Side mounted intercooler

[Greeny233]

I have seen a larger side mounted intercooler on ebay and i'm just wondering if anyone has fitted one and if it gave as good gains over a front mounted one. Just thinking that i will have less modifications to do by keeping the intercooler in the standard position.

here is the one i've been looking at.

AUDI A3 A4 B5 B6 B7 VW PASSAT B5.5 1.8T TDI SMIC SIDE MOUNT INTERCOOLER KIT | eBay

Thanks.

 

[CMD]

I was looking at those due to being told by Bill at Badger5 my 2 side mounted IC can't cope with the the mods I have.

 

[Turkster]

would that fit a 2.5 TDI ?

 

[tommytonguedj]

Don't know but i cleaned my intercooler when i fitted replacement turbo and it was a ball**** getting it in and out. Just wondering how tight this would be.

 

[ASHIHARA]

The answer is simple:NO!
Why do you want to change the intercooler?Do you want to upgrade the turbo?Because otherwise it`s pointless.

 

[boost-addict]

there ok if you have a ko3/s or ko4 but any larger is not worth it, but then depends if you want stock location fitting, plus you can all ways fit one both sides, believe running two gives around 85/90% effecency

 

[Greeny233]

ASHIHARA - just had the car remapped and an Alard egr delete kit fitted and got good gains so next is to fit a 2.0tdi 170bhp turbo from a B7 and a full de-cat exhaust so a larger smic or fmic should make a difference and even without mods noticeable gains can be made by fitting a larger intercooler.

 

[ASHIHARA]

K,in this case FMIC all the way,but keep the catalitic convertor on his place :icon_thumright:

 

[boost-addict]

tthen the next choice is tube and fin or bar and plate, both have very strong oposing pros/cons

basicly

tube and fin flow air better over the find for more cooling, but suffer from bad flow wiith in the cores
were as
bar and plate flow really well internally but does restrict flow over the fins externally


but for your and most peoples application bar and plate is properly best

 

[hades-]

K,in this case FMIC all the way,but keep the catalitic convertor on his place :icon_thumright:[/QUOTE

why would you say keep the cat in place ?