A few of my mates with rs turbos have said i need an uprated intercooler with the mods that have been done to the engine or its gunna blow up
Is this true ? If so what the best cooler to use ? just a universal one ?

Engine spec is as follows

chipped ecu (running 15psi)
-31 actuator
hybrid turbo (not that old)
full mongoose stainless exhaust with 3.5 inch tailpipe (not that old)
bleed valve
bailey dumpvalve


CheeRS
Sam

 

i wouldnt say its gonna blow up, but ur pretty much on the limit, a bigger intercooler would be benificial to get charge air temps down therefore more power and if you ever go any further with engine mods.

go for a GRS front mount (the daddy) or pace do a double capacity one thats pretty good if thats more of ur budget.

 

i wouldnt say its gonna blow up, but ur pretty much on the limit, a bigger intercooler would be benificial to get charge air temps down therefore more power and if you ever go any further with engine mods.

go for a GRS front mount (the daddy) or pace do a double capacity one thats pretty good if thats more of ur budget.

 

Cheers mate

I just want to run the car as it is but safely as i cant afford to fix it if something blows up lol

How much are both of them ?

my mate runs a vw tuning company and said a universal one is ok to use on it is that true ? if so he do me a good deal on one obvously

 

grs fit very very well (mine does neways)

and its shifs well enuff till i turn the boost up more


uni cooelr will be fine aslong as

1,its gonna fit (not just the placing but hose work, fans in the way etc etc)

2, its actually better, u wanna have similar bore pipe for ease of fitting and fairly slim to fit in front of the rad cos there aint really newhere else to put it on a rst

they come up on ebay fairly regular

 

Cheers mate

Ill have a look at the ones his got any see if any will fit easyly enough

 

my grs is like this, both pipes on the rhs (lookin at car from front) and are perfect lenght so you dont even need to cut or extend the pipe work

good luck with it, would be good to see other types fitted cos every 1 is goin for what looks basically the same, mind you i think its cos they are the best design

 

That looks spot on mate

I didnt relise i needed on that big !!??

 

Also would something like this be good enough ?

Standard 2.3 saab turbo one

 

you'll be okay on that spec, as Seb said its the limit but its what im running with no probs!

obviously if you get one its only a good thing but its not life or death

 

hello sam if your gonna change the cooler go for a Pro Alloy intercooler...its what ill be using

bassboy

 

Get the new GRS Evo 5 coolerm ate

 

Ive got GRS on my S1 and its made a huge difference

However if i was going to buy one now i would go for the pro alloy

 

or get a 2wd cossie one and get some pipes and silicone hoses to fit it,itll be right then,and cost you circa 300 sheets less than any pro alloy or grs item!

 

what year you living in mate...

Pro Alloy all the way

 

or I have a twin cossie cooler NMS for sale