PRL vs Injen vs Mishimoto

[123sillyboy123]

I am in a market for intercooler, there are mainly these three brand that I am considering.
PRL, Injen, and Mishimoto

PRL and mishimoto both have kit, but mishimoto seems to be pre-order now and it costs more.

Anyone has any experience in these intercooler or any input will be welcome
thank you

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[AsianGuy98]

PRL

 

[bri]

The Mishimoto will require cutting the stock plastic ducting on the left and right of the intercooler, PRL doesn't. Only reason I am going PRL over Mishimoto.

 

[R.Andre]

I personally have pre-order the Mishimoto for 2 reasons. I know that brand for a looong time, even before I was into tuning. The second one is because of their video on youtube showing the stock vs theirs and I was mindblow. I know is different in each case but still I was like: I have to get the Mishi.

 

[123sillyboy123]

did you guys order it with pipe kit or just the intercooler itself?

 

[123sillyboy123]

The Mishimoto will require cutting the stock plastic ducting on the left and right of the intercooler, PRL doesn't. Only reason I am going PRL over Mishimoto.

I thought Mishimoto is direct fit.. or no? they advertise as a bolt on direct fit.

 

[bri]

I thought Mishimoto is direct fit.. or no? they advertise as a bolt on direct fit.

Watch the installation video linked in the second to last page of their thread. They take shears to the duct flaps cutting them flat flush.

Edit vid here:

 

[White2drsi]

You cut the duct flaps but replace them with ones provided with the intercooler

 

[Mishimoto]

Hey Guys,

I just wanted to chime in here on our intercooler installation. We do pride ourselves on designing no hassle, direct fit components, however sometimes we do see an opportunity to improve our designs even further with some minimal trimming. Yes for our intercooler, we do require the bottom ends of the front air ducting to be trimmed off, but it's not without reason. With the slight trim on the ducting we were able to increase the size of our design to double the size of the stock core to give your 1.5T's charged air system some serious cooling potential. We're also including our own set of shrouding with the new core to keep the fresh air flowing in the right direction too

If you're someone who's keen on the resale value, or you'll need to revert your Civic back to stock at some point, these OEM shrouds can be easily replaced for less than $100 for the set.

Make sure you check out our Engineering Blog for specifics on the intercooler kit, and, as always, feel free to shoot me any questions you might have!

Thanks,
-Nick

 

[Brian_Escobar]

Hey Guys,

I just wanted to chime in here on our intercooler installation. We do pride ourselves on designing no hassle, direct fit components, however sometimes we do see an opportunity to improve our designs even further with some minimal trimming. Yes for our intercooler, we do require the bottom ends of the front air ducting to be trimmed off, but it's not without reason. With the slight trim on the ducting we were able to increase the size of our design to double the size of the stock core to give your 1.5T's charged air system some serious cooling potential. We're also including our own set of shrouding with the new core to keep the fresh air flowing in the right direction too

If you're someone who's keen on the resale value, or you'll need to revert your Civic back to stock at some point, these OEM shrouds can be easily replaced for less than $100 for the set.

Make sure you check out our Engineering Blog for specifics on the intercooler kit, and, as always, feel free to shoot me any questions you might have!

Thanks,
-Nick

Cant you just take off the shrouds instead of cutting them? and save yourself the money in the long run.

 

[davemarco]

Cant you just take off the shrouds instead of cutting them? and save yourself the money in the long run.

If I recall from my install, there is at least one wire bundle attached to them. I don't think that you could remove the whole shroud, hence why you need to cut a piece of it off instead.

 

[Brian_Escobar]

If I recall from my install, there is at least one wire bundle attached to them. I don't think that you could remove the while shroud, hence why you need to cut a piece of it off instead.

That’s lame. Mishimoto states that you can buy the shroud for $100 afterwards. As I much as I want this intercooler I just can’t seem to tho I I’ll need to go through all that trouble of trying to install a $100 shroud if I ever choose to go back to stock.

 

[Jimbofoshow]

That’s lame. Mishimoto states that you can buy the shroud for $100 afterwards. As I much as I want this intercooler I just can’t seem to tho I I’ll need to go through all that trouble of trying to install a $100 shroud if I ever choose to go back to stock.

Its really a simple process, at least for me because im a well experience technician. I guess it depends on wether you plan to keep your CTR forever or not. Im definitely never letting my Natalia go, because poor folks like me might never get the chance to buy another one. I've gone with the mishimoto intercooler and even the cold air intake. Im very pleased. This will be the last intercooler ill have to buy because i do not plan to take my dirt road CTR past 600hp.

 

[Quip]

PRL all day. Took longer to remove the 87 clips than to install the intercooler.

 

[AlphaDigital]

Id go with PRL. As far as the injen goes, that unit is incredibly thick. I would venture to guess that it probably causes as much harm as it does good with airflow.

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