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clean · 07-05-2005, 04:08 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33742

on ebay and found this. from the pics i figured it was a "hybrid" brand found everywhere on ebay, but ss says it's thier own design

. bidding starts @ $300, $50 for shipping. thinking i might bid. was gonna just a jonnyracecar and have piping made, but that gonna cost more than $350. anyone seen this yet, just curious and thought i'd post it

BoostInnovations · 07-05-2005, 05:13 PM

SS autochrome is shit...itll fall apart...their turbos even crack

caall99 · 07-05-2005, 05:13 PM

get it! it looks good! i got a hybrid style intercooler kit just like that one and i couldn't be happier. i paid 464 shipped.

sr240mike · 07-05-2005, 08:51 PM

It IS the Hybrid intercooler kit, just a few hundred $$ less. It is a very big intercooler.

mbmbmb23 · 07-05-2005, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sr240mike

It IS the Hybrid intercooler kit, just a few hundred $$ less. It is a very big intercooler.

http://www.carolinanissans.com/forum...showtopic=3862

mbmbmb23 · 07-05-2005, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clean

...........was gonna just a jonnyracecar and have piping made, but that gonna cost more than $350. anyone seen this yet, just curious and thought i'd post it

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33742

WILDACEX187 · 07-05-2005, 09:26 PM

damn that is big. sacrificing alot of response there.

SOUTHSTAR · 07-05-2005, 11:15 PM

What size is that hot side piping????

It looks small as hell.

DrtyRat · 07-05-2005, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by WILDACEX187

damn that is big. sacrificing alot of response there.

I have a hybrid( i think its 24x12x3) and while i have absolutely no prob w/the quality i have to agree w/ACE about the response....i have boost coming on about 500-700 rpm later now....however thats a great price for the whole kit

BoostInnovations · 07-06-2005, 12:28 AM

the only thing i can say about slow response is get a bigger turbo and then its justified

Var · 07-06-2005, 12:53 AM

the response isn't that bad..same as getting any other FMIC.

WILDACEX187 · 07-06-2005, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by SR_S14Zenki

the only thing i can say about slow response is get a bigger turbo and then its justified

somebody correct me if im wrong but doesnt bigger turbo=SLOWER response?

Var · 07-06-2005, 01:24 AM

yes..and he's saying the only way to justify slower response is to have more power in return. Like by getting a bigger turbo. This leads me to believe he's never been open lapping with a turbo car with a sidemount and experienced heatsoak

sepulchral · 07-06-2005, 01:41 AM

LOL what a piece of shit.... enjoy having the welds on your endtanks being blown off at 10psi.... spend a couple hundred more and get greddy... ssauto=shit shit shit shit

180InProgress · 07-06-2005, 01:47 AM

I have no quarrels with SSAutoChrome. I got a "Apex'I N1" full catback exhaust from them for $260 shipped. I got it in 5 days with tracking. It's a knock off from some company called Motoria, but sounds great and gave me a pretty good boost with the 3" piping and free test pipe. I would say get it, judging by my experience with the exhaust, but however, the turbo does have moving parts.... My philosophy with Ebay parts from unkown manufacturers is: if it has moving parts that could ultimately fail, then don't buy it. Although the piping and intercooler might be a steal at that price. They do take care in their packaging and judging by the welds on my exhaust the quality is there.... just not the brand name.... which, if it makes it fast and is still safe.... then who

ohnobigtdawg · 07-06-2005, 02:07 AM

ssautochrome=shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BoostInnovations · 07-06-2005, 04:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by westboroughpimp

yes..and he's saying the only way to justify slower response is to have more power in return. Like by getting a bigger turbo. This leads me to believe he's never been open lapping with a turbo car with a sidemount and experienced heatsoak

nope never open lapping but i have experienced heatsoak on my FMIC on my DSM...and seen it even more especially on sidemounts when people try to run 20psi through a stock IC...

projectRDM · 07-06-2005, 09:21 AM

You guys talking shit about SSA have nothing to base that on except the people complaining about outsourced parts from years ago.

Everything they've been stocking and selling for the past year or so is way better product from better suppliers. And the broken turbo everyone cries about was an XS Power turbo, not an SSA. SSA sold some of their stuff for awhile until they had complaints.
If you bought a Greddy part from heavythrottle and it had issues, would you criticize heavythrottle? No, you'd criticize Greddy, it was their product that failed.

Give the blame where it's due. Their stuff is great for the money and will last just as long as anything else if you install and use it correctly. It's the people who don't run exhaust hangers and drive over parking lot curbs who break manifolds. And they're the ones crying about it later on and filling everyone's heads.

caall99 · 07-06-2005, 04:42 PM

my SSAutochrome/Motoria 3 inch exhaust is a beauty. AMAZING! only thing i have complaints about is the crappy silencer. sounds better without one anyway...

180InProgress · 07-06-2005, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by caall99

my SSAutochrome/Motoria 3 inch exhaust is a beauty. AMAZING! only thing i have complaints about is the crappy silencer. sounds better without one anyway...

I agree With that one, sounds freakin tight..... and pisses off the neighbors.

Flybert · 07-07-2005, 01:55 AM

I have this FMIC and the quality of it is very nice. I like the endtank welds as well as the internal fin design. I just installed it this week but the car isn't running yet. I'll give an update as to the performance of it. All I know is that after heatsoaking my SMIC numerous times at the track, I'm really looking forward to this thing.

WILDACEX187 · 07-07-2005, 01:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flybert

I have this FMIC and the quality of it is very nice. I like the endtank welds as well as the internal fin design. I just installed it this week but the car isn't running yet. I'll give an update as to the performance of it. All I know is that after heatsoaking my SMIC numerous times at the track, I'm really looking forward to this thing.

did u have to remove ur bumper support to put this ic?

Flybert · 07-07-2005, 02:06 AM

My setup is completely custom and required tons of fabrication. My FMIC sits right in front of my radiator in the AC condensor location.

If I were to put it in the normal FMIC location, it would definitely require a lot of trimming of the bumper support.

boosteds13 · 07-07-2005, 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sepulchral

spend a couple hundred more and get greddy... ssauto=shit shit shit shit

Yeah, because everyone knows tube/fin > bar and plate

IC cores have dropped DRASTICALLY in the past year in case nobody's noticed. Everyone and their brother is selling huge bar and plate IC's now for ~$200 or even less sometimes. How can you blame someone like SSauto taking a few hours and getting the piping right and selling it as a kit? I would do the same thing if I had the resources/welding know-how.

junkilo · 07-07-2005, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boosteds13

Yeah, because everyone knows tube/fin > bar and plate

well both intercoolers have upsides and downsides. What are you actually referring to?

boosteds13 · 07-07-2005, 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by junkilo

well both intercoolers have upsides and downsides. What are you actually referring to?

True...
Bar and plate = more efficient
Tube/Fin = lighter
Bar and plate = sturdier
Tube/Fin = allows more airflow to the radiator

But, with a cooling panel or creative ducting, the airflow issue can be easily worked around. Seems like the smallest pebble makes pinhole holes in the tube/fins....

Eddie@Performance · 07-07-2005, 02:54 PM

i would stay away from the ebay intercoolers, some of them are very poor quality and use a very poor quality core. Pay a little bit more to get a name brand intercooler kit like Blitz, HKS, Greddy to name a few.

BoostInnovations · 07-07-2005, 03:20 PM

nah name brand isnt neccessary at all for an IC...your just paying for the name thats all...if these SSautochrome ICs are the same ones people are saying they are then they are really high quality...i have 3 friends with 400+hp dsms running these

Eddie@Performance · 07-07-2005, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SR_S14Zenki

nah name brand isnt neccessary at all for an IC...your just paying for the name thats all...if these SSautochrome ICs are the same ones people are saying they are then they are really high quality...i have 3 friends with 400+hp dsms running these

Well sometimes yes, but in some cases we all know what kind of crap they sell on ebay...sometimes you get a real nice items, sometimes they are cheap quality junk on ebay.

junkilo · 07-07-2005, 05:14 PM

get me one side by side to a blitz/hks/greddy/brandwhatever intercooler so we can end this mess for good. it cant be that tough to tell by closely inspecting the weld quality and the thickness of the aluminum, tank configuration, maybe a pressure test.

07-05-2005, 04:08 PM	#1
clean Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: nowhere Age: 44 Posts: 473 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	ssautochrome retop intercooler? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33742 on ebay and found this. from the pics i figured it was a "hybrid" brand found everywhere on ebay, but ss says it's thier own design . bidding starts @ $300, $50 for shipping. thinking i might bid. was gonna just a jonnyracecar and have piping made, but that gonna cost more than $350. anyone seen this yet, just curious and thought i'd post it

07-05-2005, 05:13 PM	#3
caall99 Zilvia Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wellesley, MA Age: 40 Posts: 267 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	get it! it looks good! i got a hybrid style intercooler kit just like that one and i couldn't be happier. i paid 464 shipped. __________________ Signature over limits http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=21036

07-05-2005, 08:51 PM	#4
sr240mike Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: California, Norcal biiaatch Posts: 1,185 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	It IS the Hybrid intercooler kit, just a few hundred $$ less. It is a very big intercooler. __________________ TWO IN THE COOT, ONE IN THE POOT

07-05-2005, 09:26 PM	#7
WILDACEX187 Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: QUEENZ, NYC Age: 42 Posts: 3,103 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	damn that is big. sacrificing alot of response there. __________________ SR POWA COUPE LUVVV!!!

07-06-2005, 12:53 AM	#11
Var Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Norcal Age: 43 Posts: 5,032 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Var Feedback Score: 0 reviews	the response isn't that bad..same as getting any other FMIC. __________________ Hi

07-05-2005, 05:13 PM	#2
BoostInnovations Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Moorhead, MN Age: 39 Posts: 322 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	SS autochrome is shit...itll fall apart...their turbos even crack

07-05-2005, 11:15 PM	#8
SOUTHSTAR Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: SO_FLA Posts: 23 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	What size is that hot side piping???? It looks small as hell.

07-06-2005, 12:28 AM	#10
BoostInnovations Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Moorhead, MN Age: 39 Posts: 322 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	the only thing i can say about slow response is get a bigger turbo and then its justified

07-06-2005, 01:24 AM	#13
Var Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Norcal Age: 43 Posts: 5,032 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Var Feedback Score: 0 reviews	yes..and he's saying the only way to justify slower response is to have more power in return. Like by getting a bigger turbo. This leads me to believe he's never been open lapping with a turbo car with a sidemount and experienced heatsoak __________________ Hi

07-06-2005, 01:41 AM	#14
sepulchral BANNED Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Midlothian. VA Posts: 2,050 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	LOL what a piece of shit.... enjoy having the welds on your endtanks being blown off at 10psi.... spend a couple hundred more and get greddy... ssauto=shit shit shit shit

07-06-2005, 01:47 AM	#15
180InProgress Leaky Injector Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 80 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I have no quarrels with SSAutoChrome. I got a "Apex'I N1" full catback exhaust from them for $260 shipped. I got it in 5 days with tracking. It's a knock off from some company called Motoria, but sounds great and gave me a pretty good boost with the 3" piping and free test pipe. I would say get it, judging by my experience with the exhaust, but however, the turbo does have moving parts.... My philosophy with Ebay parts from unkown manufacturers is: if it has moving parts that could ultimately fail, then don't buy it. Although the piping and intercooler might be a steal at that price. They do take care in their packaging and judging by the welds on my exhaust the quality is there.... just not the brand name.... which, if it makes it fast and is still safe.... then who

07-06-2005, 02:07 AM	#16
ohnobigtdawg Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Cerritos CA Posts: 423 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	ssautochrome=shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ MR. Pibb + Red Vines = Crazy Delicious You can call us Arron Burr by the way we droppin Hamiltons!

07-06-2005, 09:21 AM	#18
projectRDM Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Atlanta Age: 51 Posts: 13,812 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	You guys talking shit about SSA have nothing to base that on except the people complaining about outsourced parts from years ago. Everything they've been stocking and selling for the past year or so is way better product from better suppliers. And the broken turbo everyone cries about was an XS Power turbo, not an SSA. SSA sold some of their stuff for awhile until they had complaints. If you bought a Greddy part from heavythrottle and it had issues, would you criticize heavythrottle? No, you'd criticize Greddy, it was their product that failed. Give the blame where it's due. Their stuff is great for the money and will last just as long as anything else if you install and use it correctly. It's the people who don't run exhaust hangers and drive over parking lot curbs who break manifolds. And they're the ones crying about it later on and filling everyone's heads. __________________ FORMERLY R240NA Learn what's really going on and protect your assets now before they're gone forever: www.paypalsucks.com

07-06-2005, 04:42 PM	#19
caall99 Zilvia Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wellesley, MA Age: 40 Posts: 267 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	my SSAutochrome/Motoria 3 inch exhaust is a beauty. AMAZING! only thing i have complaints about is the crappy silencer. sounds better without one anyway... __________________ Signature over limits http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=21036

07-07-2005, 01:55 AM	#21
Flybert Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: none Posts: 3,862 Trader Rating: (7) Feedback Score: 7 reviews	I have this FMIC and the quality of it is very nice. I like the endtank welds as well as the internal fin design. I just installed it this week but the car isn't running yet. I'll give an update as to the performance of it. All I know is that after heatsoaking my SMIC numerous times at the track, I'm really looking forward to this thing.

07-07-2005, 02:06 AM	#23
Flybert Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: none Posts: 3,862 Trader Rating: (7) Feedback Score: 7 reviews	My setup is completely custom and required tons of fabrication. My FMIC sits right in front of my radiator in the AC condensor location. If I were to put it in the normal FMIC location, it would definitely require a lot of trimming of the bumper support.

07-07-2005, 02:54 PM	#27
Eddie@Performance Zilvia.net Advertiser Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Duarte, CA Posts: 445 Trader Rating: (6) Feedback Score: 6 reviews	i would stay away from the ebay intercoolers, some of them are very poor quality and use a very poor quality core. Pay a little bit more to get a name brand intercooler kit like Blitz, HKS, Greddy to name a few. __________________ PERFORMANCE NISSAN IN DUARTE My Direct Line 626-739-1968 or TOLL FREE 1-866-211-7389 For All Your Nissan Parts Needs! 1434 Buena Vista St Duarte, CA 91010 Where the 210 & 605 Freeways meet, Buena Vista Exit! My Garage: 1990 Nissan 300ZX Twin-Turbo (modded weekend car) 2008 Suzuki GSX-R750 (Race/Weekend bike) 2003 Toyota 4Runner V8 Limited (Daily stock and boring) 2002 Honda VFR800 Interceptor V-TEC (Sport Touring Bike)

07-07-2005, 03:20 PM	#28
BoostInnovations Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Moorhead, MN Age: 39 Posts: 322 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	nah name brand isnt neccessary at all for an IC...your just paying for the name thats all...if these SSautochrome ICs are the same ones people are saying they are then they are really high quality...i have 3 friends with 400+hp dsms running these

07-07-2005, 05:14 PM	#30
junkilo Leaky Injector Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: North Bay Posts: 96 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	get me one side by side to a blitz/hks/greddy/brandwhatever intercooler so we can end this mess for good. it cant be that tough to tell by closely inspecting the weld quality and the thickness of the aluminum, tank configuration, maybe a pressure test.

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