intercoolers

Johnybeas · #1 11-09-2009, 12:55 PM

I've noticed a lot of people turboing lately so I had a few questions to all of you about intercoolers that I think some of us who are planning and trying to save up to do it as well.

1. What is the size everyone is using for their intercoolers?

2. Are any particular brands better than others?

3. Are there any particular styles that work better for our car, or in general?

STeeL25T · #2 11-09-2009, 07:47 PM

I don't have anything nailed down yet, but I'm looking to go water to air. Seems foolish not to since you don't have to cut your bumper support, it takes less space and less piping, I think it actually cools better, and to top it off its cheaper. http://www.frozenboost.com/ will sell you a full kit for 280 bucks.

I think I'm going to buy a few things from them and vulture the rest of the parts off of an SVT Cobra or Lightning as they likely have better quality pumps and exchangers.

I'll probably be buying this http://www.frozenboost.com/product_i...b4068d096bf526

Phast SVX · #3 12-01-2009, 08:34 PM

my intercooler is too small. My car feels lopsidedly faster in cool weather. It is 27x7x3.5", with 2.5" endtanks.

BoxerFanatic · #4 12-01-2009, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Phast SVX

my intercooler is too small. My car feels lopsidedly faster in cool weather. It is 27x7x3.5", with 2.5" endtanks.

Water to air makes sense...

But where under the hood do you plan to fit a water to air intercooler core... even if the heat exchanger is mounted up front.

It would not seem that a Subie H4-like TMIC location would be ideal, considering how close the throttle bodies are to the firewall... H4 TBs are in a completely different location.

A lot would likely depend on turbo location... one or two turbos... low front, low aft of the engine, or high-aft of the engine...

I can only imagine how much it would cost to build a new intake manifold that incorporated a couple of laminova liquid intercooler cores, and go that far custom.

STeeL25T · #5 12-02-2009, 05:35 AM

I've mentioned before I'm going with a rear mounted turbo, so I using the cylinder shaped intercooler I posted I can mount it anywhere in the piping on the under side of the car.

Seraphinwolf · #6 12-02-2009, 05:44 AM

I got a chance to glance at some personal notation at Synaptic3 from when a few guys there were thinking of turboing their SVX. RX7 Intercoolers mounted as the intake manifold. So basicly the core was the manifold. Looked interested and making me tempted to talk to them more about it.