polarbear Member 20 Member For: 10y 8m 20d Posted 04/08/14 09:51 AM Share Posted 04/08/14 09:51 AM I replace the stock fg intercooler with the Pw stage one kit. I seriously did not felt like any power increase. Is it because I not driving hard enough? Do I only see difference on the track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyP MattyP Cruise Control 6,317 Member For: 12y 9m 16d Gender: Male Location: Central Coast Posted 04/08/14 09:56 AM Share Posted 04/08/14 09:56 AM Intercooler isn't really a power mod mate especially on a standard car.However it will not need to be changed until 400+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will-82 Member 427 Member For: 20y 1m 4d Location: sydney Posted 04/08/14 09:58 AM Share Posted 04/08/14 09:58 AM You need a tune with some more boost in it, an intercooler alone isn't really a horsepower adder but it allows you to run more boost safely which is where your extra horsepower comes from 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiftyOne Bronze Donating Members 1,145 Member For: 11y 7m 19d Gender: Male Posted 04/08/14 10:22 AM Share Posted 04/08/14 10:22 AM ECU's in these are pretty trick. If you change too many things it may actually boost limit, making it go quite a bit slower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 8m 20d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 04/08/14 10:29 AM Share Posted 04/08/14 10:29 AM Epic thread is epic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 8m 24d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 04/08/14 10:33 AM Share Posted 04/08/14 10:33 AM your car if stock is tuned in close loop boost control, this will; keep boost the same until it crashes out and goes into limp mode, the factory temp adders are very conservative also 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 2m 27d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 04/08/14 11:12 AM Share Posted 04/08/14 11:12 AM Swap the standard one back on, get it custom tuned and drive it, then get it tuned again with the PW cooler on it and see what you reckon. Differences will be even greater with other supporting mods like injectors, fuel pump and exhaust.Money would have been better spent on a custom tune only, but really you wanna do it all in one hit to save paying for retunes. Cooler, injectors/fuel system, exhaust. Boom, 11 second quarters in a ZF car (May need turbo mods and valve springs though). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyP MattyP Cruise Control 6,317 Member For: 12y 9m 16d Gender: Male Location: Central Coast Posted 04/08/14 11:15 AM Share Posted 04/08/14 11:15 AM My line of thinking as well Steve When I did 11.8 in my single spinner with Chinese tyres at 45psi. I had I'd 100th, Pw stage2, and my 4 inch dump and cat with 3 1/2 cat back.That's on e85Just got to do those other supporting mods and you'll get there bud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z2TT Member 714 Member For: 12y 8m 25d Posted 04/08/14 04:55 PM Share Posted 04/08/14 04:55 PM (edited) My car at 400rwhp, felt extremely torquey and responsive when cold, and much less so when warmed up, huge difference. I always thought it was the Intercooler that wasn't getting rid of the heat easily when the car was warm, So I was thinking a big aftermarket replacement would help, I decided to take the gamble to rule this out and get a high quality cooler, a PW Stage 1 same one as Polarbear.Polarbear I did the same thing as you did, and Steve similar to what your suggesting, thinking it will make a good difference.Unfortunately it did not.MattyP has it Right you do not need to upgrade to a big aftermarket intercooler under 400hp for a street car most of the time.Polarbear, on a 40+ Degree day driving hard, or on the track, you probably will feel the difference if you were to compare 2 cars side by side, in normal day to day driving on most days, you are right there is no real difference. Edited 04/08/14 05:06 PM by Z2TT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 8m 24d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 04/08/14 10:39 PM Share Posted 04/08/14 10:39 PM (edited) dyno chart showing the difference between 2 cars one had a stock FG cooler and the other was a car with a ProcessWest stage 1 cooler, both tuned and the temp difference is quite evident, even though the P/west equipped car is making more boost, there is nowhere near the temp increase Edited 05/08/14 12:29 PM by ratter 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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