Wrath And Tears
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Azusa, CA
- Car(s)
- 17 Sport, 99 E36
To be fair IAT's aren't taken in the cylinders where ethanol has an additional cooling impact. Meth has an impact on IAT's. I do agree it starts to get hot fast though.
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eBay Twintercooler
- Thread starter oorrllyy
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To be fair IAT's aren't taken in the cylinders where ethanol has an additional cooling impact. Meth has an impact on IAT's. I do agree it starts to get hot fast though.
GTI Jake
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
True. Regardless, it’s tied for last place with the original Forge as far as the data in the intercooler thread is concerned. As predicted the factory location eBay intercooler is the better value hands down between the two
Hotfart
Ready to race!
- Location
- LFK Kansas
Keep in mind I'm running 27+ psi, and on the single gear pull I went from 2200 RPM to nearly fuel cutoff (6800 RPM). Seems like many of the logs out there start after 3K and end before 6K. I wanted to get the full picture, even if this is not how I normally drive when I push it hard.
Obviously you're well versed in the subject, and trust me I would love to be in the position to drop coin on one of your coolers. They're awesome and I can totally appreciate the work you do. But keep in mind this is just a budget cooler which shows a good improvement over a stock (or R) cooler. Basically, it's for those who are looking for an effective yet affordable upgrade, and/or for those who don't want to go to the trouble of replacing a stock location cooler.
Unfortunately when I bought the car, I didn't know much better regarding the R cooler, and there were none of the cheaper aftermarket solutions at the time. Had I known they were upcoming, I'd have waited
This time around, I really was not motivated to pull everything apart a 2nd time to replace the R cooler with a Magic/Majesty or similar.
GTI Jake
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
To echo the other thread, keep in mind I'm running 27+ psi, and on the single gear pull I went from 2200 RPM to nearly fuel cutoff (6800 RPM). Seems like many of the logs out there start after 3K and end before 6K. I wanted to get the full picture, even if this is not how I normally drive when I push it hard.
Obviously you're well versed in the subject, and trust me I would love to be in the position to drop coin on one of your coolers. They're awesome and I can totally appreciate the work you do. But keep in mind this is just a budget cooler which shows a good improvement over a stock (or R) cooler. Basically, it's for those who are looking for an effective yet affordable upgrade, and/or for those who don't want to go to the trouble of replacing a stock location cooler.
Unfortunately when I bought the car, I didn't know much better regarding the R cooler, and there were none of the cheaper aftermarket solutions at the time. Had I known they were upcoming, I'd have waited
I’m in no way pushing my kit here just pointing out to some guys who may not be as in tune with the other options that this isn’t the best value per dollar spent. I can definitely see your reasoning behind going this route, but for a guy just joining us in modding a mk7 starting from bone stock this wouldn’t be his best value minded option.
Like I’ve said before any upgrade will be an improvement, same goes here, but looking at performance/results vs labor/install effort I’d still rank this behind the similarly priced factory location units.
I fully agree with not wanting to remove the R intercooler, nobody’s trying to do that job multiple times
Took around 2.5 hours figuring out my own way of horn location.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/XUbDGADk1qKvKlu22
https://photos.app.goo.gl/XUbDGADk1qKvKlu22
Hope that lift is at a garage. If it's at home, I'm crazy jealous.
Need to decide whether this setup is fine for regular street driving at Stage 1 power levels or if I should double the spend and get GTI jake's kit. I have no desire to replace the stock intercooler in my garage.
Hahaha yes it would be so nice to have one at home, but that's where I work. I do have plans for a building and a lift on my property in the future.
burbank2broward
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- South Florida
Would there be any significant gains on a stock car?
murtaza911
Ready to race!
- Location
- Ontario Canada
II also took advantage of the 20% off today and just ordered it.
Bought this one instead:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/For-Volksw...ash=item520aa658cd:g:VAoAAOSwbEZbC13H&vxp=mtr
It's a little bit cheaper
Bought this one instead:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/For-Volksw...ash=item520aa658cd:g:VAoAAOSwbEZbC13H&vxp=mtr
It's a little bit cheaper
TooManyCars
New member
- Location
- VA
So this is showing an improvement of roughly 15 degrees. Where the stock intercooler was an average of 30 degrees warmer, with the twintercooler is about 15 degrees warmer. Is a 15 degree drop in IATs noticeable improvement?
Diggs24
Autocross Champion
- Location
- de plains! de plains!
- Car(s)
- 2015 GTI
The whole point is to keep IATs out of the 115-120 range and up. That's when timing appears to be impacted (I'm sure there are other factors the ECU uses to make the decision as well).
No, you won't see a difference between say 60 and 75. ECU don't care.
No, you won't see a difference between say 60 and 75. ECU don't care.
Chinese sellers with a US warehouse. Still should be even faster shipping now.
Yeah that's what I figured. I ordered one during the Father's day sale and got a shipping notification the next day. But the tracking now says returned to sender. FML.
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