2015-2017 Mustang Mishimoto Intercooler Kit w/ Polished Piping (EcoBoost) Review

Hey, Stephanie with AmericanMuscle.com, and this is my review of the Mishimoto Intercooler

and Piping Kit for the 2015 and up EcoBoost Mustang.

This intercooler kit is going to be for the EcoBoost owner looking to bring down those

intake air temps, as well as those guys that are looking to run more boost.

So if I split this kit into two parts and look at the intercooler first, I can tell

right away that it's larger than the factory one, all the way around, and that's one of

the factors that's going to give you those cooler temps.

This intercooler has a larger core and more fin surface area, and if we compare this to

the factory front mount, the Mishi core is about one inch taller, two inches thicker,

and one inch longer.

The other part of this kit is the piping, which is also an upgrade over the factory

piping and a pretty big contributor to the cooler intake air temps and air delivery,

especially if you're interested in running more boost.

The Mishi kit comes with aluminum piping that's 2 1/2 inches for the hot charge pipe, and

2.75 inches for the rest of the cold side pipe.

Another thing that's nice about this piping is that Mishi was able to make it direct,

and of course, they give a flange right here for the stock, or a stock-like bypass valve,

so you don't have to worry about changing your bypass valve if you want this kit.

Another cool thing here is that Mishimoto offers this kit with either a powder-coated

black intercooler or a silver one, depending on if you want to be stealthy or if you want

to make the front mount more obvious.

They also give you these nice T-bolt clamps, which are going to be able to hold more boost,

so you don't have to worry about blowing your couplers off if you do up your boost game.

As far as price, this kit is right in between $850 and $950 so either way under 1000 bucks

for a kit that can greatly benefit either a stock EcoBoost or one that has some mods

already.

This intercooler also gives you room to grow, so if you're planning on getting crazy with

mods later on, it can still keep up with you.

For the install, I'm going to call this a one-wrench install because it's really not

difficult.

If you don't have a lift, it could be a little bit harder because you will be pulling the

intercooler out from below the car, but it isn't impossible to do on stands.

You do have to pop off the front bumper cover, the grills, and pull the bottom dust cover

off, but this is all easy stuff.

I'd say two hours for time for this one.

Wrapping things up here, upgrading your stock intercooler and piping allows more horsepower

through cooler air temps, and if you're looking to reap some of the benefits that this kit

offers, or you want to tap into some of that higher boost capability that the EcoBoost

has, then you can check this kit out more online for yourself.

I'm Stephanie, and I'll see you here at AmericanMuscle.com.