CXRacing Intercooler/Radiator kit

  • king
    king
    Junior Member
    • 19

    CXRacing Intercooler/Radiator kit

    http://www.cxracing.com/mm5/merchant…Category_Code=

    Just wondering what everyone's opinion is on this set up. I would think it would need ducting to be effective but I could be wrong. I'm not a fan of the cheesy BOV either. Maybe i could just ask them to weld a v-band on to run a more quality unit like a Tial, etc. Would the radiator be sufficient? I'll be running a 3.3l and a 60-1 turbo so I'm curious if the set-up would be up to the task.

    The only real reason I am asking is because this could definitely save me some money if its an effective set-up. I don't have the means to fabricate anything right now and I'm unsure how much more it'd cost to pay someone else to do it for me. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
  • amreboot
    amreboot
    Banned
    • 9875

    #2
    Total junk, crappy crappy.

    You're better off making your own kit.
    There are definitely plenty of examples of other's builds that you can follow.
    You could have a decent setup for around $350.
  • king
    king
    Junior Member
    • 19

    #3
    would you mind telling me why its crap?
  • amreboot
    amreboot
    Banned
    • 9875

    #4
    Terrible fitment and pipe routing, plus MAJOR heat soaking.
    Its not the material they used that makes it crappy, its a terrible setup.
    The z31 already produces a good amount of heat, a front mount intercooler is needed, not a worthless V mount.

    Plus on top of that, the owner of the company asked the community of our opinion. We all replied back giving honest opinions (bad design), the owner of CXRacing replied calling us idiots.
    Not a good way to start a product and have the community support.
  • king
    king
    Junior Member
    • 19

    #5
    i can understand terrible fitment but is heat soak not an issue when the heat exhangers are in opposite positions? butter and at one time mikeg and even careless ran a horizontal rad. in the nose while having the intercooler mounted almost perpendicularly underneath it. Sorry, im just trying to understand it all.
  • amreboot
    amreboot
    Banned
    • 9875

    #6
    Its cool that you are trying to debunk this and figure it at all out.

    But there is heat soaking involved. All the real kids run FMICs.

    But if you want to buy the kit and try it out, definitely go for it. No one is stopping you
    The majority of the z31 community will recommend FMICs though.

    Good luck!
  • Axel kain
    Axel kain
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    • 1221

    #7
    plus their lack of proper design causes you to loose PS and AC both. plus I think I remember someone who actually DID get one, and had to modify a bunch of their parts just to get them to fit correctly. a FMIC is easy to figure out and do yourself, much cheaper too, than even considering dealing with those guys!
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  • Urstin
    Urstin
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    • 1168

    #8
    Originally posted by amreboot View Post
    Terrible fitment and pipe routing, plus MAJOR heat soaking.
    Its not the material they used that makes it crappy, its a terrible setup.
    The z31 already produces a good amount of heat, a front mount intercooler is needed, not a worthless V mount.

    Plus on top of that, the owner of the company asked the community of our opinion. We all replied back giving honest opinions (bad design), the owner of CXRacing replied calling us idiots.
    Not a good way to start a product and have the community support.

    This was an ugly day on Facebook lol.
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  • ozzyrulez
    ozzyrulez
    Senior Member
    • 631

    #9
    Does anybody here even know what their IAT's are (other than us guys running stand alones)? Only way to see if it works or not is to monitor IATs. Though I agree the piping is garbage.
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  • 300zxturboftw
    300zxturboftw
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    • 3709

    #10
    This is my first time seeing this kit. Doesn't make sense really at all. Most would put radiator horizontal and intercooler as the bottom V. Then cut slots in the hood for all the heat flowing thru the radiator to release out of engine compartment. All that just to cut power steering too…doesn't make sense. I made my intercooler kit for ~ $300 with all cutting and welding. Intercooler was $100. Piping kit was like $120 and sat in a industrial welders parking lot for a few hours testing fitting and welding. Cost me $80 bucks for him to weld the stuff up in between the real jobs he was doing.

    Will save you a lot of time and pain just go do front mount which will be more than enough for what you are doing I'm assuming.

    With this kit you will be spending more time building shrouds and re-arranging things than it's worth.
    Usual Z31 suspect: Garage Queen (aka broken)
  • 88sinZ
    88sinZ
    Senior Member
    • 2019

    #11
    Originally posted by amreboot View Post
    Plus on top of that, the owner of the company asked the community of our opinion. We all replied back giving honest opinions (bad design), the owner of CXRacing replied calling us idiots.
    Not a good way to start a product and have the community support.


    Originally posted by Urstin
    This was an ugly day on Facebook lol.
    Gonna need a link for that, i love stupid drama