You guys think it's a good I dea to weld two stock IC cores together to make one big IC? Would it be as efficient as or really close to one big core? Also, what kind of car came stock with like a 12x10x3.5-4 or close to it?

Is it just a matter of cutting off all end tanks, welding the cores together and welding in new aluminum cores right?

Which stock intoercooler core came with the most number of rows available without exceeding 12" in length? More fins means better heat dissapation(better cooling)right?

this is going to be going on a civic Hb with a semibuilt motor(usual pistons and rods)and hoping to support up to 450-500 horses...


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who has the cheapest GTR sized core for the cheapest? I mean with good quality also

 

there is nothing wrong with welding cores together... i know someone who'se intercooler has 3 smaller cores welded together to make one large one... and it does its job just fine... just make sure whoever does it knows what they are doing... not the typical "oh... we can do it for u"

 

I did that on my 300zx to make one front mount intercooler. Took the twoo greddy side mounts and made one so it looks kinda like a single.

 

stock dsm intercoolers are sometimes welded together to make bigger ic's

 

just remember 2 cores in line = twice the pressure drop

 

not necesarily... two cores is equivalent to one larger intercooler... i wouldnt exactly expect 2x the pressure drop... it also depends what style ic's are being welded together

 

no, really... two cores in series will have EXACTLY twice the pressure drop as one of those cores by itself. The reason I mention it is that OEM intercoolers aren't exactly known for their high-flow efficiency.

 

true... using for example the oem dsm intercoolers... those things do have horrible flow... ever see the design on those things?

 

yeah, nasty little buggers . . . I can just see the design meetings "why don't we set it up so the air goes in one side, hits a brick wall, and has to turn around and go back the other way so it can exit the same side again"

 

so good Idea or not?

 

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