HI, looking to add an intercooler system to my 997TT. I currently have the following aftermarket mods: ECU flash, exhaust, headers, BMC filter, BRVs and plenum. I always put in 94octane from Chevron (Canada)

Would an aftermarket intercooler help, give an extra safety margin so timing is less likely to be pulled back?

Looking at AWE-Tuning for $3,000 and Evoms for about $3600.

Any one have experience with either of the above or others?

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

 

TPC protomotive for proformance
evoms and champion for quality
switzer is excellent

 

+1 for Werks1(champion) intercoolers

 

Any of the above mentioned tuners is good.

However, have you given a thought to asking your tuner for your mods what works best with the mods you already have installed?

 

I have the AWE intercoolers and have been very happy with them. I can thrash it around the track all day in 100F temperatures (sometimes hotter) with no heat problems at all and constant power. AWE also has excellent after sales service. Can't comment or compare to other companies.
Good luck - and a very smart mod if your adding power and driving it hard.
K.

 

Thank you for the rep. We take great pride in our intercoolers. Please click on the link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqvCF717Pko

 

We have countless hours into our IC's. While fit and finish is important, the size, shape, fin type and count, along with end cap design are what separates a good intercooler from a great intercooler.

"Compared to stock, our cores are 37% larger (422 cubic inches vs 308 cubic inches). In contrast to the stock cores, ours are a high flow bar and plate style and are built to our charge row and fin count specs. These specifications resulted in improved intake temperatures by a massive 55F and improved drop pressure resistance through the core by 1 psi. Considering that extremely little trimming is involved to fit such effective units to the car, this is a huge engineering feat."

-Efficient bar/plate core style
-Cast and machined end tanks for optimized air flow
-Thick silicone boost hoses with proper profile where they mate to turbo
-Choice of Black, Blue, or Red hoses
-T-bolt clamps for extreme clamping force
-Direct plug and play install that is easily reversible
-+16 crank hp dyno verified


Designed in house by our Engineering Department, we use CAD and CFD for the prototypes.






Once that is done, we will then do power testing and IAT logging on both the race track and our in house Mustang Chassis Dyno.







For more information including pictures, graphs, and hose design, please visit our web site.

http://awe-tuning.com/pages/shared/p...ttintercoolers

If you would likle more information or help ordering, please contact me directly via email.

Mike@awe-tuning.com

Thanks!

 

We installed the AWE set on a customers car, it performs very well.

 

I went with champion myself..unbeatable service!

 

I to have been considering new intercoolers as the next step/upgrade....the TPC‘s seem pretty interesting....larger size and “Hybrid tube & fin core design”. Has any one installed these...they claim minor mods are required.

 

Marksi has a great stock replacement unit. He is a great resource on the board and I am sure he will give you an unbeatable price.

 

After some research I ordered the TPC/Protomotive Hybrid I/Cs myself from Protomotive.
They haven't shipped yet so I don't have results to post.
Once I receive and install them, I will post PBox runs of before and after.
Being in Kuwait, this should really test them.

 

Does anybody know about any real benefits of getting any IC 'SWAIN' coated in black?

I understand the engineering/logic behind "Black Body Radiaton" but has anybody actually conducted a study on air temps to see if there indeed is a difference?

 

Yes. Do a search for thermal efficiency and see what Chad (cjv) has said about this. It is definitely effective.

 

i have the awe's on my setup which has over 700 hp..never had an issue. i also love the fact that you can see the intercooler tubing from the back of the car underneath..I have the red tubing.looks awesome.