I didn't know what to Google search for, so i'm posting.

I've heard that overall thickness of an intercooler is what really gives it the cooling properties. The reason i'm asking is because i've found a 600MM (width) X 300MM (height) X 76MM (depth) for the same price as: 460mm X 160mm X 90mm

The second one fits like this:



The first one will have about 140mm of the intercooler tucked behind the bumper unless i cut it, but from side to side, will have more core exposed. There is a full piping kit for the first one, the second one i will have to spend a little more and do some fabricating of charge pipes to make it work. If the cooling properties won't be different, i don't see wasting my time, i'd assume since there's a vast difference in overall core size, it would.

 

depth of the core has alot less to do with cooling than frontal surface area. the air heats up as it goes through the core and is less effective at cooling the further through it is.
maximum boost should be required reading!

 

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...What?

 

he's saying that if you have a 4" thick core, the fisrt 2" that the ambient air hits are doing more work than the last two since the temp of the ambient air is higher the further it goes through the core. After a point you are getting diminished gains in cooling by adding thickness. All you gain is flow, but a better way to get more flow is to add rows not thickness.

 

 

I see, i was thinking something else.

Thanks for the help.