I was wondering which intercooler is better? I need to upgrade soon and I would like to hear personal experience with these brands. Thanks

 

they're basically the same thing

 

I have used 2 Yonaka's thus far, and they have been run on many many higher HP cars around here locally, I'd vouch for them over typical Ebay stuff any day, plus they have a lifetime warranty!

 

you need to get my boost controller

 

I have used 2 Godspeed intercoolers now with no issues

 

Spend a little more and get a garrett/precision core. There IS a difference...

 

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quick question, is there a big difference on endtanks also, cause i have a precision and i kinda need a back door so i was thinkin about hackin it up and makin my own...? /

 

Well, on that end i don't believe there is a huge difference. The idea at the inlet of the intercooler is to break up the airflow for good distribution through the core. I think hacking up a precision tank to do a back door inlet will work fine.

 

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What's the difference on the other end??

 

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What's the difference on the other end??</TD></TR></TABLE>

The cheap intercoolers don't restrict air flow, causing the air to move to fast and not cool properly.

 

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The cheap intercoolers don't restrict air flow, causing the air to move to fast and not cool properly. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I understand that part, I was more specifically asking about the end tank design on the cold side

 

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Oh sorry... I should be sleeping

 

We just temp checked two of "equal" size. The Yonaka was larger and the other was the precision 600hp version. Both on H motors, both with low boost doing a 3 gear blast once the car was heated up.


The Yonaka had a 7 degree difference from hot to cold intank and the Precision was 29 degrees difference.


There IS a difference.

 

bump

 

Sounds like I should save a little more money and just get a better quality intercooler.

 

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word. your build's only as strong as your weakest link

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jay_Sensing &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">We just temp checked two of "equal" size. The Yonaka was larger and the other was the precision 600hp version. Both on H motors, both with low boost doing a 3 gear blast once the car was heated up.


The Yonaka had a 7 degree difference from hot to cold intank and the Precision was 29 degrees difference.


There IS a difference.</TD></TR></TABLE>

so the yonaka is better or worse?

 

It's only cooling 7 degrees across the core because it's too open and it carries too much velocity to cool the air.

Similar to pulling a thermostat out of a car completely. It make the water flow so fast that it can't remove any heat from the engine.

Buy a precision.

 

interesting comparison and great info