[urq] Bigger IC - group buy???

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Brandon,

Have you checked with Brendan Rudack (Apikool).  Maybe he could do  
it.  Certainly has the experience/expertise and is close to you as well.

Just a thought. And you can tell him I sent you :-)

Ingo

On Jan 8, 2007, at 1:46 PM, Brandon Rogers wrote:

> Guys-
> Following my decision to not use the 944T IC due to alternator issues,
> I'm talking to Bell Intercooler about making a custom IC from one of
> their stock cores.  www.bellintercoolers.com  Bar and plate
> construction. Dimensions would be same length as stock so that the
> alternator can stay put, same height, basically, but make it  
> thicker to
> increase flow - go to about 4.5" thick instead of about 2.5".  By
> looking at their tables, the stock IC looks like it flows about 250 to
> 300 CFM, whereas my design should be closer to 450CFM.  Any additional
> cooling would be nice, but really my goal is increased flow as I feel
> it's a bottleneck on a chipped 3B w/ RS2 turbo.  I'm assuming there
> would be very little if any additional cooling.  I don't see any  
> reason
> it would not bolt right in as I used stock plumbing when I had the  
> 944 T
> IC in there, and it is 5.5" thick.  I still have a few things to  
> measure
> twice, but I want to move forward with this little project.
>
> I don't know if I'll be able to order a bolt-in unit - I'm pretty much
> assuming I'll get something as close as possible, then have a local  
> guy
> do some tweaking with welder.  I don't know.
>
> Any thoughts?  Anybody else interested in going in on something?  Core
> price is $219 - no idea about pricing with endtanks yet.  Have not  
> even
> asked them for a group rate - but will if there is interest.
>
> Brandon
> '84 urquattro 20Vt
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