Summit Racing Intercoolers
God damn! Reading this thread has me wore out...
steve is right. Garret.. hands down... makes the best core. That’s a fact.
Belo is just overpriced. Garret is twice the core for the same money.
Steve is also wrong, most CHEAP Chinese Intercooler I’ve seen do not have cast end tanks. Nor do they have fabricated sheet metal intakes. They are more like cheap “stamped” sheet metal ends.
The better Chinese intercooler do have cast end tanks. Like Treadstone, Summit, etc etc.
If your running 9psi on a SBE build, then anything will work cuz your not even making big power. If you make a million hp and your junk *** intercooler keeps your iat without losing 4psi through it, then badass man keep killing the game. If you wanna buy a core and weld yourself the best intercooler money can buy, then more power to ya.
This **** is out of hand 😂
steve is right. Garret.. hands down... makes the best core. That’s a fact.
Belo is just overpriced. Garret is twice the core for the same money.
Steve is also wrong, most CHEAP Chinese Intercooler I’ve seen do not have cast end tanks. Nor do they have fabricated sheet metal intakes. They are more like cheap “stamped” sheet metal ends.
The better Chinese intercooler do have cast end tanks. Like Treadstone, Summit, etc etc.
If your running 9psi on a SBE build, then anything will work cuz your not even making big power. If you make a million hp and your junk *** intercooler keeps your iat without losing 4psi through it, then badass man keep killing the game. If you wanna buy a core and weld yourself the best intercooler money can buy, then more power to ya.
This **** is out of hand 😂
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From: Norn Iron
I know this is old...
I think the big issue no one talks about is pressure drop. That's why in RH's test the bigger IC picked up boost. Also those were 2 "nice" vertical intercoolers. Get the typical $120 horizontal core ebay 3" core everyone used and dyno and log the pressure drop at 25lbs. It's bad! Even if it does seem to do OK on charge temps. I logged 30* difference between the 1245 Treadstone and the cheap ebay 3" unit at 20lbs. Also picked up a few psi at like DC. Now it seems people have switched to the 4" ebay cores. I have no experience with those.
Here is some info on the Treadstone Core density
https://www.treadstoneperformance.co...explained/5254
I think the big issue no one talks about is pressure drop. That's why in RH's test the bigger IC picked up boost. Also those were 2 "nice" vertical intercoolers. Get the typical $120 horizontal core ebay 3" core everyone used and dyno and log the pressure drop at 25lbs. It's bad! Even if it does seem to do OK on charge temps. I logged 30* difference between the 1245 Treadstone and the cheap ebay 3" unit at 20lbs. Also picked up a few psi at like DC. Now it seems people have switched to the 4" ebay cores. I have no experience with those.
Here is some info on the Treadstone Core density
https://www.treadstoneperformance.co...explained/5254
I'm gonna throw CX Racing out there too.
I ran one of the 4" units on my 4th gen F-Body and while I was running fairly low boost (12-14lbs.) the car still made 700whp on pump gas and IAT's very rarely ever got higher than ambient temperature.
It also didn't seem to obstruct airflow to the radiator too significantly since I didn't experience any overheating problems.
I bought mine off eBay for $200 I believe, all in all a good solution for my particular combination/goals.
I ran one of the 4" units on my 4th gen F-Body and while I was running fairly low boost (12-14lbs.) the car still made 700whp on pump gas and IAT's very rarely ever got higher than ambient temperature.
It also didn't seem to obstruct airflow to the radiator too significantly since I didn't experience any overheating problems.
I bought mine off eBay for $200 I believe, all in all a good solution for my particular combination/goals.
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From: Norn Iron
I'm gonna throw CX Racing out there too.
I ran one of the 4" units on my 4th gen F-Body and while I was running fairly low boost (12-14lbs.) the car still made 700whp on pump gas and IAT's very rarely ever got higher than ambient temperature.
It also didn't seem to obstruct airflow to the radiator too significantly since I didn't experience any overheating problems.
I bought mine off eBay for $200 I believe, all in all a good solution for my particular combination/goals.
I ran one of the 4" units on my 4th gen F-Body and while I was running fairly low boost (12-14lbs.) the car still made 700whp on pump gas and IAT's very rarely ever got higher than ambient temperature.
It also didn't seem to obstruct airflow to the radiator too significantly since I didn't experience any overheating problems.
I bought mine off eBay for $200 I believe, all in all a good solution for my particular combination/goals.
A lot of IAT sensors are very slow...and often the reason many think their charge temps are low.....it's just the sensor is so slow to respond it hasn't warmed up yet.
And many would rarely hold the car at WOT long enough, to see a steady increase to a plateau of actual temperatures.
A quick but basic test would be to fire a heat gun onto the sensor and log it to see how quick it responds, or dunk the sensor in some boiling water. and see how long it takes to get up to correct temp.
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A lot of IAT sensors are very slow...and often the reason many think their charge temps are low.....it's just the sensor is so slow to respond it hasn't warmed up yet.
And many would rarely hold the car at WOT long enough, to see a steady increase to a plateau of actual temperatures.
A quick but basic test would be to fire a heat gun onto the sensor and log it to see how quick it responds, or dunk the sensor in some boiling water. and see how long it takes to get up to correct temp.
And many would rarely hold the car at WOT long enough, to see a steady increase to a plateau of actual temperatures.
A quick but basic test would be to fire a heat gun onto the sensor and log it to see how quick it responds, or dunk the sensor in some boiling water. and see how long it takes to get up to correct temp.
A lot of IAT sensors are very slow...and often the reason many think their charge temps are low.....it's just the sensor is so slow to respond it hasn't warmed up yet.
And many would rarely hold the car at WOT long enough, to see a steady increase to a plateau of actual temperatures.
A quick but basic test would be to fire a heat gun onto the sensor and log it to see how quick it responds, or dunk the sensor in some boiling water. and see how long it takes to get up to correct temp.
And many would rarely hold the car at WOT long enough, to see a steady increase to a plateau of actual temperatures.
A quick but basic test would be to fire a heat gun onto the sensor and log it to see how quick it responds, or dunk the sensor in some boiling water. and see how long it takes to get up to correct temp.
It would change pretty quickly on my hand held but again, nothing to compare against.
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From: Norn Iron
People that shop exclusively name brand car parts are the same ones buy a Gucci wallet but never get to open it at the strip club.