rico892002

hey guys i have a built gsr in a ek...and ive been doing a little research on intercoolers and it seems like the ebay intercooler have step there technolgy up and there made pretty decent..most of them look like vibrant,mishimoto,go autoworks, and ect.. what do you guys think about using them. chime in and give me your advise thanks..

sanman000719

cx intercooler i have one on my ride ithandles 636 h.p at 24psi iat's are a little high but it works well

ryguy2588

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Ya they work fine, but the brand name ones have more fins for better cooling of the air. This is thread that has some good opinions and pics of the different intercoolers. The second page has the pics.


https://honda-tech.com/forums/showth...y+intercoolers

90blackcrx

Stepped up the technology, what, how so ? They work, but they're just not as efficient as say a precision intercooler. A lot of go-autoworks **** is just re-badged ebay crap.

f3nom3ni1

I'd pay the extra money and get a name brand IC.

8YourV8

Precision FTW. Best construction quality and bang for your buck.

When I used an egay FMIC, i had a pressure leak. WG spring at 10 PSI but boost gauge would never read more than 8.

I switched to Precision; no more leak, and my iat's are 2 degrees colder.

A lot of that ebay crap isn't pressure tested.

siblues

iTrader: (1)

I have a precision but my question is how many people one here have seen a intercooler of any brand fail?The ebay coolers work maybe a little less efficient but they wrok.

f3nom3ni1

The guy that posted above you did.



I've found in many cases, expecially with car parts, that you get what you pay for.

8YourV8

The same rings true with prost... nvm.

f3nom3ni1

Hahaha, very true.

sanman000719

ok i have had my egay cooler for 3 good years now started out at 14psi with 400hp/went to 26psi and 500hp on a stoxk gsr/then went to 24psi and 650hp on a built gsr.

key point is 3 years, and never had a boost leak from it with any of the builds it had been matted with.

yes they work are they the named brands that people brag about paying for on here nope, and are your iat's higher making your build not as efficient yup sure do.

they do work they just arent popular because there from egay lol

8YourV8

I think the point is that when using ebay parts, it's hit or miss. I've never heard of anybody having any problems with a Precision, ever.

CO_RaceFab

seriously? can nobody use the search feature it works great. this is like the 10 ic thread this year im not going to get into this again.

Charlie Moua

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https://honda-tech.com/forums/forced-induction-16/bang-buck-fmic-under-300whp-2682342/

rico892002

thanks guys..i think it would have to do something dealing on have thick the intercooler is and if its bar and plate. on how it flows and hows it controls IATs

jdmadam

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there is a thread on this topic once a month. The search button works

Mugencrxsir1

Cx Racing... 10psi and counting... Best Egay intercooler in my mind...

rev-speed

really....
never heard of a bad egay ic

CO_RaceFab

^i have... where have you been for the last ten years

Si GUY99

just grab a good used one if your lookin to save a few $$

rev-speed

runing ebay ****...............

our drag car is all ebay
obx topmout
ebay gt45
and a f-g as tiny intercooler lol......

CO_RaceFab

^ wow i bet its fast

sanman000719

if its fatser than your ride would you stfu probly not lol

dcmatt

iTrader: (7)

LOL

There are plenty of ppl making good numbers on ebay parts. Is it as good as the name brand stuff. probably not. Will it work. sure will. people have been proving over and over again that if you know what you're doing you can get by with the ebay stuff. And to alot of ppl its just not worth spending the amount of money to put together the best kit money can buy or even necessary for that matter. argueing that someone is wasting there money on parts that are not going to perform as good as counterparts that cost twice as much is pointless.

K7-1Ktrevor

yes and yet it is still done all the time. this topic is so beat to death. it sucks cause all those that argue with what is wrong with what clog up most of the threads asking for real opinions on who has used what first hand. hell half the people who say o thats bad don't run it just heard it from the other guy and wanna have an answer to someone elses questions.