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Edition 30 Welly Cooler guide?
Paradox1:
I got mine from Ebay. they seem alot more expensive than they used to be. was about 8quid per alloy pipe but now its like 12-15quid a piece. we had to cut some of the pipes down so the intercooler was sitting correctly. I think it was ASH silicone where I got them from.
its 3inch reduced to 2.5 from the intercooler
pudding:
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--- Quote from: Pudding on September 14, 2016, 12:18:02 pm ---I think Mighty Car Mods did a myth busting thing on black intercoolers. I can't remember the outcome though :grin:
Is a welly cooler like a little fridge for Wellington boots or something?
I think some folk get a bit too wrapped up in "For stage 2+ - You must have a 3" catback, you must have a massive intercooler, you must have grade 7 spark plugs, you must have Millers Nanodrive.....". You don't NEED any of it, technically speaking. But a bigger IC certainly helps keep heatsoak down, but the more volume the turbo has to fill, the more chance of lag etc.
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I think the Might Mods test made minimum to no difference. The only reason id stray it is if I wanted it to be a sleeper etc
Welly was the name of the first guy to try it universal intercooler on audi sport forums, about 5 years ago now. just a bit of banter that stuck.
Yes I totally agree. people going with all these name brand parts make the price of stage 2 ridiculous.
When I fitted my welly cooler I definitely noticed more torque, but I also noticed there was a bit of lag too. but once the intercooler had filled up its pulled hard and nicely. You dont really.
Even those cheap Ebay twintercoolers do the job for stage 2.
In other words dont break the bank lol
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Ah right, so Welly cooler just means 'generic ebay cooler' ? Never knew that, good info :smiley:
I like things to be simple and I'm not into chopping bumper irons and stuff either, so I just dropped an S3 intercooler in instead. The post 2010 one with plastic end tanks, which was about £230 from Audi when I got it. Cheap for OEM! The all alloy one (with minimal gains, hence why Audi dropped it) is now about £450! I haven't noticed any lag, but then it's not much bigger than the GTI one!
I also tried a turbo muffler delete and a bigger turbo discharge pipe (KO4), but those two made bugger all difference, so took them off!
I think there comes a point where some mods make zero to hardly any difference, but folk still fit them anyway because the internet says so :smiley:
Paradox1:
Yeah I definitely agree. Like most people wsnt to own everything for the car. lol
I've spend bare minimum on my mods by not following the scene price for name brand parts.
E'g forge intercooler was 700quid and the ebay 1 was like 170??
Im your case id be tempted to get one of the Ebay replacement/drop in intercoolers. They apparently flow the same as the S3 and limits around 360ish like the s3 intercooler.
pudding:
Cheers mate. I'm only going Stage 2 at the most, so that's what....330-340hp? That's plenty for me, so the S3 should suffice :smiley:
I need to sort the chassis out before going big with the hp anyway. It can barely contain stage 1, let alone 2!
cupra_matt:
Thanks for the input guys :happy2:
Im like many of you, i dont need named brands, but i do want the engine to perform at the best it can. Ive already ordered my 3.5 inch decat DP and am deciding which exhaust to go for, i like the look of the scorpion 3 inch cat back resonated system.
I already have ceramic coated revo intake and auto tech internals and running GIAC stage 1.5 with Revo stage 2 DSG map.
Im not planning on going big turbo, but i thought that in the past with my cupra and ended up having 3 different turbos on it before i settled :stupid:
Has anyone got any pics of the intercooler setup with the bumper off?
Thanks again for the help and advice.
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