What is the difference b/t Agency Power IC, and other much more expensive ones?
996 Turbo / GT2Turbo discussion on previous model 2000-2004 Porsche 911 Twin Turbo and 911 GT2. Sponsored By Vivid Racing
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There's a lot more to an intercooler than how it looks, whether it's bigger and is advertised as flowing more air. The construction, design, and functionality are critical. You need to do a little reading on intercoolers in general. Here's a technical site that may help you understand a bit about them....there's a lot more to them than looking for the cheapest one on the market. BTW...I went with B6 and although I had a few problems mounting it in my 87 930, it performs quite well overall.
Good luck in your quest...cheap isn't always best.
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2002 996TT X50, Midnight Blue; Europipe stage 1; 18" CCW CNC Wheels; EVO DV's; EVO GT2 headers; UMW tune and Wastegate kit; Sachs GT2 clutch kit; 997 shifter; factory aero and CF interior.
1987 930S factory slantnose cab; Guard's red all original (till it comes back from the builder on 5/5, then I'll have to change my description of "all original")
1999 996 C2 Iris Blue; caught fire and burned 9/07.
Generally vivid racing parts lack the R&D of most of the larger companies like Evoms, Promotive and a few others. Vivid is able to offer their intercoolers $1000 cheaper due to the fact that they generally choose a sucessful part and then attempt to copy it. I would take a look in the "for sale" section...you can pick up a good quality Evoms intercooler there for the same price. Remember....you get what you pay for.
Henrock: You don't give us any info about what sort of car you have, what mods you might be running, what the current HP is etc. For most applications (that most of the folks on these forums ....including me) you'll find the majority running with some basic mods....a flash, upgraded DVs, maybe a wastegate upgrade....and depending upon whether the car is an X50 or not, a HP rating at the crank in the 460-575 area. For the lower HP ratings...say under 600 crank, I dont really believe you need a larger intercooler unless you're racing....are you? Again, if you were to provide more information about your driving style and how your car is set up, we might be able to be more helpful. I'm running about 575 crank and have run at Thunderhill....and with the mods I have I never ran into any heat problem with the stock intercoolers I have (larger in the X50). Don't throw away money unnecessarily...do your research and stick to what works for your driving habits and objective.
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2002 996TT X50, Midnight Blue; Europipe stage 1; 18" CCW CNC Wheels; EVO DV's; EVO GT2 headers; UMW tune and Wastegate kit; Sachs GT2 clutch kit; 997 shifter; factory aero and CF interior.
1987 930S factory slantnose cab; Guard's red all original (till it comes back from the builder on 5/5, then I'll have to change my description of "all original")
1999 996 C2 Iris Blue; caught fire and burned 9/07.
They have a lrger core, flow more air and cost $1000 less. For a 600hp application, do the mors exspesive brand offer that much more?
I'm running the AP intercoolers. Very good for my power level. Have a look at my stats in my sig, they don't lie.
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0-60 3.03s 0-100 6.46s on PS2's Quarter Mile: 10.70s Best Trap 134.61 mph 60-130 MPH 6.33s 0-197.1 MPH "Texas Mile" October 2009
996TT by BlackHorseTurbo with Agency Power Intercoolers:
Texas Mile - 197mph
1/4 Mile - 10.70
60-130 - 6.33
700 RWHP
997TT by Vivid Racing with Agency Power Intercoolers
Texas Mile - 196mph
1/4 Mile - 11.14 135mph Trap Speed
60-130 - 6.33 Verified
700 AWHP
Probably about 60 sets sold worldwide and about 15 members on these boards running them. R&D, testing, capabilities, proven.
If you have any questions about the Agency Power product line, call me and I can help you out.
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We build and test all of the Agency Power products here before we release them. There is a whole section about R&D on the Agency Power website. The intercoolers were flow tested, built to spec, and then tested in the real world as you see from the results above. There has also been a couple of revisions we have done. R&D = Research and Development. Happy Friday Brian!
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I disagree with the blanket statement about the Vivid products lacking R and D/quality. As far as copying, it seems that much of what EVO does (and they do it very well) was originally thought up over at Protomotive.
In regards to the IC's, yes the Evos are better than the AP, particularly in the end tank area. However I have the Vivid/AFI turbo kit and the quality of the work on the headers, oil cans, etc was absolutely first rate. Vivid sells parts for low prices. Many of those parts are absolutely top quality, while only a very few are not.
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2002 Porsche GT2 with GT 30's Tuned by Protomotive. 60-130 Street Tire Champion Tx2K8 and Tx2K9.
2004 BMW Individual M3: BHS Supercharged Stage 2. 8.59 60-130
2009 Mercedes E350
2004 Porsche Cayenne TT.
We build and test all of the Agency Power products here before we release them. There is a whole section about R&D on the Agency Power website. The intercoolers were flow tested, built to spec, and then tested in the real world as you see from the results above. There has also been a couple of revisions we have done. R&D = Research and Development. Happy Friday Brian!
.Could you please post the flow results on the AP intercoolers? And happy Friday to you too Dan.
I love my Boost Logic Custom 6" core coolers. Really overkill for standard setups, but they added almost 0 lag to the car and keep the intake temps REALLY low.
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