Intercooler $189 - Would ya give it a whirl?

[Shibby1485]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/New-L...ayphotohosting

for shits and giggles... i'm thinking about it. If it blows, i'll put it back on ebay and sell it. the core of Bar & plate and the core size is SLIGHTLY larger the the Vortech/Riva intercooler. 3" inlet and outlet so i'd need reducers, no biggie.

these intercoolers been on ebay for years, and there's tons of em, but they so cheap. Maybe i buy one and back-to-back test it with a Rotax Intercooler since i haev access to one of them.

Would you give it a whirl and burn 189 bucks to test an intercooler?

[Green Hulk]

Go for it! You have very little to lose. If it doesn't work out just stick it back on ebay.

[Sirhc7897]

The water must flow in from the front and out through the rear?

I notice that the Riva one has both inlet and outlet at the front whereas that unit appears only to have one at the front (and I assume the other is not visible at the rear).

Could that potentially cause any clearance issues?

[Green Hulk]

No, there will be plenty of room. I acutally like the flow thru design better.

[Shibby1485]

aright... wtf... consider one on the way.

I got a close friend that owns a custom auto performance and muffler shop that said he'll bend me pipes. i'll just throw it in there with no bracket, test it... then see how a rotax intercooler compares to it.

if the rotax intercooler is better than this one, then i know it sucks and it's going back on ebay. if this one outperforms the Rotax, then gotta move on to testing against the Riva

[01xdime]

I wonder why the hell it's so cheap? I'd give it a whirl but i just bought about $2k on furniture tonight. Hey a man's gotta have a place to sleep.

[Kinchyle]

I'd try one after I get the thru hull (about a month).
Let me know what you do for the plumbing and I'll order one.

[Pale Rider]

I dunno looks hokie to me , you get what you pay for! it better not perform better than the vortech :P ...PR...

[01xdime]

I usually go by the "you get what you pay for" rule as well but i have been proven wrong and it's usually a good thing.

[Shibby1485]

hopefully i'll have her shipped this week and hooked up by the following weekend. Stay tuned for results. I hope this baby outfperforms the Riva but i DO NOT have my hopes up, LMAO... but i felt like spending money tonight since i sold the 2002 XP just now, yep, JUST NOW