S3 Intercooler Vs THS Intercooler

[Janner_Sy]

but APR is tried and tested (and out of my price range)

my specialist thinks that THS is a budget brand and use cheap cores - also above someone writes about how the THS couldn't stand up to the punishment on a dyno

what about water meth? are these not an alternative to intercoolers at stage 2+?

Have a read of this

[sub39h]

... of what sorry? 

[Janner_Sy]

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,5864.0.html

I parsed the link in img tags by accident

[sub39h]

i've read that already, but thank you. i think i'll stick to the S3 one as they're less than half the price and for a K03 car a few people have mentioned now that it might be overkill

[JackG]

If your going to strip the front end right down then surly you'd rather fit the THS cooler as it has been proven to be a better product?
Just my 2P

[danishmkvgti]

If your going to strip the front end right down then surly you'd rather fit the THS cooler as it has been proven to be a better product?
Just my 2P

Just what i have tried to say, the work is the same then why not fit the better product??? 
It doesn't matter if it's a K04 or K03, daily gains are there, not only in situations with Heatsoak 

[sub39h]

If your going to strip the front end right down then surly you'd rather fit the THS cooler as it has been proven to be a better product?
Just my 2P

you make a good point, but it's highly HIGHLY unlikely i'll be going any further than Stage 2+ (i'd rather save for a Golf R) so if it's not going to be of any benefit i'm essentially spending an extra £350 on the intercooler for no reason. i could spend that on another mod

[djhorace]

Interesting read.

My old car had a S3 intercooler and no a/c core and Owen had the same set up but with the addition but with a Forge Twintercooler. Both cars well all but identical other than mine had Revo S2+ and he had GIAC Extreme. When I logged both cars on a hot Scottish day (20oC), there was 0.5-1oC difference in intake temperature across the revs.

What I am interested to know is this though - with the Forge Twintercooler fitted, with an a/c core in place, does 3 cores being in front of the radiator cause the coolant temperature to rise significantly/are there any adverse effects of having 4 cores?

Also, does the overall effect of the original S3 intecooler with the stainless end tanks, when paired with the Forge Twintercooler, work out to be more efficicent than a single THS?

[danishmkvgti]

Interesting read.

My old car had a S3 intercooler and no a/c core and Owen had the same set up but with the addition but with a Forge Twintercooler. Both cars well all but identical other than mine had Revo S2+ and he had GIAC Extreme. When I logged both cars on a hot Scottish day (20oC), there was 0.5-1oC difference in intake temperature across the revs.

What I am interested to know is this though - with the Forge Twintercooler fitted, with an a/c core in place, does 3 cores being in front of the radiator cause the coolant temperature to rise significantly/are there any adverse effects of having 4 cores?

Also, does the overall effect of the original S3 intecooler with the stainless end tanks, when paired with the Forge Twintercooler, work out to be more efficicent than a single THS?

S3 has alloy endtanks not stainless 

[GLIDN]

If your going to strip the front end right down then surly you'd rather fit the THS cooler as it has been proven to be a better product?
Just my 2P

you make a good point, but it's highly HIGHLY unlikely i'll be going any further than Stage 2+ (i'd rather save for a Golf R) so if it's not going to be of any benefit i'm essentially spending an extra £350 on the intercooler for no reason. i could spend that on another mod

good news is, if you go to Golf R, You can transfer the intercooler, both engines are TFSI.

[h4rdy]

I have the THS and I run 9-5-9 on Revo 2+ with hardly any timing pull in the Summer!

VrsAlex will vouch for this.

Even if it isn't helping me do this it gives me piece of mind that the temperatures are kept nice and low.

I thought about the FMIC but was told, by whom I can't remember, that they can be a bit laggy?

Maybe hearsay but even if what I am talking is BS I am happy

[djhorace]

Has anyone got any detail around the drawbacks of the Forge unit or proof that it is comparible to the likes of the THS? I have both the original alloy end tank S3 intercooler and Forge Twintercooler to fit as a pair on my car (keeping the a/c on this car), but may sell them to get a THS if there is proof it is a better all round option.

[djhorace]

Bump. Really would like an answer on this please 

[vRSAlex]

If you already have the s3 and the forge then stick with them.  The ths is as good as those two combined, but saves some weight and doesn't create another barrier for the air to flow through.

[Tfsi_Mike]

I have the THS and I run 9-5-9 on Revo 2+ with hardly any timing pull in the Summer!

VrsAlex will vouch for this.

Even if it isn't helping me do this it gives me piece of mind that the temperatures are kept nice and low.

I thought about the FMIC but was told, by whom I can't remember, that they can be a bit laggy?

Maybe hearsay but even if what I am talking is BS I am happy

Justin, do you have boost gauge ?