Dutchboy
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Has anyone had any luck with these? Is there a decent front mount intercooler that is half ass ok?
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SignUp Now!Before you make any decisions, I would do a search on here about Ebay IC's. If I remember correctly, I saw a pic of one that blew due to too much PSI.
Not probably definatelyOP, the CXR on Ebay is probably a step up from the stocker so go for it.
No one has actual MAT and turbo psi fluctuation comparisons ( stocker vs Ebay ) but those aren't important I guess.
But people that post data of E.T. and MPH don't really know how to test an intercooler, it says barely anything all alone especially when the cars running alky. 87GTA, you'll diss actual test info ( Buschur ) because it was done on a different car. How does the car what make a difference in the testing of heat transfer and pressure drop? Isn't the same turbo pushing 40psi the important, constant test factors?
Now, if the MAT temp rises 40 degrees over say an RJC, the knock could be tamed by alky and/or race gas, but on pump, knock city. Where in JDSfastGN's time slip does that show up? It won't since he's running a PAC alky kit to lower the MAT temps, this is why HEAT TRANSFER is a precious feature of intercoolers, especially on pump. Let's see him push 27psi on pump through a PTE and the CXR and see which one knocks more.
What about PRESSURE DROP, the Ebay's are probably better than the stocker, so +1 for CXR FMIC. But a 2psi difference vs say an RJC may not seem as a huge deal when you're running 24psi but run 30+ and tell me if the extra heat generated and the possibility of pushing the turbo even further from the efficiency island is no big deal. Spool up is always better on the lower pressure drop core as long as they are the same dimension and matched piping size.
Why do results not matter? Why does all the minutiae take presidence over results?JDSfastGN post, which says it all, seemed to go from the stocker to an Ebay FMIC. Did he go PTE etc to Ebay or stocker to Ebay?? And not posting any boost fluctuations from either stocker or aftermarket FMIC is again, missing the important info. But his time slip says everything, yet little to us who've been down this road before.