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Which intercooler
craig_t:
Can anyone shed some light on intercoolers for me. I'm getting my car ready for stage 2 and iv been told to eliminate heat soak by uprating my intercooler, but I'm not sure what to go for. Iv been recommended that an S3 one is a good option.
Can anyone point me in the right direction as iv seen a few different intercoolers and not sure which will be the best.
RedRobin:
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Try a Search and you should come up with lots of info and discussion about this.
Broadly, your options are:
- S3 - oem VAG approach.
- THS - Very highly regarded. Better performance reported than the S3, but S3 is still good.
- APR - Highly regarded but very expensive.
- Forge Twintercooler - Front mounted and can be used in conjunction with any of the above (except possibly APR?) and also the stock intercooler.
Janner_Sy:
take into account fitment costs as well. The S3, THS, APR intercoolers are a bit more involved than the forge twintercooler, so labour will be more, potentially cancelling out any savings.
craig_t:
can you have twintercooler with stock??
Janner_Sy:
thats its main design. However it will be usable with all the others with minor adaptions.
Most use it along side the stock cooler, others have paireds it with the S3 cooler for top results. Think PDT has some good deals on iirc
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