[urq] Bigger IC - group buy???

[urquattro at comcast.net]

Yeah, on second thought, a cut-up 944t piece might be more trouble than it's worth, especially considering a brand new core would benefit from being clean, non-fatigued, and manufactured using 25-year newer techniques which must surely yield some benefit. Especially for $219. 

Good Luck!

PS-I have my stock IC still, if you need to borrow an "off the car" extra for any measurements or whatever. 

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Brandon Rogers" <brogers at terrix.com>
> Yep we have the same goals in mind.  I may try to use stock endtanks (or
> at least the piping to the TB)- but it may be a false efficiencty -
> don't know yet.  I also talked with a local guy is good at fabricating (
> did my modded 944 IC that you saw pics of) and he was not interested (at
> all!) in trying to reseal the ends of a cut in half 944 IC.  That was my
> orig thought...
> 
> I'll keep you posted on my progress.
> 
> Brandon
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: urquattro at comcast.net [mailto:urquattro at comcast.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 11:58 AM
> To: brogers at terrix.com
> Cc: urq at audifans.com
> Subject: [urq] Bigger IC - group buy???
> 
> 
> Brandon,
> Sounds like a really cool idea. I have daydreamed about such an idea
> myself. Obviously I've already gone the hard road with the full 944t
> unit myself, but have been interested in developing a bolt-in "middle
> ground" solution just for fun. I think the increased thickness -would-
> increase the cooling quite a bit, as well as increase flow (most of the
> heat exchange area is on the longer horizontal surfaces, or should be at
> least). Obviously, uberkill shrouding would be necessary to maximize
> efficiency. 
> 
> I had imagined using a chopped 944t core and the end tanks from the
> stock IC, with simple 4-sided "wings" on each end to adapt the end tanks
> to the wider cores.  Material cost per unit would be minimal this way,
> and a welder with a jig could devise the "wings" and cuts to the end
> tanks quite easily, I imagine. 
> 
> -Jon
> 
>