Intercoolers - Forge VS THS ??

[the bruce]

Thanks !!

[Tfsi_Mike]

Me wonders if Keith of APR is going to make an appearance here. 

....Hmm, thread title is "Forge vs THS" not vs APR 

I love my Forge, Forge products are brilliant.
Best of all there customer service is the best i have experienced.

I can echoe about fantastic customer service @ Forge, notably from John 

[danishmkvgti]

^^ This might help.  Thin the APR cooler is bigger than all the above

APR is a little bit smaller than the THS, but the THS has smaller endtanks and a bigger Core than APR 

[the bruce]

Any differences in fitment, Jake?

[RedRobin]

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When considering aftermarket intercoolers, isn't Pro Alloy also a very strong contender?

[danishmkvgti]

Any differences in fitment, Jake?

None whatsoever Bruce, THS just gives a larger cooler element on the cost of smaller endtanks and perhaps not as good a flow as the APR due to this. 

[mdmay]

anyone tried the airtec vag intercoolerhttp://www.autospecialists.co.uk/VolksWagon-Category-89.html

[the bruce]

Never seen it before.

Just some general thoughts:

Sadly it seems none of these ICs is available anodized black from factory
(the airtec seems to be painted black as an option).
Heatsinks used on power electronic are anodized black to significiently improve
heat dissipation. This is not for looks only.

[mdmay]

i had an airtec on my stage modified ST and this was black from them as standard. I can honestly say it was a great piece of kit and did give large drops in inlet temps (the ford standard intercooler is a piece of crap). so was hoping others had tried on the VAG scene.
 I know that AMD essex advocate these but to be honest that doesn't fully reassure me.

[muckipup]

Sadly it seems none of these ICs is available anodized black from factory
(the airtec seems to be painted black as an option).
Heatsinks used on power electronic are anodized black to significiently improve
heat dissipation. This is not for looks only.

My Forge Twintercooler is anodized black. It has been around for a while though.

You make a very good point about black and heat dissipation - most folks think that black is bad because it absorbs the heat (which of course it does but that's if you leave it lying out in the sun  )

[RedRobin]

My Forge Twintercooler is anodized black. It has been around for a while though.

....Is it showing a lot of stonechip marks?

[the bruce]

You make a very good point about black and heat dissipation - most folks think that black is bad because it absorbs the heat (which of course it does but that's if you leave it lying out in the sun  )

Yes, most people don't know it. Some even don't believe it if you tell them about it. 

[muckipup]

My Forge Twintercooler is anodized black. It has been around for a while though.

....Is it showing a lot of stonechip marks?

TBH, yes. Also the fine honeycomb  metalwork gets knocked out of shape with stone impact as I guess it would even in non-anodized. Luckily this cosmetic damage doesn't affect it and id still somewhat hidden away behind the bumper.

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[muckipup]

You make a very good point about black and heat dissipation - most folks think that black is bad because it absorbs the heat (which of course it does but that's if you leave it lying out in the sun   )

Yes, most people don't know it. Some even don't believe it if you tell them about it.  

Yep! See paragraphs on 'Surface Effects' and 'Interchange of Energy' particularly the paradox of household radiators being white usually :

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_radiation#section_1

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[the bruce]

THX !!

Interestingly a German born in Kiel did some work on this long ago:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck%27s_law