Let me just be the first to tell you.. Installing the ARC intercooler is a *****.. Ohh sure.. it bolts on... haha... who are they joking? I needed to fabricate a bracket or two, remove the velocity cover for the oil cooler, cut stuff here and there.. create new lower intercooler piping..

but at least..

I'm done..

Pictures soon..

 

wow seems like they left a few steps out of the instructions....so how dose it perform?

 

Well.. it looks nice.. Acording to the butt dyno tho, I didn't really see any gains..

 

interesting....I have quite a few customers with them on, and all were a direct drop in

 

Uh-Oh...

 

Maybe he got the one for STi or Evo6

 

Actually it says Evo VIII... and is one of the first 5 that Mackin Industries recieved in their inital order.

 

Mine bolt right on

 

HAHA Yea mine fit perfect!

 

wow i like it...do u have the dimensions?

 

yeah do you guys have the dimensions of this core and if you got pressure drop or increase.

 

pressure drop is insignificant compared to the temp reductions !!!

Have you guys MEASURED the temps of the stocker vs the ARC ??!!!???!!!
HMOG .. on a cold day with water spraying full bore at 60mph .. your post intercooler temp at 19psi is almost (ALMOST ) ambient !!!!

Oh yes.. mine fits nicely without any mods .. heheheh

 

A larger intercooler will increase volume in the chamber and decrease air velocity at the lowend because it's more air to move, so you should actually experience a drop in power at lowend gaining some on top end when velocity of air reaches a point where the extra chamber space is actually benificial. For street use, stock intercooler is more than enough unless you have heavy mods like big turbo ...etc

 

It should make more power when its sunny since the new cooler will make intake temps lower...dense air more power


Some guys had to turn down there boost controllers because of increased efficiency? more boost...


over 20 psi turbo gets warm..but yeah with a bigger turbo you will need to upgrade for it to perform at its peak...

 

yes its true denser air/ cooler air = more power (about every 10degreesF decrease roughly translates to 6HP increase) however the turbo LAG also increases with a larger core and that is where it slows you down. Only at high rpm's and higher boost ... basically higher everything will a larger intercooler start to work for you.