I bought my evo used, and it has the stock intercooler on it. The privioius owner was running the buschur racecore. I am sure that intercooler was the bomb, and the car was tuned with it on, but it is a little pricey. Is there any quality, lower price comparable intercoolers anyone would recommend? I do not want an ebay special, or something questionable. I would like opinions from people with first hand experiance with the product they are recommending if possible. Also I have the buschur lower intercooler piping which works with stock and deluxe core models, and I am hoping to reuse that if at all possible, another reason I am steering away from the racecore (needing to buy the matching lower pipe).

 

Ets 3.5"

 

I'm in the same boat. I narrowed it down to 3 fmic. AMS,ETS, and Perrin

 

Turbo XS

 

what turbo are you running (or plan on running)?

 

I know you dont want the ebay special, but the controversial "BYC" intercooler is selling on ebay. I'm sure plenty of members on here have this core, and are pleased with it. In fact, I think a member on here used his car to test it, and knows the shop owner or maker of them. Somewhere around $200 before shipping and I believe it is 3.5" thick.
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...ght=BYC+racing

 

+1 The best choice in intercooler size will depend on your goals, as there is no sacrifice in going larger to plan ahead even if you'll be on the stock turbo for now. It is a fairly common myth that a larger intercooler will slow spool, but in fact the opposite is true. A larger core will flow more air before backpressure becomes an issue, thus a freer flowing core will actually improve spool due to minimized backpressure or pressure drop.

A good intercooler makes ALL of the difference in power production and consistency so choosing a well designed combination of core and endtanks is crucial to allow the rest of your parts to do their job most efficiently. We've seen a 60-70 degree decrease in AITs at the top of a pull in switching a eBay replica core to our IC on a 67mm car on the dyno. That translated to nearly 100whp by taking the tune from just a hair over 500whp to a bit over 600whp with a relatively mild C16 tune.

If you have any questions about which of our intercoolers would work best in your setup don't hesitate to get a hold of me!



Tom

 

buschur race FTW

on a 90 degree HUMID day, after two consecutive pulls. my ending AIT's went up only 4 degrees! best IC ive ever seen