Paul, I use the exact same intercooler behind my jdm bumper. It fits fine, with room to spare. And I was the one who mounted turbowop's core behind his jdm bumper as well.
Mike, glad you got it. Now get someone good to mount it and finish the piping. I don't want to see my nice core mounted with some mickey mouse piping!
Quoting cheekychimp:
You are certainly getting there Mike! Looks very nice. Do you still have A/C? I'd be interested to see how you route you IC piping if so. I know it can be done with that core because Mark (turbowop) did it, but when I tried to fit a larger intercooler behind my JDM bumper it caused all sorts of issues, to the point that I gave up and just bought an ARC EVO III core.
I think it's fine for a 16G sized turbo so I'm not too bothered just yet but if it is possible to fit something bigger I am interested to see how it's done. Are you still running the EVO III 16G? There seems to be a lot of debate as to whether fitting an intercooler over a certain size is actually beneficial if you are still running a 'small' turbo. What's your take on that? Obviously this will look awesome but I am also interested to hear how this affects performance.
Paul.