14eight

Im looking into getting a front mount intercooler, i only want to spend about 500 bux on one. here are my current choices

choice one: Spearco fourth one down on the right,
that is going to cost me about 580

i found a DSM site which sells Griffin Cores and your choice of endtanks, and they have a welding charge of 60 dollars. the core is 300 and the hks endtanks are 70/ea so total it would cost about 500
here is a pic of that one assembled
sorry for the big pic

well please let me know what you guys think i should do. or if you have any experiences with either of these intercoolers. thanks peace

Projekt20

I got my XS GTR Intercooler for $500 plus shipping off the Partstrader.com from some dude brand new. I think they sell around that price.....$500-$700 range with end tanks welded.

-Trung

Arturbo

Griffin cores are good cores.

01geeser

my griffin should be here any day now....ill let you know how it goes.

SEFIxCivic

that griffin core looks exactly like the XS.

01geeser

thats why i bought it

Arturbo

And without the high price tag..

art

SEFIxCivic

hook up honda-tech with the link or number of the place that sells it?

01geeser

www.roadraceengineering.com

2K_TEG

I did some research on griffin...good deal.

14eight

thanks for all the feedback guys, i really appreciate it. Im leaning alot towards the griffin now. I just cant see spending an extra 80 bux when another intercooler setup could be just as good if not better is available. I also like the hks entanks, a bit smoother in my opinion.

dbman96

If you have access to someone who can TIG weld, you can make your own aluminum endtanks for like $20 worth of materials...

0KStuned

my griffin core shipped out yesterday! I will let you know

Arturbo

If Im not mistaken, but I think Summit racing sells them...

art

1337 Si

That Griffin intercooler is the exact one that I want to go with too. It is a pretty damn good size too, only thing is I do not know about the pressure drop or its effeciency.

SiR Kid

Cool! In this pic, my intercooler is the li'l one up top in the middle...

Rob03Pro5

Really?? Show us a pic of your IC in the engine bay.. I dont think I've ever seen it.

ILOVEGIRLS

is there a big pressure drop using griffin? thanks.

Dustorm

I am going with that exact same spearco intercooler. ordered it today as a matter of fact. Supposed to have realy good efficiency on it. About a week and i will be able to caress it like it was my girl............err.....if i had one.

93LSivic

Yeah, I was at the track tonight. I asked a DSM guy what he thought of the Griffins'. 1st off he had a BIG spearco, 24x10x3.5 was the core. He told me that none of the "fast" DSM guys went with the Griffins IC's--or was it "no DSM guys go fast with Griffin's". Anyhow, I kinda looked at him like maybe he knew what he was talking about, until.......... I see that he couldnt get his POS eclipse out of the 14's with his "spearco" and 20G along with many other mods including a DFI and drag radials all around. Hah, what a joke this fool was!!!
I think that I am definetly goin with the Griffin IC. What a sweet piece it is!

ILOVEGIRLS

Arturbo

And some of the Slow DSM go with Spearco.
ahh what the hell am I saying, I have spearco also.

art

ninesecrx

It also depends on what kind of racing your doing? If its a street car...the Spearco might work better. It has more aluminum on it and works better as a heat sink when the cars not at top speed. If your driving it around everyday, I would think about the spearco as the other style needs more air. The only down fall with the spearco is that it weighs a little more. It looks nice though...and actually looks like an HKS too.

ILOVEGIRLS

yep..those hks end tanks look nice.

int3gra

$438.40 for an APEXi Silvia I/C Core 3 (19.7"L X 9.33"H X 2.7"W)
http://xs-engineering.com/asp/special.asp