Hybrid Intercoolers - Voice your opinion!!

[Fitzpatrick Speed Works]

hybrid cores are good as long as you dont expect them to flow any more than 260-290rwkw in some of the earlier designs even lower. Other than that they are good value for money.

[Cubes]

So my bar and plate front mount intercooler which is quite small but apparently is optimum up to 580hp, is it that good? and will it handle the 260rwkw that I am after?

Here is the link...

http://www.horsepowerinabox.com/mall/ic06.asp

I paid no where near that price but it is that exact kit.

I paid $1400 fitted.

[digsy_20]

Hybrid also make complete kits for everything from S13 Silvia's to WRX and every skyline inbetween... worth a look anyway...

They have three inch polished piping and silcon hoses... and stainless clamps... what more does a man need...

I like the fact that you don't have to spend big bucks on making piping... I originally made all the piping for my stock silvia intercooler... ( i turboed my non-turbo therefore had no pipework) and I made it all from stainless piping and Norosco hosing... It wasn't a huge job but in the end it still cost me a couple of hundred dollars... for a good front mount it would be worth buying the kit to save yourself the trouble...

I'm buying mine through Squizz... he seems to be getting good prices at the moment... contact him for the whole range of kits at decent prices...

[Fitzpatrick Speed Works]

bar and plates flow really high numbers and have very small pressure drops. There down fall is once they get hot due to the amont of metal that needs to b cooled, and they restrict air flow to the radiator severly compared with a tube and fin. I think they are good, im getting a 125mm thick bar plate at the moment for my GTR.

[YBSLO4]

Not true dude they have a higher pressure drop than a tube and fin core however will get a lower temperature to the inlet manifold. Ya gotta weigh it up... less cooling but good low pressure drop = largest tube and fin core you can fit on your car without to mugh restriction of radiator etc. Lowest temperature possible but with a slightly higher pressure drop on a smaller size core = bar and plate cooler. You have to work out what you are after as to what you fit to your set up. I run a custom AVO bar and plate race core, measures 600*250*90 which is more than enough for around 650hp, and is a damn good cooler... cast tanks etc.

The hybrid cooler is a very good upgrade over the stock cooler value for money comapred to more serious coolers from large companies for those who will want the extra bit out of it and who are willing to pay for it. But i have seen heaps of Hyrbid cores on heaps of cars and they seem to do very well.