Intercoolers

[chrismiass]

Okay sorry for this i already have a front mount on my car now but its a cheapie and I want to upgrade to a better quality cooler . I want to run around 14 psi .

[Vios-GT_07]

edit - what vios is trying to ask is: "whats wrong with the performance of your current cooler that makes you want to upgrade?"

vios: no need to continue being a smartass...

[Norbie]

Okay sorry for this i already have a front mount on my car now but its a cheapie and I want to upgrade to a better quality cooler . I want to run around 14 psi .

So what exactly is wrong with your existing cooler? What improvements to you expect from a "better quality" cooler?

If you want to run 14psi, that's fuckall. A so-called cheapie won't have a problem with that, so again - why do you want to upgrade?

[chris davey]

Measure pre and post intercooler charge temps.

Measure pre and post intercooler boost levels.

Then you can tell if it is sufficient.

I agree with Norbie. I have an el cheopo cooler and have run up to 22psi briefly. Seemed to work fine

[NeoNasty]

Get a stocko Soarer cooler. they are thick as all hell and small. People have made 220RWKW in a soarer 2.5 twin turbo with the stock cooler. You can prob pick one up or around $40 or something. Clean it up and your laughing.

But I guess it depends on what you already have, if you have a chinese cheap copy already, then it prob wont be much of an upgrade

[kingmick]

have a look herehttp://www.plazmaman.com

Have a look at the intercooler "real story" tab in product section etc.
I only just got told about the site an hour ago{plazmaman just told me about it} and just had a look, should set a few things straight!

[Norbie]

Bah, flash web sites FTL.

When I eventually found the article you're talking about I found it was full of big impressive-sounding words like fluid dynamics and boundary layers, but was short on any actual technical information - like why their intercoolers are actually better than the $200 eBay cheapies. I'm not saying their coolers aren't better (they probably are), but WHY? I need more than a product spiel to be convinced.

[old_mr2]

all i saw was a whole lotta bling over at plazaman, not much technical data...

[Ghetto-AW11]

But they have a car in FORZA on the XBOX111!

[SilverGhost]

yeah i read 5 pages of it, and all i heard was 'We know the difference.....everything you heard up until now is wrong.......Buy Plazmaman!!!!'

[kingmick]

lol i only read the start, ill have to go and read it, i got sidetracked with the flash thingy.
But, ill ring him tonight at see if he wants to put some tech stuff on it, be nice the tech stuff coming from the best in the Australia.
anymore feed back? ill pass it on.

[kingmick]

Bah, flash web sites FTL.

When I eventually found the article you're talking about I found it was full of big impressive-sounding words like fluid dynamics and boundary layers, but was short on any actual technical information - like why their intercoolers are actually better than the $200 eBay cheapies. I'm not saying their coolers aren't better (they probably are), but WHY? I need more than a product spiel to be convinced.

I agree, suppose i should have read more than the first few lines

[ed]

took me 3 mins to even get stuff loaded, then couldnt find the article, then read the comments here - and gave up looking...

that said i bought my 4" mandrels for the intake from plazmamannnn... fuckin nice bits and i finally got them at a great price. though, edcon steel (where i bought them from) gawked at how much plazmaman wanted to 2 single 90deg bends - and promptly gave me a discount... "noone would pay that much for a piece of pipe, here, this is what we think they should be worth"

[kingmick]

Thats what i thought about the web page. Pissed me off waiting to load etc, got no chance if you had 56k.
From what i have seen, yes some will gawk at the price but i reckon that will come down etc as more get sold, but i dont know for sure.
keep the feedback coming, will only make it better in the long run!

[kingmick]

took me 3 mins to even get stuff loaded, then couldnt find the article, then read the comments here - and gave up looking...

that said i bought my 4" mandrels for the intake from plazmamannnn... fuckin nice bits and i finally got them at a great price. though, edcon steel (where i bought them from) gawked at how much plazmaman wanted to 2 single 90deg bends - and promptly gave me a discount... "noone would pay that much for a piece of pipe, here, this is what we think they should be worth"

cause there prob not a dealer and bought them off a dealer?