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Intercoolers - Forge VS THS ??
Janner_Sy:
--- Quote from: jonnyc on May 02, 2010, 08:06:26 pm ---
--- Quote from: vRSy on May 02, 2010, 06:06:42 pm ---it does seem that its only people without the twintercooler that go on about this pressure drop and lag, yet everyone who has had one or had logs done of it has said that there was nothing of the sort.
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:grin: :congrats: So so true..
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btw i dont have one either :wink:
KRL:
--- Quote from: djhorace on May 02, 2010, 05:52:37 pm ---
--- Quote from: Poverty on May 02, 2010, 05:12:21 pm ---Might be worth noting on DSG cars, but there was a fella with a TTS dsg, which on hot days the car would drop into limp mode due to the fact of the twintercooler is a design which involves "stacking up" of coolers, which led to there being less airflow to the trnsmission and it subsequently over heating.
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This is something I am aware of, and one of the things putting me off this solution. By the time the air goes through the Forge, a/c, regular intercooler and in to the radiator, how much cold air actually gets there? On the flip side, you will get a pressure drop when adding a Twintercooler.
The THS and APR cores dont do this, but they are still sat behind the a/c core and in front of the radiator.
As I said, swings and roundabouts, but I know I need more cooling on mine.
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That is not how the Forge IC works...
Remember the Forge works in parallel to you existing cooler. If it was in a series configuration what you say would be true. In the parallel config the air gets split off with some going to the existing intercooler and the rest going through the forge. If anything I would expect the air temps to be cooler with the Forge due to where it is located. It does not have the AC and the Rad next to it heating things up.
KRL:
--- Quote from: vRSy on May 02, 2010, 06:06:42 pm ---did you read this link
http://www.golfmkv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61193
from a guy who has had both s3 on its own and S3 with twintercooler.
it does seem that its only people without the twintercooler that go on about this pressure drop and lag, yet everyone who has had one or had logs done of it has said that there was nothing of the sort.
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Agree Sy, I think the fundemental thing that people forget with the Forge is that it works in parallel. If it only has a 0.7 PSI pressure drop accross the core it will have less pressure drop and less lag compared to OEM.
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: KRL on May 04, 2010, 09:48:34 am ---
Remember the Forge works in parallel to you existing cooler. If it was in a series configuration what you say would be true. In the parallel config the air gets split off with some going to the existing intercooler and the rest going through the forge.
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....So, it works in a kinda twin air pipe way. Hmm, hence the name TWINtercooler. Clever, that :wink:
I wonder what would happen if this clever twin stuff was applied to a high-flow tubular air intake :wink:
KRL:
--- Quote from: RedRobin on May 04, 2010, 10:25:03 am ---I wonder what would happen if this clever twin stuff was applied to a high-flow tubular air intake :wink:
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Now that would be a good idea!! :jumping: :wink:
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