[Supras] Question on Intercooler Kits

[Walker, Brian (Rich. Dist)]

Brandon, I'm using the AMS setup. I bought the pipes used and later got
the intercooler to go with them (although they were offered in different
variations, 2.25"? or 2.5" inlets to match stock or to match the
upgraded pipes. I'd imagine the Ebay pipes are a project for that price.

 
The coating would be nice but you'll get debates from all sides on that
(I believe you'd want uncoated under the car, from turbo to IC, to take
advantage of cooler undercar air and then coated anywhere in the engine
bay) 
Brian

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From: b2nice84 at aol.com [mailto:b2nice84 at aol.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 4:51 PM
To: Walker, Brian (Rich. Dist); nholden1 at woh.rr.com;
speedtoys.racing at gmail.com
Cc: Supras at supras.com
Subject: Re: [Supras] Question on Intercooler Kits


Brian,
 
Thanks for your input and when I do get the pipes I will turn down my
boost controler just in case.  My intercooler is curently dented and I
could use a new one but buying the pipes first has corssed my mind.
Have you herd anything good about cooleeze pipes from suprasport.com
($500-800 depending on the coating)?  Or did you just buy some pipes off
E-bay?  

Thanks,
Brandon


-----Original Message-----
From: Walker, Brian (Rich. Dist) <Brian.Walker2 at VDOT.Virginia.gov>
To: nholden1 at woh.rr.com; speedtoys.racing at gmail.com
Cc: Supras at supras.com; b2nice84 at aol.com
Sent: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 9:10 am
Subject: Re: [Supras] Question on Intercooler Kits


Maybe that name was before my time but I remember dual stock ICs with
PVC piping. 
To the original poster, not all of the kits are a direct swap. Some of
the larger cores might require moving some things around like the
coolant reservoir, etc. The stock IC is a good unit and some testing was
done years ago to prove it can flow and cool pretty well. The big
advantage for the IC is pressure drop, in which case the same boost at
the manifold will come on quicker and with less work from the turbo. 
Stock piping uses a lot of rubber so it will flex when pressurized, hard
pipes will deliver the target pressure quicker (assuming same dia.) and
more efficiently.
Keep in mind, if you're seeing 14 now with the stock pipes/IC, the turbo
may be producing 19psi or so. Once the systems are freed up (I freed 4-5
psi when replaced) you might see 14 psi with 16 produced at the turbo.
I'd suggest starting with piping if you don't want to go all out. That
made the bigger difference in my case.
Brian W 
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:49:15 -0400 
From: "t72pwrd" <nholden1 at woh.rr.com> 
Subject: Re: [Supras] Question on Intercooler Kits 
To: "Jeff Mohler" <speedtoys.racing at gmail.com>, <b2nice84 at aol.com> 
Cc: Supras at supras.com 
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I bought one back in the day from Joe Edwards.  Who remembers that name
now? 


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