has any one had any damage while using a front mounted intercooler, such as the evo 3??

i was showin mates at work wot i had and they rekoned i would go thru coolers cos of the stones wreckin it

 

well tbh they could be right, they do get a few stone chips



hint for ya, be at the front and then you dont have stones spat out at ya


pops taught me that, as hes cars mint and benns car has loads of stine chips on the bonnet and bumper

 

 

So every car on the road is going to go through loads of radiators as well then, because they're only a couple of inches further back
They might be slightly more exposed, but if a stone was going to take out an intercooler, the chances are it would take out a radiator too.
My Gtir front mount has been OK for 18months now.

 

im talkin about wen u cut a hole in ur bumper and put the i/c in the whole to get maximum airflow

 

some coolers are stronger/tougher than others...
If your cooler has an 'extruded' type core then it will take a pretty good impact before leaking..

 

I fitted stainless steel mesh in front of mine.

 

Like mine is you mean

I knew what you meant

My point was, the radiator is only slightly less exposed by the bits of bumper in front of it and you don't often have stones go through them. (given the amount of stones and cars on the road ) So hopefully the intercooler will be just as safe (lucky? )

 

think this is a bit of a "thing" really.

You talk about stone piercing intercoolers and rads, if it happen that often as often as some people think, god damn no one would have a car to drive, never hadnt anything happen with mine didnt evern dent any cooling fins. I have also never heard of a stone peicing a rad or intercooler

HTH

 

Had a gas van reverse in to mine, not an everyday occurance tho

 

have to say- i've been making front mount intercoolers for 16 years and I could probably count on one hand those that have been seriously stone damaged (holed)

 

and how many would that be? out of intrest!

 

james_birch, oh.....about.....5.max!.give or take a few

 

lol

as i thought

 

had no problem with mine all summer. its still as new condition to be honest!