THS Intercooler for the TFSI

[yin]

i have this one on my car with the forge twin cooler pipes and seems to work a treat, not bad for £250 + price of the twin cooler pipes of forge  , http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-GOLF-GTI-MK5-FSI-2-0T-FRONT-MOUNT-INTERCOOLER-KIT_W0QQitemZ270402724896QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item3ef5422420&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1683%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

how much bigger is this than the Twintercooler Got any pics of the front of the car ?

[yin]

has anyone also heard about the new forge cold side induction for the 2.0t fsi, it is a twin induction kit and gave 15bhp on there test car, looks like a good piece of kit, is currently in the making at the mo but as soon as it is out i shall be having one of them,

The only forge one i have heard about is  based on the TSI one

[Jaywoo-GTI]

how much bigger is this than the Twintercooler Got any pics of the front of the car ?

I am running the same FMIC, Managed to pick the full kit up on auction for £80 brand new.

Here are the pics.

[nick-barnes07]

has anyone also heard about the new forge cold side induction for the 2.0t fsi, it is a twin induction kit and gave 15bhp on there test car, looks like a good piece of kit, is currently in the making at the mo but as soon as it is out i shall be having one of them,

The only forge one i have heard about is  based on the TSI one

i think it is similar to that air box in same place , and a extra filter down in the wing, they tested with one filter and gained 5bhp, when they used there 2 they gained 15bhp, i will defo be buying one

[nick-barnes07]

how much bigger is this than the Twintercooler Got any pics of the front of the car ?

I am running the same FMIC, Managed to pick the full kit up on auction for £80 brand new.

Here are the pics.

bargain, get the twin cooler pipes on there if u can get them of forge, as it will be running hotter now then it was, as the standard intercooler is quite good, when forge testd intercooler's to go on the car they found that it actually lost bhp and got a lot hotter with a FMIC, and gained a few bhp with the twin cooler

[Jaywoo-GTI]

But wont it introduce more lag to the system? Surely where the intercooler is positioned will mean colder intake temps, Certainly has made the car perform better.

[nick-barnes07]

But wont it introduce more lag to the system? Surely where the intercooler is positioned will mean colder intake temps, Certainly has made the car perform better.

it didnt make my car any more laggy'er, felt like it pulled a bit harder when i put the twin cooler pipes on it, when i first installed it i didnt notice anything!!!! you gotta remember the intercooler is sat in front of the radiator so it will be drawing hot air in!! hence why i went for the twin cooler pipes as its now running standard intercooler and cheapy intercooler

[Jaywoo-GTI]

Did you buy you twin cooler pipes from forge? How much did you pay?

[GTIjames]

Im not too sure if any of you have read the reports of those cheap ebay intercoolers over on golfmkv.com but it does not look good - issues with installing and quality of product -

its a copy of the forge but they use a different core which looks as cheap as chips, and I doubt will give you very much gain what so ever.

you get what you pay for, and imo its worth paying a few hundred pounds more to get a quality product which has been tested to have proven performance gains. 

each to their own but I would not touch it wih a barge pole let alone put it on a £20k plus motor

[Jaywoo-GTI]

Mine fit fine, Yeah for £80 i was dubious but copaired it to my brothers greddy fmic and the cores and welding looked the same. As for gain i have seen a definate improvment of boost through the rev range.

[GTIjames]

its made in china and the fact people can sell for them as little as £80 speaks volumes, did you buy it from a big seller or someone who was duped into buying and then resold?

if you look in the centre of the core through the pipe inlets and compare it too the forge the difference is very noticeable.

the fact you have disconnected your stock intercooler to fit that IC is crazy, even forge themselves during testing found out that their fmic on its own did not work as well as the stock IC, that is why they came up with the twintercooler design which uses both IC's - only then did they see real improvements.

so i very much doubt you are seeing any gains apart from a placebo effect   

have a read : http://www.golfmkv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76134&highlight=ebay+fmic

good luck

[Jaywoo-GTI]

That isnt the same kind as mine, Mine is similar to the neuspeed one. I actually got it off a company the went into administration.

I am not on here to argue it is supperior to the forge one because i know it is not but it really isnt as bad as you are making out.

[nick-barnes07]

the intercoolers we have got are not cheap crap ones as said above, and i am also running mine with the forge twin cooler pipes as well, the core is identical to the forge one's as well, it is obviously not as good as the forge twin cooler but certainly does the job!!! where do u think all the big company's get there stock from???? china/taiwan, there would be no money in it if they purchased them straight from england as the labour rate is to high in england , just because it is cheap doesnt mean it is crap!!!! they are £250 on e bay, £80 must of been bidding of e bay!!!!! 

[nick-barnes07]

Im not too sure if any of you have read the reports of those cheap ebay intercoolers over on golfmkv.com but it does not look good - issues with installing and quality of product -

its a copy of the forge but they use a different core which looks as cheap as chips, and I doubt will give you very much gain what so ever.

you get what you pay for, and imo its worth paying a few hundred pounds more to get a quality product which has been tested to have proven performance gains. 

each to their own but I would not touch it wih a barge pole let alone put it on a £20k plus motor

our intercoolers are also designed for the car, not a universal intercooler so fitment is a1

[bacillus]

I wonder if this Pro Alloy IC would work on our cars seeing a S3 IC does fit...
http://www.audi-sport.net/vb/showthread.php?t=74187