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Synapse Front Mount Intercooler Kit With Silver/Black BOV
Part #: ICP0013K
$2,016.85
$1,310.95
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07-09 Mazda Mazdaspeed 3 (1st Gen)
Description:
The Synapse Engineering 07 to 09 Mazdaspeed 3 Front Mount Intercooler (FMIC) kit is designed to eliminate the factory TMIC's well known heat soak issue due to its lack of sufficient air flow. The Synapse FMIC KIT relocates the intercooler to the front side of the car where it faces maximum air flow to cool the pressurized air in the charge pipe before it reaches the engine. The intercooler we used for this MS3 FMIC kit is a Bar & Plate design, 3" thick core, 24" long, and 9" tall for maximum cooling service area.
The Synapse Engineering FMIC kit eliminates unnecessary flow restrictions and transitions at the turbocharger outlet, furthermore, we selected Aluminum piping versus Stainless steel for the significant weight savings and the ability to eliminate any unnecessary welds by having a 1 piece smooth mandrel bent design. Aluminum will also have a greater ability to dissipate heat prior to reaching the intercooler at the front of the car.
This FMIC kit will come complete with a Synchronic Blow-off-Valve unless chosen to exclude.
The Synapse Engineering 07 to 09 Mazdaspeed 3 Front Mount Intercooler (FMIC) kit is designed to eliminate the factory TMIC's well known heat soak issue due to its lack of sufficient air flow. The Synapse FMIC KIT relocates the intercooler to the front side of the car where it faces maximum air flow to cool the pressurized air in the charge pipe before it reaches the engine. The intercooler we used for this MS3 FMIC kit is a Bar & Plate design, 3" thick core, 24" long, and 9" tall for maximum cooling service area.
The Synapse Engineering FMIC kit eliminates unnecessary flow restrictions and transitions at the turbocharger outlet, furthermore, we selected Aluminum piping versus Stainless steel for the significant weight savings and the ability to eliminate any unnecessary welds by having a 1 piece smooth mandrel bent design. Aluminum will also have a greater ability to dissipate heat prior to reaching the intercooler at the front of the car.
This FMIC kit will come complete with a Synchronic Blow-off-Valve unless chosen to exclude.
Synapse Engineering is a performance shop based out of San Diego, California since 1999. Their fields of expertise deals in bypass valves, wastegates, intercoolers, turbocharger piping and accessories.
Synapse has been reinventing pneumatic actuators for flutter dump, compressor surge – issues which plague high-boost turbo setups – with a new technology called "Synchronic". Their products are low-maintenance, bolt-on performance pieces that are designed for easy installation – they supply couplers with matching t-bolt clamps, for instance.
Their Synchronic technology basically redesigns the geometry of a fluid-powered actuator, resulting in improved response and reduced frictional losses. Synapse Engineering takes time and effort with their build and R & D processes and the results speak for themselves.
Synapse has been reinventing pneumatic actuators for flutter dump, compressor surge – issues which plague high-boost turbo setups – with a new technology called "Synchronic". Their products are low-maintenance, bolt-on performance pieces that are designed for easy installation – they supply couplers with matching t-bolt clamps, for instance.
Their Synchronic technology basically redesigns the geometry of a fluid-powered actuator, resulting in improved response and reduced frictional losses. Synapse Engineering takes time and effort with their build and R & D processes and the results speak for themselves.
Q: What is an intercooler? Why buy an intercooler?
A: Both superchargers and turbochargers heat air as they compress it. This heat can hurt the combustion process by changing the density of air entering the intake manifold from a cool charge to a hot one. An intercooler is used to lower the temperature of the air and in turn increase the density of that air, so more air can enter the cylinders and create more power.
Q: Do intercoolers work for any vehicle? Is there any pre-condition needed for me to buy an intercooler?
A: Intercoolers are sold either individually as universal cores or as kits with piping and couplers included. Turbocharged and supercharged engines can utilize intercoolers effectively while naturally aspirated vehicles do not have use for them.
Q: How do you install an intercooler?
A: Intercoolers are installed using piping kits. If there is a kit available for your car, intercoolers are placed in their desired location and piping routed to both the throttle body and the turbocharger side. Sometimes piping kits are not available and custom piping will need to be made.
A: Both superchargers and turbochargers heat air as they compress it. This heat can hurt the combustion process by changing the density of air entering the intake manifold from a cool charge to a hot one. An intercooler is used to lower the temperature of the air and in turn increase the density of that air, so more air can enter the cylinders and create more power.
Q: Do intercoolers work for any vehicle? Is there any pre-condition needed for me to buy an intercooler?
A: Intercoolers are sold either individually as universal cores or as kits with piping and couplers included. Turbocharged and supercharged engines can utilize intercoolers effectively while naturally aspirated vehicles do not have use for them.
Q: How do you install an intercooler?
A: Intercoolers are installed using piping kits. If there is a kit available for your car, intercoolers are placed in their desired location and piping routed to both the throttle body and the turbocharger side. Sometimes piping kits are not available and custom piping will need to be made.
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