Intercoolers

[RiceburnaGTV]

I cannot see what would be overly different from a cheapie vs a HKS other than durability and better welds etc. The chinese are masters of copying everything,it wouldnt surprise me if the first ones they made had HKS etc stamped in them also...At the end of the day is half a ml of better angled end tank going to matter much in a street application? Aslong as its not blocked and is sealed properly how else can a HKS etc brand of the same size IC be any better...

Its all about labour,get a welder to make one from scratch here at 40-60 an hour or some bloke in China to do the same..

Surely this was all put to rest with the amount of very quick high HP street cars running cheapie IC's around today..

[kingmick]

nup, all in the material and design when it comes to how they work
cheapies have there place as do good quailty coolers!
Bit like microtech has its place as does the motec m800 etc

[chrismiass]

Thanks for your replies the reason i want a better cooler is there was metal fragments around where my silicon hose sits underneath the piping .

[old_mr2]

Could be coming from the turbo?

[kingmick]

you could get a just jap cheapy, cut the tanks off, improve the airs entry into the core, then put better tanks on?

or pay abotu the same to have a decent one without needing mods?

(or acid dip the core )

Can you show me and others on the net or in a book about acid dipping cores? or would you prefur to quote info you have got from me or did you come up with acid dipping from R&D?
What psi do you pressure test a acid dip core to make sure it can handle the on going boost? You must remmeber that, i told you that as well.

[chrismiass]

Could be coming from the turbo?

Thought that to but its before the turbo castle hill exhaust did do my cooler plumbing so could be from them too .