Dyno's have a fan, if not two, blowing through the front of the car. If indeed the Gintani's exhanger is in a front-mount position (I would bet so), it will receive that air very well (as designed), especially if the fan is positioned or aimed at it...

Top-mounts require the hood or bonnet to be closed for the scoop to funnel or divert the ambient air, trap it, build pressure, and force it through the core's fins. When this not allowed to happen on a dyno, the fans are simply at best blowing over the IC's surface, unless we are talking the DFIC where it will see some of the benefit of a fan due to its forward-facing orientation...

I think Randy has been running with the Gintani for over a year now, so that does say something. I know that he really liked his FMIC though, but as I recall, it had connection issues due to the engine's movement. I noted the price of that unit being $2,300, so these solutions can get costlly...

As I posted early-on this thread over a year ago, the concept of incorporating the intake manifold with the IC, or aftercooler is very appealing. For those of us in CA who must deal with the **** visual inspections come smog time, the inability to easily swap back to stock might be problematic, and the reason I inquired about CARB certification. This is a big consideration for many of us, and a part of the reason I'd never consider twin-charging in CA...

 

I went to the dyno day at Gintani this Sunday and this system is very much a reality. If you go to their shop, they are available for installation now. I saw this on at least 4 different cars and it looks sweet. If you are serious about getting this, call them and ask about pricing. They are very friendly and helpful. My car with the mods in my sig pulled 180whp, I saw their car pull a 240 whp so I think they know what they are doing

 

maybe now they'll update their site with more info, and actually add some contact information for their distributors! If it had taken any longer, the car it was designed for would have been out of production!

All toung and cheek aside, it's good that progress is being made....

Matt

 

Any more news? It seems that this is still in stealth mode.

 

Well lets see the first running unit was 6/13/ 05 . It is now 10/28/ 06. Well on the plus side they can not be accused of rushing it into production

 

Does this thing include its own air intake or can you use whatever one u want, what i am looking at is, can you run a M7 AGS with this system?

 

Well, given the apparently fluid state of development, if you put enough cash on the table, you could get pretty much whatever you wanted. Just don't pay anything until they delivered what you ordered....

 

An air intake is not included with the Gintani system, so you should be able to do whatever you want. Good luck....

 

The greatest thing about this system seems to be that if you order it, you get an empty box! Put whatever you want into it! It's fully customizable!

 

I don't know if you even get an empty box....

 

True: you get to go to your favorite box store and choose your own. Even the box is customizable.

My kit came in a 12"x24"x18" box from Staple's, and it included 3 packages of packing peanuts, a vortex generator, and a sticker ('cause really, it's all about the stickers).

 

Yea at least you got a box and some stickers! Last I heard over a month ago they were moving into a new shop and they they would be up for buisness the following week...hmm, weird

 

Sounds like they are still in stealth mode.... Maybe they are prepping for a big announcement with a special 10% off for the first 1,000 orders starting January 2nd????

 

Don't forget the vortex generator's contribution - got to be good for at least 10 hp, ft/lbs and mpg....

 

I haven't, so I don't know... But the idea is sound, even if the time to NAM vendor presence isn't.... Smaller intake volume (good), potentially more efficient heat exhanger (good), lighter weight (good), heat (actually cool) resivoir to supress short term heat soak issues (good)....

If they'd give me one, I'd try it out! I think it would work pretty well.

Matt

 

You've got a pretty good gig as (un)official testing institute for cool go-fast parts, don't ya?