im looking for a 500whp core

 

i'd like to see the core construction of the spearco and others. the greddy is awesome. very high surface area and good flow.

 

here is my pwr

 

i did a side by side comparison between a spearco intercooler and a pwr intercooler. i definately noticed that the pwr core is nicer IMO.

PWR on top, Spearco on bottom:



PWR, now thats craftsmanship:

 

I used to run a spearco, when i upgraded all my components for my new engine set-up i went with the pwr. The quality is ALOT nicer than the spearco. I have recommend two other friends to purchase the pwr's, and they are very satisfied with them. It would be a close tie between the pwr and greddy.

 

ok i see that pwr is nice very very nice
but that dont tell me the one that has better efficiency
more input plz
guru plz comment on this
thx

 

[Modified by Mase, 1:51 PM 2/15/2003]

 

the XS engineering cores are pretty nice as well.

 

eh, I can't vote because I'm still in trial user phase, but my thumbs up goes to PWR, however I've always liked GReddy's ICs. the quality of both impress me more than Spearco.

 

pwr is the best core made. The XS use a griffin core and are nto nearly as nice. Also prw is better than spearco or greddy.

 

what is a griffin core? i always assumed XS makes their own cores.

 

OK , According to April 20003 vol 19 no 4, Back to basics TurboMag/Turbonetics it cleary state that the bar and plate is a better unit.
If you turn topage48 on intercooler tech. On a tube and fin intercooler sapce is lost from where the joints for sealing are used. So a 3.5 inch core will have tubes only 2.87inch wide..Quote" Unable to maneuver around the machinery,Also, fin design in the charge side, unside the extruded tubes, was limited by the extrusion machine,which impeded the design of the charged side fins geometry to meet individual custom applications.It also states Tube and fin has a larger leakage rate compared to the bar and plate.Furthermore, tube and fin are more susceptible to road damage.also at extreme pressure the tube can ballon up."also , a tube and fin design has a lot of room between rows where the bar and palte unit can get more rows into a givenarea with more area passagewhich means more unitcfm and a more efficient unit. The down fall of the bar and plate is the weight of the cores/unit and the price. It state the tube and find are chaper in MFG costs. I really wanted to get a PWR due to the hype and the PRICE of the tube and fin. like everyone else i only want the best. Which is better...?????

 

HKS

mase has one

 

What size is that pwr up there?? compared to the spearco one?

 

good info
so spearco that use bar and plate would be better choice?

 

Spearco uses both tube and fin and bar and plate. I have Spearco tube and fin and bar and plate intercoolers.where you interested in puchasing one or just wanting to get an idea and/or more info.



[Modified by camp1320.com, 4:28 PM 2/15/2003]

 

do pwr use only Tube and fin core?

 

One of my friends got a swap from this company a while back and now they sell intercoolers. Has anyone ordered one from them?

http://www.streetimports.com/boost

 

yes PWR only makes tube and fin. Laskey Racing has the Best prices on PWR stuff.. i dont think anyone will touch them on pricing on PWR intercoolers. If your choice is PWR im Earl if you want Spearco im me.

 

apexi

 

Pics of my 00 civic with a 24x11 pwr Thanks Earl





[Modified by tSuperbike69, 5:31 AM 2/16/2003]


[Modified by tSuperbike69, 5:33 AM 2/16/2003]

 

there s a bar and plate spearco cooler
look good

 

Greddy makes some good intercoolers imo. its like they were make for the car; all bolts connect to stock holes and they fit perfectly or at tleast the type 31 does.

 

ttt

 

here's the guts of my extruded tube FMIC