i have been looking at intercoolers on ebay in the following sizes,45mm and 60mm.im sure the old radtec 1 i had was 50mm but cant find any radtec coolers this size.
when going for big power will the 60mm be worth the extra money over say a 45mm cooler as theres about £200 differance!

 

Im selling my 50mm Radtec one soon, £175 posted

What power have you got ?

Steve

 

It will be well worth going to a 60 mm thick core if you want high power.

Get a well designed one and it will help with the cooling by straightening the air flow

for the water radiator. Some are designed to go in front of a radiator, but a lot are

thrown together using whatever core is available. The cores are not made equal !!!!

 

hi,i have got around 330 just now but im planning more in the future so im thinking i may buy 1 of the 60mm coolers now so its there if i change the spec.

 

If you think your going to go for over 450 hp id go with a new 70mm airtech awesome coolers and at a great price...if around the 400 hp mark or less a 50mm one will do..


cheers danny

 

id get a airtec 70mm anyway just for the girth, price and to be hardcore

 

airtec say the 70mm will work well on 330bhp and above so for the price £275 iirc id go for that

 

anybody got a link as i could only find them on ebay for 299 from rapid ford.and i thought 60mm was pretty big.
do you need to modify the mounts to make it fir or will it bolt to the existing holes on teh chassis legs?

 

http://www.autospecialists.co.uk/Air...oduct-637.html

 

Changing mine for a 70mm Airtec one

Will be doing some ACT tests on the rollers as well

Steve

 

cheers,had a look and i think ill go for that very soon!

 

Can you get them with 3" pipes?
Cheers Rich

 

Yes you can!
Answered my own question by just looking alittle harder on the web site
Rich

 

They never used to be available as i asked when i bought mine at national day 2009 - interesting if they do as i would mine my modifying

 

My 70mm Airtec should arrive tomorrow

Steve

 

Yup here they are:
http://www.autospecialists.co.uk/New...duct-1013.html
Rich

 

why do you need 3" pipes?bigger throttle body and turbo?

 

Yup, T66 turbo and a 3" TB
Rich

 

63mm pipes are good enough for cars upto 700bhp according to MADs Mark Shead

Steve

 

Yes mate but if you have a big tb and turbo no point in having reducers...



cheers danny

 

The hose on a RS500 drops down to 63mm, its only the ends that are bigger

Steve

 

Well it has arrived

£uck me its heavy, need stronger front springs

Bit pi$$ed off as the inside diameter of the pipes are only 53mm, my Radtec one is 60mm.

Steve

 

I would have thought you would have known that as with cast end tanks it has to be smaller on the inside, Not on my recomended list.

Mark

 

Which one would you recommend after the new Spec R one?
As it's alittle expensive
Cheers Rich

 

Spec R also does the old school 500 one also so I would recomend that.

Mark

 

The airtech 70mm one beat the spec r amongst others on a back to back test!!


cheers danny

 

No it didnt as the spec r intercooler hasnt been tested in a shootout.

Mark

 

I stand corrected your right in that test there wasnt a spec r but there was alot of others and it came second out of 5 well known coolers and i was wrong again as that was the 60mm one witch has been out proven with the 70mm one..

So if it hasnt been tested against others what tests have you done mark to warrant the old spec r over any of the others????
To be fair once you have a good cooler and it works for your needs why change unless your chasing more bhp or you have issues???


cheers danny

 

I never said the old one is the best as the new one is by far the best,
The old one works as well as the others with the tube and fin cores and its the one I would use if asked.

Mark

 

Oh cool just making sure its just your choice not a fact its better than say the airtech??

I agree the new bar and plate seems the best out there now but for most just isnt needed and is very expensive although worth every penny if needed...
The old spec r isnt any better than some of the others though imo...

cheers danny

 

We will see how well a 70mm Airtec one does very soon

Steve

 

I'm currently running a Pro Alloy 50mm core intercooler which performed very well at 420 BHP, but now with a possible increase of 180 BHP (I hope) I 'm unsure how it's going to cope with the added act's.
Rich

 

just go for a spec-r one

 

100mm pro alloy jobie for mine.

 

Is that a straight fit or do you have to move the rad, plus how much?
Cheers Rich

 

If your going for 600 hp mate id go with the new spec r one..


cheers danny

 

I keep telling myself the same thing, just the £715 price tag!
Might have to wait abit to afford it been as i've just bought the Hart inlet and fully aeroquip the fuel system.
Rich

 

£715

 

Straight fit is a good question fella, its got to go in the front of a pug 106, im sure Andrew Gallacher will make it fit, but scs have just fitted one with no probs on an escos and mine was from Kelvins Escort yet again fitted no probs.