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S3 Intercooler Vs THS Intercooler
danishmkvgti:
--- Quote from: JackG on January 29, 2012, 03:22:20 pm ---If your going to strip the front end right down then surly you'd rather fit the THS cooler as it has been proven to be a better product?
Just my 2P
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Just what i have tried to say, the work is the same then why not fit the better product??? :confused:
It doesn't matter if it's a K04 or K03, daily gains are there, not only in situations with Heatsoak :smiley:
sub39h:
--- Quote from: JackG on January 29, 2012, 03:22:20 pm ---If your going to strip the front end right down then surly you'd rather fit the THS cooler as it has been proven to be a better product?
Just my 2P
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you make a good point, but it's highly HIGHLY unlikely i'll be going any further than Stage 2+ (i'd rather save for a Golf R) so if it's not going to be of any benefit i'm essentially spending an extra £350 on the intercooler for no reason. i could spend that on another mod
djhorace:
Interesting read.
My old car had a S3 intercooler and no a/c core and Owen had the same set up but with the addition but with a Forge Twintercooler. Both cars well all but identical other than mine had Revo S2+ and he had GIAC Extreme. When I logged both cars on a hot Scottish day (20oC), there was 0.5-1oC difference in intake temperature across the revs.
What I am interested to know is this though - with the Forge Twintercooler fitted, with an a/c core in place, does 3 cores being in front of the radiator cause the coolant temperature to rise significantly/are there any adverse effects of having 4 cores?
Also, does the overall effect of the original S3 intecooler with the stainless end tanks, when paired with the Forge Twintercooler, work out to be more efficicent than a single THS?
danishmkvgti:
--- Quote from: djhorace on February 02, 2012, 10:03:24 pm ---Interesting read.
My old car had a S3 intercooler and no a/c core and Owen had the same set up but with the addition but with a Forge Twintercooler. Both cars well all but identical other than mine had Revo S2+ and he had GIAC Extreme. When I logged both cars on a hot Scottish day (20oC), there was 0.5-1oC difference in intake temperature across the revs.
What I am interested to know is this though - with the Forge Twintercooler fitted, with an a/c core in place, does 3 cores being in front of the radiator cause the coolant temperature to rise significantly/are there any adverse effects of having 4 cores?
Also, does the overall effect of the original S3 intecooler with the stainless end tanks, when paired with the Forge Twintercooler, work out to be more efficicent than a single THS?
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S3 has alloy endtanks not stainless :happy2:
GLIDN:
--- Quote from: sub39h on January 30, 2012, 07:23:13 am ---
--- Quote from: JackG on January 29, 2012, 03:22:20 pm ---If your going to strip the front end right down then surly you'd rather fit the THS cooler as it has been proven to be a better product?
Just my 2P
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you make a good point, but it's highly HIGHLY unlikely i'll be going any further than Stage 2+ (i'd rather save for a Golf R) so if it's not going to be of any benefit i'm essentially spending an extra £350 on the intercooler for no reason. i could spend that on another mod
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good news is, if you go to Golf R, You can transfer the intercooler, both engines are TFSI.
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