Finaly received my new ICM from ecstuning at about 7:00 pm instaled it and the baby is running great again. The only thing is that only one of the mounting bolts is holding it in place because it's a tad narrower than the oem version at least its still german made and not some knockoff. Thansks for all your help guys but found thata #2 cylinder missfire reading doesn'tcorrrespond with icm failure al the time I was getting the #1 cylinder. Anyway technicalities we discover something new everyday.....Is there a front mount intercooler that will fit a stock 98' front bumper without being butcheredif anyone has experience on this subject please get back to me, thanks. HAPPY MOTORING.lol.

 

Glad to hear that fixed it for you. get a 2 1/2 to 2 3/4 thick IC, you wont have to cut too much.
There's a ton of choices for this, from cheap ebay to $1000 ones, even a 799 stealth SMIC that is high performance.

Try the search, its at the very bottom of the main a4 page, just search intercooler.

 

Thanks for the advice, going to research it right now.

 

www.supremepowerparts.com has one. Racetech is the brand and there is no cutting involved with the stock bumper, according to the website.