Opinions on the best OEM intercooler replacement
+1 I have the 3 in ETS and it is great. Most of the ones listed use factory mounting points and ic pipe location, let us know what you decide!
get a ets 3.8 garret core, they sell them and at a good price, also there core are good aswell from what i have heard but i wanted a garret core and they will build you one. id go hit them up all the others CBRD, buschr, AMS i dont think you could really go wrong with any of those companies i just went the ETS route
The ETS core will also allow you to run the stock under tray, some of the other cores mentioned will not. The core we use is the same core that we use on our track cars.
1117whp Evolution 8 - 8 sec pass
806whp Evolution X - 9 sec Pass
900whp Eclipse 1G - 8 sec pass
1200whp Supra - 8.16 sec pass
The list goes on and on
Thanks!
Michael
1117whp Evolution 8 - 8 sec pass
806whp Evolution X - 9 sec Pass
900whp Eclipse 1G - 8 sec pass
1200whp Supra - 8.16 sec pass
The list goes on and on
Thanks!
Michael
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-1 for ETS, didn't fit without removing my crash bar (which I expected) and trimming alot of my bumper (not stated), still had to literally stretch my bumper over it. 4" version.
Ordered it with stenciling came without, whatever.
Top mounting tab just snapped necessitating my having to remove the bumper and reweld it back together after about a year of ownership.
With the exception of it falling in even more pieces I don't know what other issues I could have had with an intercooler.
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...tall-help.html
You'll see it goes both ways with people. I'm not the only one that had problems. With the tab snapping and me having to do the whole intercooler install all over again, i'm pretty much fed up with the piece.
Ordered it with stenciling came without, whatever.
Top mounting tab just snapped necessitating my having to remove the bumper and reweld it back together after about a year of ownership.
With the exception of it falling in even more pieces I don't know what other issues I could have had with an intercooler.
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...tall-help.html
You'll see it goes both ways with people. I'm not the only one that had problems. With the tab snapping and me having to do the whole intercooler install all over again, i'm pretty much fed up with the piece.
-1 for ETS, didn't fit without removing my crash bar (which I expected) and trimming alot of my bumper (not stated), still had to literally stretch my bumper over it. 4" version.
Ordered it with stenciling came without, whatever.
Top mounting tab just snapped necessitating my having to remove the bumper and reweld it back together after about a year of ownership.
With the exception of it falling in even more pieces I don't know what other issues I could have had with an intercooler.
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...tall-help.html
You'll see it goes both ways with people. I'm not the only one that had problems. With the tab snapping and me having to do the whole intercooler install all over again, i'm pretty much fed up with the piece.
Ordered it with stenciling came without, whatever.
Top mounting tab just snapped necessitating my having to remove the bumper and reweld it back together after about a year of ownership.
With the exception of it falling in even more pieces I don't know what other issues I could have had with an intercooler.
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...tall-help.html
You'll see it goes both ways with people. I'm not the only one that had problems. With the tab snapping and me having to do the whole intercooler install all over again, i'm pretty much fed up with the piece.
We are working on a revised mounting tab solution. The problem is in shipping when the tab gets bent and customers have to bend it back and it weakens the tab. (The damage happens maybe 1% of the time)
The 4.0" is not designed to fit with the crash beam. I sent a message to my web guy to go over the description and make sure everything is kosher.
Did you order this through one of our vendors? Sometimes a stencil can be left off on the purchase order when it's sent over. If you ordered it from us and we left off the stencil i'm sorry. Believe me, it's not intentional, we love the advertising.
We try our best to satisfy every customer, if there is anything else we can do, please don't hesitate to PM or give me a call.
Thanks!
Michael
The 4.0" is not designed to fit with the crash beam. I sent a message to my web guy to go over the description and make sure everything is kosher.
Did you order this through one of our vendors? Sometimes a stencil can be left off on the purchase order when it's sent over. If you ordered it from us and we left off the stencil i'm sorry. Believe me, it's not intentional, we love the advertising.
We try our best to satisfy every customer, if there is anything else we can do, please don't hesitate to PM or give me a call.
Thanks!
Michael