Intercooler Question

[ssxRicho]

heaheah 4WD, fingers were doing their own thing.

[1802NV]

$800 for a front mount seems abit much - for non branded. Try Just Jap i thinks theirs are around $500

cheers rich

[lukebaldan]

You are wrong, it makes it go faster.

You're being sarcastic right?

The reason why an intercoooler leads to a power gain is because the air gains temperature as it is compressed by the turbo (Boyle's law if i remember correctly). The intercooler effectively 'attempts' to bring the warmed air to ambient temperature (Lower charge temp = higher o2 density = more power).

In an NA car, the intake temp is nearly the same as ambient temp, hence all an intercooler would achieve is restriction and a nice power loss.

Edited June 12, 2009 by lukebaldan

[jase-r34]

Yeah pretty sure he was being sarcastic

[Lachlan33]

I think most NA's with an intercooler don't actually have the piping connected. They literally just have the cooler mounted to let everyone know their 1.6L NA 4 cylinder FWD is actually a fully hektik drift machine that you shouldn't mess with

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

Hi guys

im looking to buy a intercooler kit for my 2door skyline r32.

i have a gts4! is it any different to the gtst one? if so could you explain it?

thanks

toan

R32 GTS-T and R32 GTS4 are the same car, except you have a 4WD system and the GTS-T is RWD.

Are you running high boost, do you have a boost controller?

If you are running stock boost, there is no point in putting in a Front Mount Intercooler (Which I assume is what you mean when you said "im looking to buy a intercooler kit")

Even if you are running higher boost, how many kW's you have at the wheels?

Upgrading to a R34 GTT Side Mount Intercooler is good enough as it can handle over 200kW's and from memory it's a straight swap and no need for extra piping.

Going R34 GTT Side Mount is good enough untill you want 300+kW's then go stock GTR Front Mount Intercooler.

[Yeedogga]

Ah man this thread got funny! I love how sarcasm never translates over the inter-web, even if its REALLY obvious!

If you want to put a front mount in, I say go right ahead. You probably won't notice a whole lot of an improvement, but hey, everyone's got one, may as well join the crowd!

I noticed a small boost increase in my r33, but nothing to rave about. If you've got the money and you want to do it, just do it.

I mean there are possibly better bang-for-buck mods you could do for $800, but putting FMIC in your sig gives you way more street cred.

Edited June 12, 2009 by Yeedogga

[2LV8ETR]

I think most NA's with an intercooler don't actually have the piping connected. They literally just have the cooler mounted to let everyone know their 1.6L NA 4 cylinder FWD is actually a fully hektik drift machine that you shouldn't mess with

AKA: Wank Factor.