intercooler to big???
 

my friend wants to sell me his intercooler its 28x7x3
Im only making 205whp with a d15b w/small 16g turbo, is there such thing as having to big of an intercooler? right now i have a dsm side mount. and want to go bigger, but the one my friends selling is huge! would his intercooler effect spool time/hp if used on my car???

I would imagine that have to move X amount of air through a bigger intercooler would be easier then pushing it throgh a snaller one, causing it to spool fatser, but im a newbie so theres also that possibility that im missing some factor and could be way off with that thought.

Re: (ftcjimmy)
 

ya, i dont think it will mess with hp, but the only think i can think of, is that it will possibly be laggier

im kno a lil bit about boost cuz im boosted, but i could be wrong...but bigger intercooler (bgger than needed anyways) creates turbo lag and you will lose boost

Re: (afmoose7)
 

And the underhood temps will go up too, which is why lots of turbo setups overheat.

Re: (aallbbeerrtttttt)
 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by aallbbeerrtttttt &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you will have a drop in pressure due to larger intercooler</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yep, you will get a bit more lag as it has more area to pressurize but it will give you room to grow.

Re: (Jay_Sensing)
 

get a JRC, nicely sized, and nicely priced too! https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emthup.gif

Re: intercooler to big??? (torqueless)
 

From all the turbo setups that I USED to have on my other hatch...the one that seemed to work best was the PWR unit. Bigger FMIC doesn't always mean it's gonna help out on making power.

Re: intercooler to big??? (torqueless)