Replacing the Stock WRX intercooler?

[mrex180]

Would replacing my standard my00 wrx intercooler with a custom made turbo to Throttle body pipe to remove any flow resriction and pressure drops as associated with the stock intercooler and using my current Aquamist 2C to do the intercooling be a step backwards? At the moment my 2c system is only set using boost activation only which is set to come on at 10psi and im using the .8 jet and the HSV is not utilized(Maybe later when i have to more funds). I run a vf24 with a P20 exhaust housing and it's runnning 18psi and the Unichip has been tuned accordingly with water injection factored in.

Cheers Andy