which ebay intercooler?
No flames please and I understand the AMS and BR are the best, but which one of these would you guys use if you were going to get an ebay intercooler. No flames also because this isnt for me, its for a friend. 
who has the same set up as me: 05 evo with gsc1 cams, exhaust, 21psi, injen intercooler piping, mbc, head studs and fuel pump and is only looking for a slightly better looking and slightly more efficient intercooler.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/03-07...spagenameZWDVW
or this one?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/03-07...spagenameZWDVW
who has the same set up as me: 05 evo with gsc1 cams, exhaust, 21psi, injen intercooler piping, mbc, head studs and fuel pump and is only looking for a slightly better looking and slightly more efficient intercooler.http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/03-07...spagenameZWDVW
or this one?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/03-07...spagenameZWDVW
Your money...do what you want. Don't mind the flaming of these ppl.
for the money, I'd get the first one.
Comes with piping...
The second one seems a bit of over-kill for just bolt on mods...not sure what mods you have.
That's the biggest problem with these things:
All the people saying "I've got a friend who has the same one and...
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There's no consistency with Chinese parts. I've seen Greddy Type S clones fail the first time pressure was applied, and I've seen them last just like the real ones. I've seen HID kits burn out within 2 months and I've seen them last so long I forgot they were from fleaBay. The best example of these were the old "Evo 3 16GT" turbos that everyone was buying for dirt cheap for the DSM's that would burn up for no good reason. Another is those DEPO lights that people buy for like $40 and then get all sad faced when they have water in them a month later.
I'm sure there's a good reason as to why you can justify buying Chinese replicas of dyno proven performance parts from some college kid who's drop shipping orders because he can't stock the items in his dorm room....Wait. Nope. I don't know how you can justify it at all.
All the people saying "I've got a friend who has the same one and...
"There's no consistency with Chinese parts. I've seen Greddy Type S clones fail the first time pressure was applied, and I've seen them last just like the real ones. I've seen HID kits burn out within 2 months and I've seen them last so long I forgot they were from fleaBay. The best example of these were the old "Evo 3 16GT" turbos that everyone was buying for dirt cheap for the DSM's that would burn up for no good reason. Another is those DEPO lights that people buy for like $40 and then get all sad faced when they have water in them a month later.
I'm sure there's a good reason as to why you can justify buying Chinese replicas of dyno proven performance parts from some college kid who's drop shipping orders because he can't stock the items in his dorm room....Wait. Nope. I don't know how you can justify it at all.
I believe when buschur tested it, it made alot of power increase on the first pull, and it still made power on the second pull but the intake temps were just alot! higher, so it does make power but just not consistant power thats always there.
My Test pipe , Cat back and Intercooler are Ebay and I very happy with them . This is not my 1st go around with evo's and the Ebay stuff I have is BETTER quality then some of the other BIG GUYS stuff I had before , its sad but its true in my case . BTW DB tested the BEST Intercooler(race) they make not the smaller one(delux) vs the $200 Ebay on a 600hp MD evo . I wonder how the Delux would have preformed in that test ??
OP
The IC look the same , just make sure they have the brakets with them .
I got mine from Just Intercoolers... vendor on ebay...
I recommended to at least 10-15 others and none of them have had a problem yet.. always ontime and in good shape.
I recommended to at least 10-15 others and none of them have had a problem yet.. always ontime and in good shape.
thats cool.. i made 440/444 with my cheap ebay ic...
Youd be surprised but there are a lot of top dollar companies out there that use this "ebay core"
Expensive isnt always the best..
evo > corvette corvette is 20k more... Just an example
I got mine from Ebay for like 150 shipped. I believe it is from just intercoolers. If you google it, you will find it. Don't get neither of those two especially not the one with the piping. XS-power is actually selling them for 215, they were having them for 132.