hi all im going to order my front mount intercooler from auto specialists later today,its there airtec one with twin fans.Ive heard some good things about them and for the cost they dont seem a bad buy.what do you guys think? Are they any goog?.its going on me series 2 with a 2.0 zvh turbo.cheers adam

 

my mate has airtech rad and cooler on his 380bhp 3dr cos and he said it perfect

 

Theres mixed views on these a few say they there good and otheres have said there shit personally id put the extra and get a GRS one never heard a complaint about GRS ones

 

there the two ive been swapping to and from,there alot of good things said about the grs intercooler,but am i goin to notice much difference or is it just noticable if you are on the track. cheers

 

grs is a proven product


so this would be my choice

 

I have an airtek, I cant fault it at all. I'm running essentially a standard engine @ 8psi. with just a K&N, a Mongoose and the aforementioned cooler and it made 145bhp when I had it all set up. Well worth the money.

 

my grs has been good

 

there seems to be an even split really on what people prefer.im abit undecided now.what price are you looking at for a grs cooler with fans then,

 

Last time i got a GRS one they were about Ł270 and the fans were Ł80 each. Like gus said they have been proven to lower acts. I aint seen anything on them airtec ones yet so cant comment on weather they do a better job or not but like the saying goes you get what you pay for.

 

not got a fault with my airtec one,

 

GRS or Radtec mate

 

why not pro alloy?

or do i need to change mine?

 

Custom made

https://passionford.com/forum/ford-rs-turbo-parts-for-sale/234830-ava-custom-made-s2-intercooler.html

 

grs twinpass frontmount intercooler,

 

or PACE????
my full width with the left carrier seams good to me does what u
expect it to do

 

All depends what power you are aiming for. Grs pro alloy or a nms intercooler for big power. My mate had an airtec cooler and i wasnt inpressed

 

my airtec cooler is fine , they got a good report in fastford when they tested them awhile back , its good for its money anyway

 

Yeah they maybe good for the money and probably ok for him but i thought as he has spent the money on building a 2.0 ZVH why skimp on the intercooler might aswell spend the extra Ł100 or so and get a Grs so there is no longer an issue.

 

GRS for an RST. Pro alloy are nice, and well made by people have had water problems.

 

i had no water problems with my old pro alloy cooler


it just wasnt man enough for large amounts of boost

off the shelf for big power would have to be a grs cooler all day long


i have just received my custom made cooler from pro alloy

 

water problems???????

 

Overheating, been a few off here with it.

Maybe others will enlighten more on the subject

 

the older grs coolers suffered this


sorted now thou,

 

you would only get the overheating if you used the 2 lame 10" fans
never get a heat problem on mine in traffic or on track

 

i got an airtec rad and front mountcooler with the large fans. Had no probs yet, and do rive it hard!
running244bhp so in my opinion they are fine...but others dont agree...
Try an airtec mate if you dont like it stick it on the ebay and get something else...just a thought...

 

GRS is the daddy. gus mate spot on words.
just wasnt man enough for large amounts of boost
Marcus.

 

any pics

 

not any good ones

 

had a pace front mount in mine and mine made more bhp than JR's on the same spec and his was pro alloy. I'd recomend pace (front mount)

 

RADTEC,

Is all to do with the quality and spec of the cores. These guys supply intercoolers for loads of race series stuff such as the porsche GT cup series.

They know what they are doing.

The last cooler I had in use off them was amazing even at 28psi!

 

i have a radtec, due to them being more within my budget at the time, and i have no complaints, nice quality and fit, and appeared to do its job fine

always hear good things about grs for the more powerful cars out there, and i really like the look of the pro alloy units with the wind deflector plates

my mate just bought an airtec unit, and i must say i hope it functions better than it looks, because the welds look messy, and even the brackets seem flimsy, brackets would be better welded on like all the others rather than thin bolted on items

 

Im glad to hear abour the radtec's too I got one when the opportunity came up but not had the car out on the road yet!
Mine isn't heavy tuned but it does get used

 

I put an airtec on my S2 and i used to thrash it within a inch of its life every time i was behind the wheel. no problems with it. two of my mates bought one for theres and had no problems but no of us are runnin big power (170bhp aprox??) another one of my friends has a GRS twin pass and it looks a better built product. plus GRS is tried and tested on big power cars. Dont forget the pro alloy one is only a single pass and think the boost has less distence to travel so i think turbo responce should be slightly better????
( neil usin MAXIMUM HUSTLERS log in.)

 

anyway decided on grs in end so rang up n there is a 5 week waiting list minimum,i could do with 1 before then.back to start now,il only be running around 230bhp so are not needing one to make massive power

 

Thanks for your call tonight. Yes works very busy at the moment, I'm sorry I can't get an intercooler out to you earlier.....

 

not a problem mate one of them things in the end,teach me to leave it to the last min,cheers anyway adam

 

hands down excellent cooler check my resto thread for testing info on the airtec coolers

 

to be fair none of the companies have testing info available of there coolers apart from auto specialists have some stuff on the wed site

GRS, RAD TECH, etc etc are all twin pass u want single pass like pro alloy or auto specialists

 

well expensive lol

 

The GRSmotorsport Series 2 Rs Turbo Twin Pass intercooler was tested in Fast Ford aprox 5-6 years ago against other manufactures......