ambient temperature was 65 degrees temperature post intercooler never exceeded 85 degrees during any of this testing. For the price I'm happy with those results.
I will be doing some autox the next following weekends and will see how the improvement is there.
I will be installing this is my 2018 Honda Civic SI.
I wanted an upgrade solution over the factory intercooler, while keeping factory intercooler piping and looks. (Sleeper)
Living on the central coast I saw some ridiculous IAT temps last summer.
After hearing from a few users using this intercooler with good results but not much info out there I decided to make the purchase.
Here is what $300 gets you.
Overall quality and appearance looks great. Arrived well packaged with no bent fins or dents. Welds look suffice. The end cap castings look to be of good quality and are nicely deburred. It does appear to be aluminized painted. There are a few runs but no big deal.
Update: Install:
Install went smooth. Remove the front bumper. This video is a great guide.
After the bumper is removed it's as simple as remove the hold down mounts on each side. Remove the intercooler piping. Rotate the intercooler forward and out. Installation in reverse. Everything mounted well. I did have to trim some of the plastic shrouding as the intercooler is larger.
Unfortunately my data did not turn out. However I can say that I drove the car and got some temperature into it. I then made four 2nd and 3rd gear wide open throttle pulls. I then turned around and made four 3rd gear wide open throttle pulls. I finished this up with some start and stop traffic. Ambient temperature was 65 degrees temperature post intercooler never exceeded 85 degrees during any of this testing. For the price I'm happy with those results.
I will be doing some autox the next following weekends and will see how the improvement is there.
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