Ebay Intercooler Install

[JamesinLittleSilver]

Nice write up. I would guess what it lacks in efficiency and design it makes up for in size. Price is nice. I think I would prefer to go with different choice but hey it is your car and if it works kudos.

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[Johnarmymp552]

Lately with the heat it has been averaging about 15 over ambient. On cooler nights I have seen as low as 10-12 above ambient. I thinking has been performing awesome and saved me a lot of cash for other stuff to come.

 

[neodark]

Lately with the heat it has been averaging about 15 over ambient. On cooler nights I have seen as low as 10-12 above ambient. I thinking has been performing awesome and saved me a lot of cash for other stuff to come.

I don't think 'above ambient' is the crucial measurement here. The question is... Do charge temps cool down during a pull while in boost, and... How quickly does it recover.

You can easily see 130F to 150F temps while sitting in traffic with many after market ICs.

 

[Johnarmymp552]

Usually on not such a hot ass day here, it has been 95-105- on boost it will average 10-13 above ambient. It will cool from about 20-25 while just cruising right down to 10-13 above ambient and typically stay there. On hotter days I will typically see about 13-16 above ambient.

When I went to the track the other day in Tucson it was about 104 out. The intercooler was staying at 1015 during runs. After a few runs literally back to back, it started to raise and got to 140. I parked the car for a few minutes and sprayed a little cold water on it and in 20 minutes I was back to about 15 above ambient.

As I keep stating, my results may be different from others. It has been really hot and low humidity here on certain days, and I am at 5000' elevation.

It is monsoon season here and on a cool night, maybe in the 80s, I have seen as low as 9 above ambient under boost.

I cant possibly show every type of situation and show how my results are. I just wanted to show others that there is an alternative to spending $500+ for an intercooler. Sure, its not the best, never said it was.

But it blows the stock intercooler out of the water and has been having awesome performance thus far. I would not recommend this for someone who does constant drag racing or track racing as I do not believe it is as efficient as some other top dollar intercoolers. But the bang for the buck- you definitely can not beat it.

 

[Chris796]

Could you link the IC? Having trouble finding it!

 

[Cmoney Boostang]

Could you link the IC? Having trouble finding it!

http://m.ebay.com/itm/Rev9-V-Mount-...2-5-In-Out-Universal-/152052064226?nav=SEARCH

 

[Chris796]

http://m.ebay.com/itm/Rev9-V-Mount-...2-5-In-Out-Universal-/152052064226?nav=SEARCH

Thanks!

 

[Cmoney Boostang]

Thanks!

No problem.

 

[TNXeng]

Great write up OP.

As a general note & overall good pointer.

One can always look at the core's fin geometry to differentiate between a bad, decent, and good core.

External Fins:
Straight = bad
Offset = OK
Offset & Louvered = Good

Internal Fins:
Straight = Run away!
Offset = Ok
Offset & Louvered = Good.

From there the key to a better Intercooler is how well the flow is distributed through the core.

i.e. If the inlet is towards the bottom of the core and the endtank has no internal spliters & a tapered tank, than most of the air flow is only going thru the bottom of the intercooler. Thus, your only really using a fraction of the core's total size.

Hope this is useful to someone. :cheers:

 

[Salt & Pepper]

what size hole did you drill ?

 

[Jcopin]

This is fantastic. I really don't feel like spending 700 bucks on a IC and if this performs somewhere between stock and a 700$ unit I'm happy

 

[Lynx]

i dont remember brother, i bought a three piece step drill from harbor freight and one of them worked just trial and error i guess

 

[Salt & Pepper]

i am having the fittings welded this weekend

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