[s-cars] intercooler

[Achint Sandhu]

Hi Mike,

	I noticed the "obstruction" in the stock intercooler as well, however the
stock intercooler's crimp is not as abrupt as the one in the TAP piece...

Cheers,
Achint

On November 6, 2002 11:31, mlp qwest wrote:
> Serge -
>
> Until someone decides to hook up & post some DaveTron figures for their
> stock IC's, a lot of the speculation about the +'s &/or -'s of either the
> TAP unit, or the big FMIC (front mounted intercooler) will have to remain
> in Rod's favorite (least) category of speculative bench bar stool bench
> racing. At least as good, maybe even better would be some differential
> pressure reading across the hot to cold side of the IC.
>
> That said, IMPO the stock IC certainly "looks," at least, to me to be a
> very nice piece of construction.
>
> OTOH, I wouldn't completely dismiss the TAP unit just because of the inlet
> neck anomalies noted by Achint.  Achint, a close inspection of the stock IC
> inlet end cap (courtesy of Bob Pastore's donation) would show that the
> factory makes a similar "crimp" in its inlet design.  Speculation on my
> part would be that it is purposely done to help distribute incoming intake
> charge air more evenly across the core.  Having just witnessed the effects
> of a pair of just slightly larger than stock IC's put on a tt S4, I also
> wouldn't completely discount the effects of even a slightly larger IC in
> the stock location.  That said, I wouldn't trust TAP to do it though.
>
> mlp
>
>
> ~-----Original Message-----
> ~From: s-car-list On Behalf Of serge
> ~
> ~While on the topic, does anyone have firsthand experience with the
> ~TAP sport
> ~IC. Before I knew about this list, I called TAP and got a description, I
> ~believe they claimed 20% larger, all aluminum construction and fits stock
> ~location. Any experience w/ this? Has anyone purchase one of these and
> ~compared it to stock, installed it and seen any benefit?
> ~
> ~TIA,
> ~Serge Filanovsky
> ~
> ~95 S6 Avant
> ~
> ~
>
>
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