Kia Stinger Intercooler Upgrades

[Larry Denen]

Facebook tells me that Wagner Tuning has an intercooler upgrade coming. Here's a picture I found. Let's list other FMIC upgrades here and talk more.

 

[K8 Stinger Store]

Now available to pre-order on our website:

Wagner Tuning Competition Intercooler - K8 Stinger Store

 

[Manaz]

Jonny Tig has an intercooler upgrade kit as well (it's more than just the intercooler):

https://www.jonnytig.com/kia

 

[NYdito]

Jonny Tig has an intercooler upgrade kit as well (it's more than just the intercooler):

https://www.jonnytig.com/kia

The only difference is Johnny Tig answers every other month emails and another month to do the parts.

 

[Manaz]

Wasn't saying one is better than another - just putting another option up!

 

[xot1]

Which intercooler performs the best?
Wagner or JT?

 

[turboAWD]

I'm waiting until BMS announces theirs sometime in the next little while..

 

[TStaino]

Maintec is the only intercooler I could find for the 2.0

I have it in the garage now, but haven’t gotten around to installing yet.

Kia Stinger 2.0T Maintec Performance Intercooler Kit - Kia Stinger dot com

 

[Jonathan Lasich]

What about the upcoming Mishimoto intercooler? Seems like they are doing some good quality R&D on it.

 

[Kyle Vallade]

I'm pumped for mishimoto's, just wish it could come sooner. Also holding off on BOVs in case their setup can't accommodate them.

 

[xot1]

What would make the mishimoto design a better design than say Wagner or JT? Last time I checked their core was quite small.

 

[Manaz]

Most of the aftermarket options seem to have relatively small cores compared with the JT intercooler, which is bloody huge.

Mishimoto are doing improvements to the pipework as well as just the intercooler (JT does as well). There's no point removing the intercooler as a bottleneck to performance if the pipework is just as much of a bottleneck.

 

[xot1]

Most of the aftermarket options seem to have relatively small cores compared with the JT intercooler, which is bloody huge.

Larger than Wagner?? Does not seem like so from the pictures.

 

[Manaz]

Larger than Wagner?? Does not seem like so from the pictures.

Sorry, you are correct - I saw the pic of the stock intercooler and thought it was the Wagner.

The stepped design (I assume to fit behind the crash bar) is certainly interesting!

 

[xot1]

Sorry, you are correct - I saw the pic of the stock intercooler and thought it was the Wagner.

The stepped design (I assume to fit behind the crash bar) is certainly interesting!

Here is a pic of another product that looks as big if not bigger than the JT one:

(car on the pic is G70 but it fits both)

 

[Manaz]

PWR are very well known for their radiators and intercoolers. I wonder if the whole thing is their design, or it's just using one of their cores...

 

[xot1]

PWR are very well known for their radiators and intercoolers. I wonder if the whole thing is their design, or it's just using one of their cores...

Whole thing, as far as I know.
But the piping is udually made by a third party.

 

[Jonathan Lasich]

What would make the mishimoto design a better design than say Wagner or JT? Last time I checked their core was quite small.

JT's intercooler doesn't fit on our cars without grinding down the back of the tow bar bung and some other mods to mount it. It's not plug-and-play, so it's not an option for me. It was designed for Aussie cars and their specs might be a bit different from our North American cars.

Wagner--$1050 for the intercooler+ ?$ for their piping+ ?$ for their carbon fiber side intake ducts (Vellossa tech ducts allegedly don't fit)---awesome product, but ??$$$$ for the complete Wagner system??

 

[xot1]

JT's intercooler doesn't fit on our cars without grinding down the back of the tow bar bung and some other mods to mount it. It's not plug-and-play, so it's not an option for me. It was designed for Aussie cars and their specs might be a bit different from our North American cars.

Wagner--$1050 for the intercooler+ ?$ for their piping+ ?$ for their carbon fiber side intake ducts (Vellossa tech ducts allegedly don't fit)---awesome product, but ??$$$$ for the complete Wagner system??

No need to replace the piping with the Wagner FMIC, its totally plug&play.

 

[TruStinger]

I just installed one from Ultimate Performance yesterday. Has a Garrett core and I opted for the charge pipe also.