Intercooler Cores

[PhilW]

Anyone have any links or info about where to get universal cores from that are of decent quality?

Ive been looking at the Forge one (type 08)....


http://www.forgemotorsport.co.uk/content.asp?inc=product&cat=0013&product=FMINT304UNI

 

[tashacupra]

Hay phil, I have been running one of the THS uni fit ones (600x300x76 iirc) for the last two years and I'm very happy with it for the price, it was £120 all in off bay back then but I think you can buy direct now? Quality is not quite as good as forge, but at under half the price i think they are well worth a look, mine seems to flow well and has held up well to the two years of abuse I have given it.

 

[PhilW]

Thanks very much for that info. Did you have to cut the crash bar to get it to fit?

Im not running A/C on mine btw.

 

[tashacupra]

Hi, yes the crash bar and the bumper both had extensive cutting, crash bar had most of the middle removed then a new pipe section welded over the top of the cooler (think goal post type of thing) and the bumper had almost everything from the middle removed and mesh put in to protect the cooler from big stones etc.
When I fitted mine I was still running air con (now relocated to the bin), but both the main rad and the aircon rad remained in the stock location hence the amount of bumper cutting required, if it's more of a stelth look you are after removing the aircon rad and moving the main rad back should free up enough space to fit the cooler further back so in turn leaving more of the bumper in place.

 

[PhilW]

Ok, i looked at moving the rad back last night, i think theres enough room to be honest.

Thanks.

 

[old yella]

intercooler

Was it this intercooler ebay130402253333?
as ive been thinking of changing my forge one to something that flows more..

 

[tashacupra]

Was it this intercooler ebay130402253333?
as ive been thinking of changing my forge one to something that flows more..

Yep that's the one diff seller but same cooler IMO you can't go wrong for that money it will flow plenty enough for any turbo most of us on here may install on a 1.8t lump.

 

[old yella]

Thanks for reply tashacupra got mine today dont suppose youve got any pictures of yours...

 

[tashacupra]

Thanks for reply tashacupra got mine today dont suppose youve got any pictures of yours...

Hi, pics as in how it's mounted behind the bumper or just of how the front end looks?

 

[old yella]

both would be brilliant please. moved washer bottle out to the bin and put a 1liter one in, in process of sorting out cable, box ect to put battery in the boot so should have enough room to run pipe work just an idea of how cooler sits would be very helpfull..
thanks craig..

 

[R4cup]

Ive just ordered the same cooler, how are u getting on with fitting yours Old Fella?

 

[old yella]

Not tried yet been busy at work, got a week off now though so may have a look..

 

[R4cup]

Mission complete yet yella?

 

[chris_200120vt]

Ok, i looked at moving the rad back last night, i think theres enough room to be honest.

Thanks.

alex makes the brackets to move the rad back i bought some a while ago so now the i/c does not run on the piss runs flush with the bumper

 

[PhilW]

alex makes the brackets to move the rad back i bought some a while ago so now the i/c does not run on the piss runs flush with the bumper

Old thread alert!

Thanks. I moved it back a year ago now...

 

[chris_200120vt]

Old thread alert!

Thanks. I moved it back a year ago now...

oops did not see when you last post was on this phil , tt seats fit tried them in this afternoon

 

[Ronin225]

Did you end up running with that core phil, as i too need a reasonable size core for a 2871 kit
Planning on welding the pipe work but interested to see if intake temps were ok
Looking at branded coolers but the forge ones are way too much

 

[PhilW]

Yeah i did. Bloody huge as well. lol.

Everything seems fine as far as i can see, i'd love to swap to a "known" intercooler to see if there is any difference tho.

 

[R4cup]

alex makes the brackets to move the rad back i bought some a while ago so now the i/c does not run on the piss runs flush with the bumper

Anyone have pics of these brackets fitted with their bumper off?

Will be a great help as i will be fitting my fmic soon.

Thanks in advanced

 

[Ronin225]

Yeah i did. Bloody huge as well. lol.

Everything seems fine as far as i can see, i'd love to swap to a "known" intercooler to see if there is any difference tho.

I am thinking of contacting pro alloy about getting just the cooler from this kit
http://www.proalloy.co.uk/cgi-bin/sitewise.pl?act=det&pt=52_921_62_634&p=633&id=proalloy