my friend is slowly getting his car back together and he needs an intercooler, we were wondering if a spearco intercooler with the core dimensions of (3.5"Dx18.8"Wx8.375"H) is that big enough to support 600whp?? on this site (http://www.turboneticsinc.com/ic_cores.htm) it says that core is good to 670hp but i just dont see it as feasable

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Modified by coptzer at 9:44 PM 6/19/2007

 

anyone??

 

I think it will be fine, just watch your iat's

 

you sure, i mean his old intercooler maxxed out around 450 and it was about 6 inches longer and 1inch shorter

 

but not as thick and not as efficient of a core. also tube and fin compared to the bar and plate spearco...

 

FYI....I have found that most hp ratings on intercoolers are flywheel HP, not wheel hp.

So figure about 50hp less than what it says is about the max wheel hp it can see.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PA MATT &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">but not as thick and not as efficient of a core. also tube and fin compared to the bar and plate spearco...</TD></TR></TABLE>

the old intercooler is just as thick, 1 inch shorter and 6 inches longer....i doubt tube and fin is going to make an intercooler efficient with 150 more hp

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mike1114 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">FYI....I have found that most hp ratings on intercoolers are flywheel HP, not wheel hp.

So figure about 50hp less than what it says is about the max wheel hp it can see.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i guess its just not worth it for him to use this than if the core is efficient to 600fwhp and he is wanting to put down close to that with his set-up to the wheels

 

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i guess its just not worth it for him to use this than if the core is efficient to 600fwhp and he is wanting to put down close to that with his set-up to the wheels</TD></TR></TABLE>

670fwhp-50=620whp, so it would probably be close

 

or i can get a precision for like 100$ more and KNOW it will efficiently cool the air

 

dont know the answer to your question but my 28x6.5x3 is supposedly only rated to 350