All Things Mk5 > Performance Modifications
Going Stage 2+
pudding:
6R and 2009 S3 use exactly the same intercooler, and it's certainly thicker than the GTI cooler. Audi switched to the plastic end tank one later in the 8P's life.
WolfsburgEd:
sorry to drag this thread on a bit longer ... but does anybody have any experience of Nissens aftermarket intercoolers? I have been made aware that they do one with alloy ends for the S3 with equivalent part number 1K0145803P and about £250... How bad can it be as an upgrade??
pudding:
£250 buys you a genuine 2009 S3/6R one. Why chance an unknown entity for the same price? This obsession with ally end tanks...for a road car....is a bit unnecessary, imo. It's a far heavier intercooler with minimal gain over a plastic ended one. The end tanks are obscured by the bumper anyway so don't get any air flow. The only advantage of metal end tanks is boost pressure capacity......but not even a K04 running flat out will burst plastic end tanks, so it's a moot point. Big hybrid turbo running big pressure....different story. Metal end tanks will be of benefit.
WolfsburgEd:
I get the thing with the end tanks - I've just not even seen plastic ended new IC's at that price and saw this one.
I've only just come back into all this lark - where would you get a genuine new one at that price from then?
asd30l:
--- Quote from: WolfsburgEd on May 22, 2020, 04:09:42 pm ---sorry to drag this thread on a bit longer ... but does anybody have any experience of Nissens aftermarket intercoolers? I have been made aware that they do one with alloy ends for the S3 with equivalent part number 1K0145803P and about £250... How bad can it be as an upgrade??
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I fitted the nissens one as i couldnt find a used S3/6R IC and it seems fine. Only issue i had was the screw for the AC pipes on the side didn't line up. Just seen this on Ebay which i believe is the one off the 6R
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/402183764460
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