Behold… the Unicorn!

White Dog Racing FMIC
White Dog Racing FMIC

After numerous failed efforts over the years to get a hold of a Front Mount Intercooler for flow testing, White Dog Racing sent over their product, which arrived today.

Numerous bungee cords were recruited to hold it above the flow bench for the testing.

The results of the flow test are:

The red bar shows the airflow through the FMIC core without the inlet hump hoses attached.

The pattern when adding the hoses to the inlets has been for the airflow through the core to increase, that was the case with this FMIC as shown by the blue bar

This setup is not very appropriate for comparing with the SMIC’s that I have previously tested since the SMIC’s were tests of a single core, and the SMIC cores were attached straight to the bench, where this FMIC required the elbow silicone coupler to attach to the bench.

The obvious next question after seeing the FMIC result is “how does that compare to the SMIC’s?”  I have included the highest flowing single SMIC that I have tested on the chart, the SRM SMIC, but it should be understood that this comparison between FMIC and SMIC is far from ideal.

Adios, transition complete

The changeover to utilizing the Avant S4 as my sole B5 S4 vehicle going forward was brought to completion this morning.

AGS4 Departure

The Silver Sedan drove out of the neighborhood this morning with a new owner, and a chase vehicle to accompany it on a 6 hour return trip to its new home.

After 4 years and 4,000 miles the former bone stock Tiptronic that I acquired from an Insurance Auction

leaves my care as a slightly modified 6-speed.

The new boss.