LSD Intercoolers?
07-20-2005, 01:29 PM
#12
3.0 BAR
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 6,279
Re: LSD Intercoolers?
I am not trying to "help" anyone on their sales nor i am trying to kill anyones sale by pushing them down. 
As some of you might know i work in a shop where they sell turbo stuff, turbos, WGs, FMIC and such. I work with similar intercoolers everyday and i know exactly how the constructions and internals are.
On the one with tube and fin cores, it IS extruded core, which is the exact same style core that Greddy intercooler uses. Greddy does not use it for no reason nor they are trying to go cheap by using cores that does not do the job.
As of the one with Bar and plate cores, I`ve seen people made over 800 AWD wheel horse with the same core(a 12 inche tall and 3 inche thick IC) without any problem, the end tank is still cool to touch even after hard runs.
I`ve also seen a few Maxima pushing 350+ wheel horse with the exact same bar and plate Ic he`s selling.
I `ve swithed from IC that has internal fins to one of these bar and plate ICs, didn`t notice any performace difference, endtank is still cool to touch like it did before but i did notice better thottle respond and a tiny bit quicker spool up time.
As some of you might know i work in a shop where they sell turbo stuff, turbos, WGs, FMIC and such. I work with similar intercoolers everyday and i know exactly how the constructions and internals are.
On the one with tube and fin cores, it IS extruded core, which is the exact same style core that Greddy intercooler uses. Greddy does not use it for no reason nor they are trying to go cheap by using cores that does not do the job.
As of the one with Bar and plate cores, I`ve seen people made over 800 AWD wheel horse with the same core(a 12 inche tall and 3 inche thick IC) without any problem, the end tank is still cool to touch even after hard runs.
I`ve also seen a few Maxima pushing 350+ wheel horse with the exact same bar and plate Ic he`s selling.
I `ve swithed from IC that has internal fins to one of these bar and plate ICs, didn`t notice any performace difference, endtank is still cool to touch like it did before but i did notice better thottle respond and a tiny bit quicker spool up time.
07-20-2005, 03:49 PM
#14
1.0 BAR
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 545
Re: LSD Intercoolers?
Bar and plates were superior when it came to efficiency do to the fact that it has those turbulators inside. They mix the air around so that it all gets cooled. Cheap tube and fin cores either have no turbulators, or perfectly straight ones which don't do crap, so the only air getting cooled is the air on the edges that is touching the aluminum. Now a lot of tube and fin cores are implementing some turbulators on the inside to up their efficiency. Not sure how well they work as I have no experience with them, but I'd imagine they are a bit of improvement over the old ones with no turbulators at all. Ask for some pics of the insides of the cores and see if their tube and fin cores have turbulators.
07-20-2005, 06:59 PM
#17
3.0 BAR
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 3,732
Re: LSD Intercoolers?
Originally Posted by Rx7toCivic
Originally Posted by Paul99EX
cca all the way nukka!
07-20-2005, 10:17 PM
#20
1.5 BAR
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 828
Re: LSD Intercoolers?
Originally Posted by Rx7toCivic
nope straight from cca, the mounting plates were welded on crooked, the welds were half-*** grinded down and it was half assed polished aswell
