so what intercooler now???

[clicht]

Hi all,

I looked over all the polo stats from pog wars I.
What amazed me was that the forge still kept temps lowest, and requeted boost was still very close to actual?
So the million $ question, what intercooler to get.
The forge looks best, however, noone had a ths, larger seat cooler, which may be beter.

Would appreciate any words of wisdom/ views.

Thanks
Clint

[VWindahouse]

Forge red line........SEAT blue line

[clicht]

Just to be clear, the above chart shows apples with apples....ie the increase in kw is only due to a change in intercooler, NO other changes at all!
If thats the case, the the slight increase in temp via the seat is more than overcome by the decrease in pressure.

Wonder what would happen if you had a larger turbo, could it counter the back pressure in the forge, and utilise the lower temp?
So many questions.
Did pog wars just create more questions

[vwthunder]

I also noticed that the Seat cooler dosen't keep the temperature down as much as the Forge cooler did.

If you need a few more PSI boost i would just add a manual boost controller lol

[noone]

Id wait to see if we can properly evaluate THS core.

I know I've splattered this message across a few posts, but you can't just look at the temps without seeing what the resulting output was.

For eg, if the Seat core system showed higher temps, but generated more torque, then that would make sense.

For the time I will be holding off from the THS core as this comparison did not show the black / white differences that some had claimed. Also, the flow restriction is likely more relevant to an upgraded turbo than the stock one.

[seangti]

Would it make any difference as to whether your intent is to run it down the dragstrip or on a circuit? Marginally lower boost but cooler intake temps Vs more stable boost and high intake temps? That may be the reality of the results that it's all a trade off of one Vs the other rather than as noone said, black and white differences.

[noone]

Is there any more excitement around this?
I'm still keen on the THS cooler (assuming Redliner's experience goes well), but would like to minimise the cost (shipping for cores, shipping for brackets).

Might not be a massive upgrade from the Forge core I have now, but I'm sure someone will be happy with my old core with Summer coming up.

Redliner, did you get the discount in the end?

[Redliner]

Is there any more excitement around this?
I'm still keen on the THS cooler (assuming Redliner's experience goes well), but would like to minimise the cost (shipping for cores, shipping for brackets).

Might not be a massive upgrade from the Forge core I have now, but I'm sure someone will be happy with my old core with Summer coming up.

Redliner, did you get the discount in the end?

Hi Noone.
Was going to do the install today but the person who was going to weld the map sensor flange fell through. It will have to wait till next week.

They didn't respond to my email about the discount. I didn't hassle them about the discount code as I found it on a forum and didn't know what it referred to.

[clicht]

Im still keen...anyone in Melbourne keen?

[cylinderhead]

Just saw this thread

A lot of pics from the outside of the intercoolers mentionedq. Any pics of the internals of the Intercoolers mentioned here?

I've got pics of an ebay coolers(mine) and garrett cooler, just showings was the density of the fins internally.





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