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Re: Which intercooler
« Reply #15 on: January 03, 2011, 10:44:19 pm »
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Re: Which intercooler
« Reply #16 on: January 03, 2011, 10:49:33 pm »
Is it a revo? Did you have stage 1 or go straight to what you have now. Would you recommend stage 2+.
what did you upgrade??
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Re: Which intercooler
« Reply #17 on: January 03, 2011, 10:57:34 pm »
I did it step by step Revo, stage 2 is great because it makes it easier to drive with the power spread out rather than one big hit. If i remember correctly i went stage one, then turbo back, then stage 2, then S3 & twintercooler, then pump + stage 2+, then finally intake. Only did the intake last because i didn't really want one but it was obvious this arae was holding the car back, glad i did in the end because it felt like i got about 30 BHP with the intake.  :jumpmove:
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Re: Which intercooler
« Reply #18 on: January 03, 2011, 10:59:58 pm »
So what kind of figures does your car run now.
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Re: Which intercooler
« Reply #19 on: January 03, 2011, 11:01:40 pm »
have a look in the dyno thread.  absolutely shed loads of graphs in there
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Re: Which intercooler
« Reply #20 on: January 03, 2011, 11:04:49 pm »
Dont know to be honest, somewhere around 270, 280 i would guess. Did this time on quarter of a mile, which beats most stage one Edition 30's.  :innocent: and a few stage 2's.  :driver:

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Re: Which intercooler
« Reply #21 on: January 04, 2011, 08:33:10 am »
Quote from: Top Cat on January 03, 2011, 09:20:02 pm
Quote from: GTIite on January 03, 2011, 08:32:15 pm


The forge IC, by far, out performs the S3 cooler, and the S3 cooler is a lot harder( more time consuming ) to fit. If you are fitting yourself then the S3 cooler works out a good option, but if you pay a garage to fit it, then you might as well go for the forge as it's cheaper to fit, but more costly to buy.  That made sense when i started.  :laugh:


Cheers for the advice, I was thinking I would probably give it ago myself installing the intercooler, saw a thread off another forum and it didn't look too bad to do.

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Re: Which intercooler
« Reply #22 on: January 09, 2011, 08:01:19 pm »
Does anyone know what the dimensions are for a forge intercooler??

I know there is a little table with the standard, S3, THS items.

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Re: Which intercooler
« Reply #23 on: January 09, 2011, 11:00:30 pm »
there is a table i posted ages ago on here in the performance mod section. ou just have to hav a good root around.  it compared all the core dimensions
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Re: Which intercooler
« Reply #24 on: January 09, 2011, 11:07:35 pm »
Not sure if you guys have noticed but there is a new TFSI intercooler in town and it is rather good from the reports I have seen:





http://www.jkm.org.uk/performance/tfsiintercoolers.htm

http://www.proalloy.co.uk/cgi-bin/sitewise.pl?act=det&p=1057

I know a couple of people that have been lucky enough to have been running this IC for about a year now and they have been very impressed with it.  S3 IC is usually ~12 - 15 C above ambient, Pro is usually 2 - 5 C above ambient!
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Re: Which intercooler
« Reply #25 on: January 09, 2011, 11:11:48 pm »
jesus thats more expensive than the S3 and THS.  you could buy the forge and get it fitted for less than the cost of that alone id bet
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Re: Which intercooler
« Reply #26 on: January 10, 2011, 09:22:00 am »
Quote from: Janner_Sy on January 09, 2011, 11:11:48 pm
jesus thats more expensive than the S3 and THS.  you could buy the forge and get it fitted for less than the cost of that alone id bet

£100 more than the THS does not seem excessive to me, remember there is also the APR IC costs around a grand!  Personally the forge does not appeal to me on the S3 because bumper trimming is required and I believe (have no proof of this) the forge combined with a stock IC will have more pressure drop.
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Re: Which intercooler
« Reply #27 on: January 10, 2011, 10:07:36 pm »
Quote from: Janner_Sy on January 09, 2011, 11:00:30 pm
there is a table i posted ages ago on here in the performance mod section. ou just have to hav a good root around.  it compared all the core dimensions

i did write that in my post above, this one



but it doesnt give sizes for Forge Twintercooler.

Pro item looks great good quality stuff too.

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Re: Which intercooler
« Reply #28 on: January 11, 2011, 01:12:00 pm »
a bit later on in the thread i posted the forge core sizes iirc
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