Tick A2W Intercooler questions.
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Tick A2W Intercooler questions. Hey guys,
I've currently been kicking around the idea of buying the Tick performance 1400hp A2W sandwich intercooler/holley lo ram combo. I've seen plenty of data on the shearer fab ones but haven't seen much user review for the Tick set-up. How does it perform? I am currently running on E85 hot directly into the intake for plumbing/real estate issues on my car and have really been interested in buying that to save me more fab work reworking my currently hotside and making a new cold side with a A2A.
I've currently been kicking around the idea of buying the Tick performance 1400hp A2W sandwich intercooler/holley lo ram combo. I've seen plenty of data on the shearer fab ones but haven't seen much user review for the Tick set-up. How does it perform? I am currently running on E85 hot directly into the intake for plumbing/real estate issues on my car and have really been interested in buying that to save me more fab work reworking my currently hotside and making a new cold side with a A2A.
No matter what brand the thin versions don't seem to work that well unless you run low boost, which is probably why Shearer only makes larger versions. It looks like the price difference is only $130 to get the 1700hp version that is guaranteed to work if you have the room. What turbo do you have and how much boost do you run now and what's your goal?
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Sorry for the late response.
I have a VS485/103. The motor is a aluminum LC9 with a piston/rod combo. As far as goals go; I honestly don't really have a goal. The car was previously a NA/NOS deal and this is my first turbo set-up. As far as clearance go I'd need to remeasure for the Shearer rig but I'm pretty confident it will not clear my hood. I originally thought I would be completely fine with just running E85 and pulling some timing vs temp at the track as the car is slowly turning into more of a race car than a cruiser. My thought was if i could get an A2W set-up for a reasonable price then maybe it wouldn't be bad attempting street driving/cruising. Also, I know without a doubt It would be safer and I could lean on it harder when the time comes. I also had no idea the bigger shearer version was only 130$ more. I'm praying that ill have hood clearance lol
I have a VS485/103. The motor is a aluminum LC9 with a piston/rod combo. As far as goals go; I honestly don't really have a goal. The car was previously a NA/NOS deal and this is my first turbo set-up. As far as clearance go I'd need to remeasure for the Shearer rig but I'm pretty confident it will not clear my hood. I originally thought I would be completely fine with just running E85 and pulling some timing vs temp at the track as the car is slowly turning into more of a race car than a cruiser. My thought was if i could get an A2W set-up for a reasonable price then maybe it wouldn't be bad attempting street driving/cruising. Also, I know without a doubt It would be safer and I could lean on it harder when the time comes. I also had no idea the bigger shearer version was only 130$ more. I'm praying that ill have hood clearance lol
Sorry for the late response.
I have a VS485/103. The motor is a aluminum LC9 with a piston/rod combo. As far as goals go; I honestly don't really have a goal. The car was previously a NA/NOS deal and this is my first turbo set-up. As far as clearance go I'd need to remeasure for the Shearer rig but I'm pretty confident it will not clear my hood. I originally thought I would be completely fine with just running E85 and pulling some timing vs temp at the track as the car is slowly turning into more of a race car than a cruiser. My thought was if i could get an A2W set-up for a reasonable price then maybe it wouldn't be bad attempting street driving/cruising. Also, I know without a doubt It would be safer and I could lean on it harder when the time comes. I also had no idea the bigger shearer version was only 130$ more. I'm praying that ill have hood clearance lol
I have a VS485/103. The motor is a aluminum LC9 with a piston/rod combo. As far as goals go; I honestly don't really have a goal. The car was previously a NA/NOS deal and this is my first turbo set-up. As far as clearance go I'd need to remeasure for the Shearer rig but I'm pretty confident it will not clear my hood. I originally thought I would be completely fine with just running E85 and pulling some timing vs temp at the track as the car is slowly turning into more of a race car than a cruiser. My thought was if i could get an A2W set-up for a reasonable price then maybe it wouldn't be bad attempting street driving/cruising. Also, I know without a doubt It would be safer and I could lean on it harder when the time comes. I also had no idea the bigger shearer version was only 130$ more. I'm praying that ill have hood clearance lol
I was incorrect, looks like its about $230 these days. I've run the shearer one in the past and didnt even need water in the core for it to stay cool on short street hits. The thin tick unit just reminds me too much of the smaller 417 unit which really isnt suited to higher boost on something like a 5.3L.
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I have a few friends working on Holley Lo-Ram + a/w brick (SheearFab for one, Tick smaller one for the other Hi Andrew), I'm looking forward to their results. The first combo is a <3400 1st gen with big twins.
Another member on here bought a Shearer cooler like the one the gent with the CTSV went with and his actually failed at one of the welds after much abuse and Ron took the old one back and sent him a new one no questions asked.
I would do business with Shearer based on that, the quality product and the results realized, a trifecta for success.
I completely re-read the 417 thread, it was very detailed because of all the testing the guy did. I'm not sure what the final verdict was, core too small or some other issue?