# what should i do ,side mount or front mount **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [April 5, 2007, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-should-i-do-side-mount-or-front-mount/105248 "2007-04-05T11:28:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![S-14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@S-14](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S-14)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-should-i-do-side-mount-or-front-mount/105248/1 "2007-04-05T11:28:48Z")
Im almost ready to do my sr swap and i was wondering what should i do. I have a front mount intercooler from a skyline gtr ![http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h71/lsupremealbum/IMG_0309.jpg](http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h71/lsupremealbum/IMG_0309.jpg) (i dont have the pipping,have to find somebody who can make it ),ill probably have to cut most of my bumper (wich im not too happy about),also relocate my battery in the trunk . ![http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h71/lsupremealbum/whites-1423.jpg](http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h71/lsupremealbum/whites-1423.jpg) this one run the cold pipe underneath the battery,wich way is better relocate the battery or run the pipe under the battery Also this season will be the first one ill be drifting on the track with my car (pratice event) So would it be more reasonable to run a side mount for this season,and save the trouble to cut my bumper,relocate my battery and have to find somebody who can makes piping,and wait for next season when ill have more skills. Also:how much boost i can run with a side mount,how much hp will i have. And how much will a side mount cost. I want to buy a walbro pump from rav speed,i read on a forum somewhere :somebody asking rav speed if they had the kit with the longer filter,does it make a different,and if so,what difference [http://www.ravspeconline.com/shop/catalog/product\_info.php?cPath=472\_478&products\_id=627](http://www.ravspeconline.com/shop/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=472_478&products_id=627) [http://www.walbrofuelpumps.com/](http://www.walbrofuelpumps.com/) I want to get a 3 inch exhaust,downpipe and a turbo outlet. I heard that its better to get a outlet with the separation in the middle,also a downpipe with a flexible like megan racing,is it true? ![http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h71/lsupremealbum/turbooutlet3.jpg](http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h71/lsupremealbum/turbooutlet3.jpg) ![http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h71/lsupremealbum/turbooutlet.jpg](http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h71/lsupremealbum/turbooutlet.jpg) ![http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h71/lsupremealbum/turbooutlet2.jpg](http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h71/lsupremealbum/turbooutlet2.jpg) ![http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h71/lsupremealbum/MRDPNS138994.gif](http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h71/lsupremealbum/MRDPNS138994.gif) ``` Thank you ``` ---
**Author:** ![atutt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@atutt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/atutt)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-should-i-do-side-mount-or-front-mount/105248/2 "2007-04-05T11:31:56Z")
should this even be a question? ---
**Author:** ![Fobwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ea924/32.png) [@Fobwall](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fobwall)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-should-i-do-side-mount-or-front-mount/105248/3 "2007-04-05T11:44:19Z")
Okay… yes to the megan flexpipe, i’d get that. yes to the turbo elbow fmic or smic… if you’re on stock turbo, how much boost do you want to run? smic is a lot easier, but fmic does look better and people will know that you’re turbo. So that’s really your call. Fmic also cools the air better. ---
**Author:** ![KoukiS14](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/koukis14/32/5522_2.png) [@KoukiS14](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KoukiS14)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-should-i-do-side-mount-or-front-mount/105248/4 "2007-04-05T16:43:54Z")
> [@Fobwall"](#): > > but fmic does look better and people will know that you’re turbo. So that’s really your call. Fmic also cools the air better. Haha, figures you would mention the looking cool part before actually stating its real purpose. Anyways, if you are going to track your car in the summer alot then go with a FMIC, heatsoak happens very quickly on sidemounts. Buy a kit will all the piping relocate your battery, its really not that hard and you’re good to go. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-should-i-do-side-mount-or-front-mount/105248/5 "2007-04-05T22:32:18Z")
just so you know the skyline gtr Front mount IC will fit behind your stock rebar without having to cut it ---
**Author:** ![\_RSTuning.ca](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/_rstuning.ca/32/6098_2.png) [@\_RSTuning.ca](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_RSTuning.ca)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 12:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-should-i-do-side-mount-or-front-mount/105248/6 "2007-04-06T00:24:15Z")
i didnt read anything in your post but the answer is obvious greater surface area = cooler intake air temp. ---
**Author:** ![S-14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@S-14](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S-14)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 1:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-should-i-do-side-mount-or-front-mount/105248/7 "2007-04-06T01:40:01Z")
hey someone told me to stay away from walbro,is anybody had bad experience with there fuel pump ??? ---
**Author:** ![S-14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@S-14](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S-14)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 1:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-should-i-do-side-mount-or-front-mount/105248/8 "2007-04-06T01:50:17Z")
somebody wrote me : stay away from walbro’s. And watch the wastegate runner on that dump pipe. I installed one for a customer. It was bloody shocking, HUGE lip on might as well not have a wastegate runner if its goign to be that bad wastegate runner ??? you can get fmic kits that allow you to keep stock battery, they are tight fit, the piping goes though just behind the battery (apexi) if you got your piping costom it would be easy to keep standard battery i think. like you said the piping in that pic is run under the battey but the battery is a smaller replacement. if i where going to do it id consider aftermarket core and costom pipes to aviod moving battery. ---
**Author:** ![Fobwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ea924/32.png) [@Fobwall](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fobwall)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-should-i-do-side-mount-or-front-mount/105248/9 "2007-04-06T18:41:13Z")
> [@Beckington \> Old Skool Comaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beckington-old-skool-comaro/11888/30): > > Haha, figures you would mention the looking cool part before actually stating its real purpose. Between the both of us, I think that we can agree that going Front mount for the looks is probably 70% of the reason why most people do it to begin with. (Especially if you’re new to turbo cars/engines) Sure, it cools the air better and has less heatsoak. Most people won’t admit it but I know it has to do with looks. That’s why you see so many stock SR’s running 7 - 10psi with front mounts and they don’t even track their cars. Call me an idiot but i’m sure that a lot of people agree with me on this. ---
**Author:** ![s13Junkyard](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s13junkyard/32/5502_2.png) [@s13Junkyard](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/s13Junkyard)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-should-i-do-side-mount-or-front-mount/105248/10 "2007-04-06T18:45:02Z")
fmic makes power too! ---
**Author:** ![Lucidsnow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lucidsnow/32/5538_2.png) [@Lucidsnow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Lucidsnow)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-should-i-do-side-mount-or-front-mount/105248/11 "2007-04-06T20:12:44Z")
frees power… that u were restricting… 😛