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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 08:44 PM
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Saw this at the Scion Super Highway Event..it was on a Display tC...

Is this a Factory S/C??....Its Intercooled etc...

Anybody know anything about it???.....Jus Curious!!

Old Sep 11, 2007 | 08:50 PM
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any full shots of the car?
Old Sep 11, 2007 | 08:52 PM
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lol thats a one of a kind I/C ive seen that tC in person and its a corp car.

AFAIK there aren't any plans for production for that I/C.
Old Sep 11, 2007 | 08:53 PM
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I though that was known as an "aftercooler" like the ones in the Mazdaspeed cars
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Originally Posted by BionicJuic3
I though that was known as an "aftercooler" like the ones in the Mazdaspeed cars
well true its not an Air/Air intercooler like you see on cars like EVOs, but its a Water/Air intercooler, and it makes it more... stealth
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Stage 2 TRD liquid cooled intercooler

there are no plans for production afaik... just a corporate car they lug around to different events for showing off... that's all... been around for years.

btw.. that's not an '08 tC either.... lol.. more like.. an '05.
Old Sep 11, 2007 | 09:12 PM
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so would this be possible... if you bought a Stage 2 TRD Intercooler? If it sounds dumb... sorry. But the curiosity is there...
Old Sep 11, 2007 | 09:15 PM
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lol.. if you can find one to buy?
Old Sep 11, 2007 | 09:17 PM
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and if you "took" it from that one, and put it on your car...

it wouldnt take much time for toyota to figure out who has it (that is if you show off your car)
Old Sep 11, 2007 | 09:27 PM
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they should make it. and how hard would it be to make something like that?
Old Sep 11, 2007 | 09:45 PM
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anyone know the HP output then?...its gotta be pretty high right???
Old Sep 11, 2007 | 09:48 PM
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Yea, like 265

dont listen to me, im just typing numbers again. Oh well.
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That SC is blinging -- Is that polished?
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Originally Posted by kikcaffine
Yea, like 265

dont listen to me, im just typing numbers again. Oh well.
ok, i wont. i mean, was it screwed on by a TORX? maybe?
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come on everybody, who do we have to call to hassle to get them to produce this intercooler?
Old Sep 11, 2007 | 11:26 PM
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if they did i wonder what the msrp would be
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Originally Posted by equinox2355
Originally Posted by BionicJuic3
I though that was known as an "aftercooler" like the ones in the Mazdaspeed cars
well true its not an Air/Air intercooler like you see on cars like EVOs, but its a Water/Air intercooler, and it makes it more... stealth
Doesnt make it too much more stealth, heat exchanger is usually placed behind the lower grill, like you see here behind the grill of my buddies Cobra.


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I've never seen it. ...but if they made it, I'd hit it for sure!
Old Sep 12, 2007 | 06:00 AM
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Originally Posted by 06SuperWhite_SoCal_tC
Originally Posted by equinox2355
Originally Posted by BionicJuic3
I though that was known as an "aftercooler" like the ones in the Mazdaspeed cars
well true its not an Air/Air intercooler like you see on cars like EVOs, but its a Water/Air intercooler, and it makes it more... stealth
Doesnt make it too much more stealth, heat exchanger is usually placed behind the lower grill, like you see here behind the grill of my buddies Cobra.


Isnt that one an Air/Air intercooler? I was talking about Water/Air intercoolers, they are more stealth than Air/Air intercoolers (like most front mount intercoolers)
Old Sep 12, 2007 | 07:02 AM
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well.. that particular tC still has a FMIC located on the lower portion....

the liquid gets cooled by incoming air there and is fed back into that upper section (what you see pictured in the first post) where the liquid then cools the air going into the intake.



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