Has anyone order one of these from Minimania?

 

No....but I just received this one in the mail today.


It is from RMS-Tuning....and you can get it painted in car colour....which I did not know until today.
Alex

 

oh no! it doesnt match that beautiful dark silver!

i dont think it'd be that hard to get a body shop to just paint it for u tho

let me know how well it works out, its too bad the cold is here eh? it'd be good to compare aaic to a waic

 

There will be a colour change :D and everything gets installed when all parts have arrived. Waiting for head and intake manifold as well as cam and maybe some more go fast stuff .


Alex

 

Hi Everyone! I just noticed that MINIMANIA now has an Ultrik Water-to-Air Intercooler Upgrade Kit... http://new.minimania.com/web/SUBTYPE..._Inventory.cfm

Any thoughts, suggestions, etc regarding this product? :smile:

 

Only two grand? I'll have to pass on that one...

 

Both intercoolers look very nice. I already have a large aaic, but I have been thinking about switching to a waic. Well only time will tell, if I make the swap.




Danny

 

droooool...how much is this?

 

That's nice looking one!

 

Don't ya just love 4-figure power mods that don't have any performance data posted?

 

Water to air is much more efficient than air to air. $2k seems a little steep. Don't expect to see huge gains unless you are hevily modded or do extensive track time in hot weather.

 

Based on what data? Here is the efficiency of the stock intercooler:

 

Why don't you get one and test it yourself?

RMS data was posted on a German forum.

Here is the link:
http://www.newmini-technik.de/viewto...=1224&start=15

The company that did the install and Dyno runs is the same that did the OBX header runs....HiTec.

Alex

 

Andy,

Are you for or against the purchase of an intercooler for a modded car? If so, do you believe they make power or not? Dyno evidence of gains seems hard to find. Can you direct me to a thread that addresses this?

 

There's already a thread started on this

 

Looks to be by the data that Andy has posted the stock IC is pretty efficient at high speeds. Even on a hot day it was 80%.

 

I too am interested to see efficiency testing of this new intercooler on a MCS. Especially in ambient temps of 90F+, since we have plenty of those days in AZ.

BTW, the IC is ver nicely fabricated. Didn't get to see a picture of the radiator or plumbing to the radiator, however.

 

Why is it that the 19% pulley set continue to dog larger intercoolers as a waste of money? I don't care how much power the 19% produces or how much risk one is willing to take, it is backward engineering, period. Doing things correctly, and building in margin costs money. From my perspective the question isn't wether or not a larger intercooler is necessary. The question is, air to air or air to water, depending upon where you're driving or racing. To say a larger intercooler is a waste of money is mis-leading. There are folks here without the knowledge or time to perform the reasearch necessary to make value judgements. So, instead they become confused by such statements. Back your comments up boys!

 

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...t=23248&page=2

 

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...t=23248&page=2

 

andy, ive been using the vag-com for 3 years & think its great, when/r u going to have sw for the mini? or do u know of ne that works w/ the [font=Arial]HEX-USB+CAN?

tia
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http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/faq_4.html#othercars

 

Ultrik (ultra - trick with a German-esq K? ) doh! Please tell me that's not how they came up with the name.

Nit pics aside, it looks nice, very finished appearance from this photo.

If the Ultrik uses a similar design to "Laminova" it probably has greater efficiency. ...But how and if this equates to maintained or even improved performance remains to be seen.

IMO they Minia Mania were doing quite well until this quote:

"Your S will perform like it does on a cold winter morning, even on a hot summer day!"

...Well, that and the price, Ouch! For that kind of green performance better be comparable to an fmaaic (not that I've seen those numbers yet either )

 

I don't see any data comparing the stock IC with any after-market IC. Post #18 questions the efficiency of the Alta IC by interpolating the data you gathered from the stock unit. Interpolating is an educated guess. And unless I missed something, we're looking for raw unemotional data.

Your work is valuable, and, usable Andy. I'm grateful I can benefit from it. Your comment above is somewhat contradictory to your methods to date and mis-represents truth, however. Truth, consistency, flexibilty.

Your last post in the above thread also points to your search for a larger IC to compare.

 

What exactly is your beef? I have documented the performance of the stock intercooler. I haven't seen any such documentation for this one. Please go back and re-read this thread as many times as it takes for you to understand what I wrote.