does it mess anything up internally?
Intercooler Help
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does it mess anything up internally?
no its just the front casing (compressor housing)
when you intercool do you need to relocate the battery?
not as long as your using a front mount air to air intercooler
As long as nothing's in the way then you're good to go. But relocating the battery wouldn't be a bad idea. It would give you more under hood space, better weight transfer, look cleaner under the hood, etc. But if your piping, and everything doesn't get in the way then your battery is just fine staying where it is.
No. Unless you decided to mount the blower on the passenger side and run a cog set up. For what you are doing no.
I would still do it. With the additional weight from the s/c and its brackets, the intercooler and piping, all on the nose of the car it would help getting the battery out of there and putting more weight over the rear wheels.
anyone know of any other good intercoolers?
It depends on how much you want to spend.
not trying to break the bank just want a decent piece
I know with a lot of turbo setups making decent power, people have had good results with this cooler and it's only $199. Check it out:
VS Racing
thanks
not thick enough. I'd get at the very least something 3.5" thick if it's a horizontal core.
That cooler will easily support the power he plans on making and will be easier to fit in his front bumper. You can't say there needs to be a certain thickness as different cores will be more efficient than others and some less efficient and there's much more to an intercooler being able to support X amount of HP than how thick it is. The reality is that people have used the intercooler I posted and had good IATs with similar power and more than what he plans on making. If he thinks he "needs" a thicker core then they also have a 4" thick intercooler that works well and they're not much more but you have to call about them.
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How much more of a psi drop will a 4" thick intercooler have over a 3". What are the advantages of a 4" at what point does it become necessary?
There is no point in time where you exactly need a certain thickness of intercooler. Some cores that are 3" thick might cool air better than some 4" cores. It depends on how good it is, the length, the height, etc. There are more factors than just thickness. If you really want to know the exact capacity of each core then call the manufacturer up to figure it out or go by real world experience of what has worked for other people who have already tested them. Either method will get you what you need. I think the VS Racing intercoolers are some of the better cheap intercoolers and if you call them and tell them what you're trying to do they'll help you out. They're not like ebay companies who don't know what they're selling you. They know the real results from people who have been using their stuff. They will probably tell you the 3" thick intercooler will easily work for you but that it wouldn't hurt to go bigger for more cooling and room to grow later on if you make more power.
so the boost drop between a 31x12x3 and a 31x12x4 would be slim to none?
There shouldn't be much of any difference so if you can fit the bigger one go for it because it will leave you more room to grow and it you ever make more power it'd be nice to not have to even mess with it as long as you figure out it'll fit in your bumper.
The 3" one will not flow as well and lose MORE boost because of how restrictive it is. I had the 3" ebay one on my car and the 3.5" vetical core I have on it now flows MUCH better. I gained 20hp to the wheels just changing intercoolers.
Read this:
http://www.svtperformance.com/forum...core-vs-horizontal-core-intercooler-ebay.html
Read this:
http://www.svtperformance.com/forum...core-vs-horizontal-core-intercooler-ebay.html
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precision says surface area is better than thickness. Im lost
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