Intercoolers

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am interested to know who's using what type and brand of intercoler and how effective they are in cooling and flow to certain power levels. so i want to know if the people making 200rwkw are using much different to the people making 400+rwkw

many people just bag out the cheap products and not many people give much information in their parts listing on intercoolers, so any information on type of cooler, sizes, pressure drop, and temps would be helpfull.

and please no just, buy an arc because someone told me they are better. i want to see how the cheaper stuff compares to the likes of these products

[R.3.2.G.T.R]

I'm using nismo only bcoz I got it very cheap, typically jap coolers are of very good quality, end tank design, minimal pressure drop

gtr coolers are very good alternatives as they are good for over 350kw (assuming heat soak n efficiency become a issue), cheap Chinese coolers are a compromise due to price, however good results can also be achieved without sacrificing too much performance

[WYTSKY]

Im using one of those large hybrid fmic copy intercoolers, apparently they come out of the same factory... etc etc... you always hear that...

I have never measured pressure drop but its done the job since I had 150rwkw and now at close to 300rwkw still doing its job....

Was 300 bux for the kit including piping so I figured at worst it was not the most expensive lesson if it didnt work.

[R31Nismoid]

am interested to know who's using what type and brand of intercoler and how effective they are in cooling and flow to certain power levels. so i want to know if the people making 200rwkw are using much different to the people making 400+rwkw

many people just bag out the cheap products and not many people give much information in their parts listing on intercoolers, so any information on type of cooler, sizes, pressure drop, and temps would be helpfull.

and please no just, buy an arc because someone told me they are better. i want to see how the cheaper stuff compares to the likes of these products

I highly doubt people buying $400 intercooler kits are going to be measuring things like pressure drop & temp diff across the cooler etc.

Doesnt make much sense as that type of stuff isnt useful for them.

That said... Nothing wrong with some of the cheap cores coming outta China etc - YOU will need to test them yourself. No-one around here likely has to be honest.

I know one business using them in 400rwkw upgrade kits (not skylines), there is approx 0.5-1psi drop - Not bad for a china core.

Workshop just welds on their own end tanks and off they go. You'd never know the difference compared to a $1000 core.

However I'd be fairly sure the above is not a common occurence. This workshop tried many cores until they found a good one/supplier.