I was thinking about buying one of these intercoolers off ebay and was wondering if they have alot of boost drop. If anyone has bought one of these are they junk or worth the $150.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...QrdZ1

 

I bought a cheapo ebay intercooler a year or so ago and it worked great, I was making over 400 WHP and only getting air that was 11 degrees over ambient at 23 PSI.

 

How do you measure the air from the IC?

 

i got an ebay one also... like a year ago for 220 shipped

works great. made 500hp on it with 17psi

 

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I just compared my IAT's to ambient. I had a B16A2-style IAT that goes in the charge pipe before the TB.

 

i am also interested in this item, has anyone else had good results with the EBay I.c.?

 

go for it, i just bought a nice one not to long ago for $220shipped

 

For $215 you can get a nice Precision IC.

 

you can also find good CCA intercoolers for a pretty good price. I bought mine for $130shipped......

 

my friend has one and has no problem yet, after almost 8 month already..

 

It's hard to expletive up an intercooler.

 

I cant believe im saying this but SSAC (Holy **** someone said SSAC start talking massive amounts of ****) sells a pretty descent bar and plate front mount. The nice thing about this one is it also has some mounting points on it and its$170 shipped.http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...QrdZ1

 

i havent had any problems and i have had it awhile. if for some reason i need to buy a new one i will just order it from ebay again. like said above its hard to expletive up an intercooler.

 

the are good for the money.

 

Did anyone have to alter their bumper supports with the 7 inch in height I.C.'s??
I did a little searching and I didnt find any good threads. But I did find that most people running the ebay I.C's are making good numbers without any issues. So I'm gonna purchase one of the ebay units and tell you guys how good the quality is

 

http://www.spoolinperformance.....html

 

Thanks for the comment I'm going to order one for sure

 

im gettin one as well

 

I've heard good things about the E-bay ones, be getting one my self when the time comes. Dont want to pay 450 for a PWR

 

i got the cca intercooler. came in today. i havent used it but it looks great. i meant, not super superior show quility great but for the $110 i spent on it, i am sure ill get my moneys worth out of it

 

I plan on buying my intercooler off ebay in a couple of weeks, but ebay does have treadstone, and precision intercoolers for really good prices! I was looking into getting the 600hp precision intercooler for $350, but it might be too big. Nothing wrong with ebay, I'm a big supporter

 

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I use a Cyberdyne Air Temp guage with sender. $40 for the gauge from Summit and $18 for the sender.

Great price compared to the $200+ Auto-meter guages, not as pretty looking though. Have had it for about a year and no problems at all.

I found that by removing the plastic shell from the sender, it reacts alot quicker.

 

a local toyota truck with a 2jz swap was doin 680whp on his 24x12x3 ebay intercooler, last i heard he was goign to upgrade to the 4" thick model

 

The ones on EBay are the same as the ones I use for building kits, they work fine for me every time.

2 of the 5 I've had in the past 2 months.
The only differences have been the stud sizes at the top. Some will be 12x1.75 pitch, others take the stock small Honda bolts.

 

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