which inter-cooler is better

[boost87]

front mounted or stock stretched and why?

 

[marred4life]

do a search

 

[Grumpy]

do a search

X2 prob would be a good idea to post what kind of performance your looking for in the car

 

[SIXBANGR]

I have used both. I prefer my PTE stock location.

 

[DailyDrifter]

I would go with a front so it doenst get heat soaked by being in the engine bay, but to each his own

 

[Boost231]

something like this you will have to do a search and decide yourself.

 

[BetMinesFaster]

I agree, to each his own, for me its whatever I can fit the most of.....In this case, an RJC megacooler:biggrin:

 

[GNVYUS 1]

From your post it appears as if you're referring to the stock stretch IC's that use the stock core vs the PTE etc stock location IC's.

The stock core sucks and would get annihilated by a bee hive with two end tanks on it. Ok maybe not but a lot of street car GN's like the stock locations like the PTE to save on cooling mods. The FMIC does have a performance advantage and Cottons new FMIC saw less than a 10 degree change in temps at WOT from start to finish so no stock location is going to compete with that.

 

["Turbo-T"]

Another intercooler question

For those of you who run front mount IC's, does this require the removal of the a/c condensor?

And if not, is the a/c still pretty effective if a front mount I/C is sitting before the condensor?

 

[boost87]

cool thanx guys:biggrin:

 

[Red C5]

I have the PTE front mount.

 

[Project TNX]

Stock location, but purely for superficial reasons, the engine bay reminds me of a 75 Chevy Truck with all that space in there, plus the intercooler is a damned good looking piece.

 

[Roger]

ATR liquid to air intercooler

 

[Boost231]

No Intercooler

 

[DailyDrifter]

With my frontmount I removed the A/C, and mounted my trans cooer in front of the rad, Also scraped the condensor at the scrap yard for some decent money:smile:

 

[chadly]

No Intercooler

:biggrin: I love it!
As mentioned do a search there are a lot of factors to consider. For me it will be a stock location.

 

[JCotton]

Just a little food for thought...... I prefer front mounts, nothing beats em for all around performance. The sticky issue over the years is engine coolant temp...... today, that is not an issue. Consider the fact that 20 year old radiators need to be replaced, technology today has several aluminum cored units available which when used pretty much takes care of any cooling concerns anyone would have. We recently came out with a new American made aluminum radiator that we have tested in several cars with our new front mounts and have basically found coolant temps running in the 160-170's with stock or dual fans. When used with a dual fan the temps are amazing. With that said, I can't imagine using a stock location IC for a high powered application. To sum it up, if you have a stock poorly performing radiator, a stock location IC is not going to fix it, take care of the radiator and you can use whatever you want for an IC...