I'm thinking of buying a GRS Intercooler for my S2 anybody got any opinions of them are they worth getting?

Are they hard to fit and has anybody had any problems with overheating with one fitted?

Cheers.

 

ive just fitted 1 to my frst. the best cooler on the market for a fez IMO.

the new evo4 is easier to fit for the escort & it looks the tits!

i havent had any overheating probs so far - touch wood!

 

got one in my s2,act's never above 40 degrees,easy to fit but i fitted a remote fan switch in the car

 

They are brilliant, fitted mine last year. Everyone is using them and they get constant praise in Performance Ford.

 

Yep i had on my rst,worked great for me,great temps from it.

Bit of a slag to fit though i thought


Rich

 

had one of the first and is a big fecker the new ones are abit smaller and easyer to fit

mark

 

I got one IMO

 

Had one before, as soon as I put it on I noticed a big Diff! Getting the new evo4 eventually

 

but what abouit the fan(s), when u fit a GRS cooler.. do u fit them on the rad, or cooler... I have 2 8" kenlowe fans fittid on my rad now, wit std cooler... and I think mine i getting pretty hot??

 

fitted mine on the radiator too mate,best fit remote fan switch to though

 

rs adam- if you have fitted 2 fans to your standard rad you are bloking the
air flow thats probably why its running hotter,try fitting a fan switch insde
the car so you have more control over running temps.

GRS I/C are the biz,bit of a shit to fit but well worth the hassle IMO.
its a bit tricky if you are goin to mount the fan between I/C and rad,i found that
9mm of spacers between the I/C and front panel gave me enough room
to fit the fan in between the both.

 

GRS cooler is the kiddy , got 1 on ma S2 , looks the nutz , and dont fit fan on cooler looks shit , keep it on the rad and hook up a switch , incase u hit some traffic ,, just 2 be safe , oh and dont shut bonnet once fitted cose catch will dent cooler like mine cut it bak a bit for clearence,, take it other ppl had this problem i hope , i employed a trusty tie rap to hold rad bak from fan etc ,, but have a little imprint of ma actuator on ma rad , but never caused me any probs , been on for a year now

 

Ive ordered one too.Should be here in a couple of week's now

rabmcS2:Where abouts in Ayrshire do you stay?

 

The GRS Evo 4, its the nuts! Its lovely to fit and looks wicked! Get a cossie fan switch tho!

 

my m8 s2 is running realy HOT temp gauge is under the RED but not by much would he be best fitting one of these as its running high boost (i think)

 

GRS intercoolers wont bring down the water temps,they cool the charge air.

If anything they increase water temps coz they block the main air flow to the
radiator.

Has your mate tried checking the temp sender to see if thats faulty?

 

i'll get him to do that

CheeRS Alan

 

you guys need a pro alloy cooler!
http://img77.photobucket.com/albums/...zer/rs2fm1.jpg

 

wont be much airflow to that with them fans on the front wazzer

 

"wont be much airflow to that with them fans on the front wazzer"

The figures are good... The test car was fitted with a 'popular' alternative(shouldn't say which!) and we saw 71 degrees with an ambient of 24 deg...
this cooler never went over 54 deg. both tested on the same car on the same day..ok this car was a bit of a nail, runing way too much boost, with no where near enough fuel-but it gve us a good comparison.
The twin fans are there to make shure the water temps are stable at all times(traffic etc.) way too many people get carried away with air temps and forget the water- the best way is to have a good all round balance.
ps.. the air scoop plate on the r/h/s can be removed and replaced with our bolt on turbo cooler- If you wish!

 

u can still acheive a good balance of water and charge air temps
without blocking the the main air flow to the i/c by using those fans IMO,
of course.

If the figures where good with the fans i wonder how much better they would have been with out them there?

 

I have heard some dodgy stories that a few people who have fitted a bigger intercooler had to modify the bonnet catch, and the bonnet has flipped open when giving it stick on the motorway

 

i went for a grs charge cooler m8 and it has never let me down at all, i am just restorin my s1 now and had been runnin 28 psi with it on std pistons and there was nothin wrong with them what so ever when i rebuilt the engine!! and that was 6 months use @ 28psi!!

 

Yep it does happen..... I think when I go down the large intercooler road I will get rear bonnet raisers to help let the heat out more and install bonnet pins for good measure. As much as I don't want to cut my bonnet about I wouldn't risk it any other way

 

I've got the pace frount mount Theres a new one come out just like it (the guy used to work for pace) will find out some details if u want

 

just bought a GRS and was wondering how u fit the little kenlowe to the radiator is there some thing i need to buy and where do i get the brackets i need to fit it as i bought it secondhand

 

I had the GRS evo 3 on my old one, I am gunna go new and get the EVO 4 which is made to fit better

 

p.s Kev - Speak to Graham, he will probably be able to knock you some more brackets up

 

done so Adam what a pukka geezer hes making me brackets and the cable ties for the fan and sending them to me free of charge

 

Yup, that's Graham

 

"I've got the pace frount mount Theres a new one come out just like it (the guy used to work for pace) will find out some details if u want"


Carl, I'm the guy who just left pace!!
i can be found at
www.proalloy.co.uk


cheers!

 

Cool my mate just bought a front mount of u in blackpool 4 a s2 looks mint

 

we try our best!!!
kind regards
wayne @ pro alloy
www.proalloy.co.uk

 

HOW MUCH FOR THE FRONT MOUNT IC FOR ERST THE?? (opps capslock)

 

Dave,
They are Ł380.00 + vat..
wayne

 

Thats way cheaper than the pace I bought

And I still never got a proper charge carrier




I need 1 making for an efi now as well

 

Why would you need a different one for the efi?

 

A number of reasons. . . . . The throttle boddy is a diff size so the mfi one is 2small and on the other side which gets in the way of the air reg (on the efi its on the opp side)

 

I didn't bother changing it, just used a silicon reducer.

 

Wazzer.... you don't by chance own a xr3i/rs do ya?