Bigger Intercoolers
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Thats genius!!! $18K and you have 2 cars covered!!!!
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What to put a wager on that? You need to understand what an IC does Sean. The better statement would be....I guarantee it would not make the big power on 3.5 inchers on the 2nd pull. 
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no guaranty on that one either. thicker cores is not necessarily better.
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Correctamundo. A good way to view IC is they mitigate power losses over time. The less efficient the IC the less heat it'll be able to dissipate under boost (thermal range). The resulting fuel air charge isn't as dense hence less power and eventually, as everything heat soaks, the engine will pull timing further reducing power. That doesn't mean go out and buy the biggest, most expensive IC you can find. Just as important as the size of the IC is the end tank design. A thick IC with a poor end tank is like having a dull knife. It looks cool but doesn't do a very good job at what its intended for.
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Yes, end tank is critical that is something that the EVo 3.5ers had going for them. Protomotive and Marks end tanks are also first rate.
99% of roll ons here in Houston are done when one has driving for quite a while in the heat and humidity.
If all the other restriction points have been mitigated the larger IC should also increase overall air flow as well as reduce ambient temps.
99% of roll ons here in Houston are done when one has driving for quite a while in the heat and humidity.
If all the other restriction points have been mitigated the larger IC should also increase overall air flow as well as reduce ambient temps.
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It will be hard to arrive at a clear cut answer.
The larger core has more difficulty passing air through to cool the charge boost. The second half of the core does less than a 1/4 of the cooling. The larger core provides less flow losses that in turn means the turbos has to work less (create less heat) to produce xxx boost. It also has greater thermal reserves do to shear size.
IMHO the answer will depend on how much flow losses you incur with your current setup and what the IAT's are currently. Its the package that needs to work together. With Gt3071-76 the EVO's are still a great choice.
The larger core has more difficulty passing air through to cool the charge boost. The second half of the core does less than a 1/4 of the cooling. The larger core provides less flow losses that in turn means the turbos has to work less (create less heat) to produce xxx boost. It also has greater thermal reserves do to shear size.
IMHO the answer will depend on how much flow losses you incur with your current setup and what the IAT's are currently. Its the package that needs to work together. With Gt3071-76 the EVO's are still a great choice.
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had a 86 t when i changed the ic it was like nite and day unreal power gain, i changed to ev0s ic on the 996 and really did not see that much improvment, to be fair that was quite a while ago sooo. i could be wong, but the seat of the pants was not that impressed it was better but i don't lay awake nites about it.don't get me wrong they were better than the gts i had on there first and i think far better than the stockers
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Don't you think Sean has a hard enough time trying to keep up with us...
