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APR's MK6 GTi The first to be tuned in North America
Keith@APR:
--- Quote from: Keith@APR on August 14, 2009, 07:35:09 pm ---
--- Quote from: Hurdy on August 14, 2009, 07:02:02 pm ---Hi Keith,
Yes, I'd looked at the APR one - the THS one is almost exactly the same......same dimensions, same construction, same volume, same size pipework and also rated to 600bhp. In fact, if you scrubbed out the APR decals and the THS decals I bet you'd be hard pushed to spot the difference :wink:
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Linky?
Did someone knock off our design? :sad1:
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I found them. It looks like they knocked ours off but there are enough differences to separate them from a design perspective to where they shouldn't operate identically. They chose to shorten the end tanks and change the end tank design enough to destroy the inherent flow distribution properties of our intercooler.
This means their core should be less efficient due to the way the air will follow the path of least resistance and collect into the middle of the core effectively negating 20% of the core size.
It looks to me like they didn't actually design theirs for best operation but to claim an addtional inch of width over ours and to facilitate ease of manufacture at a facility that is not capable of the intricacy of our end tank castings.
Other than that which is actually terribly significant, its pretty similar to ours.
Keith@APR:
--- Quote from: Tfsi_Mike on August 14, 2009, 06:54:43 pm ---
My cooler! :pomppomp:
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Yes sir! Sleep well at night knowing you are of the caliber to have chosen the real deal and are insured the best performance and reliability for your car possible!
Sure you could have saved a couple of hundred with the other offering but there are definitely some advantages to ours and we appreciate your support very much!
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: Keith@APR on August 14, 2009, 07:46:06 pm ---
I found them. It looks like they knocked ours off but there are enough differences to separate them from a design perspective to where they shouldn't operate identically. They chose to shorten the end tanks and change the end tank design enough to destroy the inherent flow distribution properties of our intercooler.
This means their core should be less efficient due to the way the air will follow the path of least resistance and collect into the middle of the core effectively negating 20% of the core size.
It looks to me like they didn't actually design theirs for best operation but to claim an addtional inch of width over ours and to facilitate ease of manufacture at a facility that is not capable of the intricacy of our end tank castings.
Other than that which is actually terribly significant, its pretty similar to ours.
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....Hmm, that's enough info to make me reconsider what was my intention to buy a THS intercooler.
bacillus:
--- Quote from: RedRobin on August 14, 2009, 08:11:33 pm ---....Hmm, that's enough info to make me reconsider what was my intention to buy a THS intercooler.
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RR whilst Keith is on, please don't mention the name Forge... :scared:
Janner_Sy:
thought i was reading the golfmkv forum when i saw APR insist another product was inferior to their own :mad:, i agree with bacillus, what ever you do dont mention forge :scared:
:signLOL: :signLOL:
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