[mavisky]

I'd love to watch all of your heads explode 7 years ago when it everyone was going ape because short route fmic's finally dropped below the $1,000 mark. Materials haven't gotten cheaper, yet the parts have, take one guess what's suffering since the customer support is still up and they get shipped pretty quickly.

For $500 that's not a bad setup in my eyes, if you want cheap then go cheap, if you want super high quality then open up your checkbook and be prepared to write down some large numbers. This kind of stuff is the reason that there aren't many new parts being designed for our cars outside of ebay. Someone makes a complete short route fmic kit for half of what it cost 7 years ago and people pitch a bitch about the way it "looks". If it doesn't function, then that's a legitimate concern, but we're talking about an intercooler that's going to be exposed to the elements at the front of the car. If it cools well, doesn't have large pressure drop, then for the money it's a pretty good deal in my eyes.