All Things Mk5 > Performance Modifications
Take it easy before the remap?
pudding:
Just get a 6R intercooler with OEM hoses. Plastic ends, all bolts in like factory and looks no different to a GTI part......to the untrained eye. Clued up insurance assessors will spot the alloy end tanks of the older S3 part.
Shoduchi:
--- Quote from: Pudding on March 21, 2017, 10:53:04 am ---Just get a 6R intercooler with OEM hoses. Plastic ends, all bolts in like factory and looks no different to a GTI part......to the untrained eye. Clued up insurance assessors will spot the alloy end tanks of the older S3 part.
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That's very true. :smiley:
AJP:
--- Quote from: Shoduchi on March 21, 2017, 03:58:15 pm ---
--- Quote from: Pudding on March 21, 2017, 10:53:04 am ---Just get a 6R intercooler with OEM hoses. Plastic ends, all bolts in like factory and looks no different to a GTI part......to the untrained eye. Clued up insurance assessors will spot the alloy end tanks of the older S3 part.
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That's very true. :smiley:
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Is the 6R cooler definitely the same thing as an S3 cooler then (apart from the end tanks) in terms of core depth etc?
I mentioned the 6R one when I was at Statller a while ago and Steve said something along the lines of it not being much thicker than a GTI cooler. I didn't mention the S3 cooler, but from what he said it gave me the impression the 6R cooler wasn't quite up to the level of the S3 cooler in terms of performance.
But in reality then it's just the alloy end tanks, and the core is essentially the same between 6R and S3? Any other reason an S3 cooler might be better?
Shoduchi:
@Pudding researched well about this. The new gen S3 8P shares the same IC with the Golf 6R. The new gen IC has a new core design to improve flow. The old gen has the alloy ends and, from what I was told from a local guy, it performs better than the new gen IC (he has a Scirocco R and replaced the IC). For the needs of a stock 6R and S3 the new gen is enough and it should be good for 350 BHP, so, much better than the GTI stock IC and won't look much different. :smiley:
AJP:
--- Quote from: Shoduchi on March 21, 2017, 07:34:05 pm ---@Pudding researched well about this. The new gen S3 8P shares the same IC with the Golf 6R. The new gen IC has a new core design to improve flow. The old gen has the alloy ends and, from what I was told from a local guy, it performs better than the new gen IC (he has a Scirocco R and replaced the IC). For the needs of a stock 6R and S3 the new gen is enough, so it should be good for 350 BHP, so much better than the GTI stock IC and won't look much different. :smiley:
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Thanks for the info mate. 6R coolers do seem to be available for a bit less than the old alloy S3 version, so it's good to know it's a worthwhile option.
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