Long story short I was offered this oc for dirt cheap from a seller on ebay who'd said he had 4x laying around for past few years. So I bought it to try it... here's my results...
now, I fixed my fpr hose that was kinked and gained back throttle response and 2lb of boost but i still tested my other ic befor that way and I was peaking 16lb only and would see max iat of double digits ( was 95' day ) ran like 97-99 usually abd hard pulls never got over 130'.when running liquid cooled then just air cooled like 120's and spiked at like 150'. And car felt a abit sluggish as compared to normal.
now. This hobo intercooler. Jdm sport or what ever it's called...it was 75' tonight and normal driving it stayed under 100' in the high 90's.. on HARD LONG PULLS from stop to like 130ot peaked at 200'f BUT the second I let off it immediately went back to 150's within seconds and then in about 1-2min normal driving it was back down to like 110-130s and stayed around there as it gets heat soaked from hard pulls. I did like 7x more pulls all with the same result with temps.. but here's the kicker !!!!! Stock intercooler made max psi 20-21psi , water cooled ic maxed out at 16-17psi this hobo intercooler IT MAXES OUT AT 22-23PSI !!!!! then ontop of it , MY CARS NEVER HAD SUCH GOOD THROTTLE RESPONSE AND TOP END , OMFG !!!!! by time my car was usually doing 70mph ITS NOW DOING 120MPH AND IM NOT BULLCRAPPING !!! THIS THING FLOWS LIKE NO OTHER !!!!
I'm verrrrrrry hesitant to buy the grs motorsport now because I know itle cool better but how much boost am I gonna loose and throttle response vs this hobo ??? Now here's where it gets better !
I seen those temps and could tell that my intake velocity was way up so I turned on my meth and set it to spray the 1st stage at 17psi and no 2nd stage .. IT PULLED EVEN HARDER !!!!!!!! IT CAN FINALLY UTILIZE MY METH !!!!!! then on the longest , hardest pulls it NEVER got above 110' F....
hahaha BUT I don't suggest buying this. It took ALOT to get it to fit and not leak. 1st I had to put high heat tape around the ends to enlarge them about 5mm. I then had to port both ends as they would have been again about 5mm too short and caused interference. Stock boots also absolutely will not work with it either as they're too short and too wide. But after all the B.S , it was worth it in the end..
now I'm gonna be having Adrian tune in my meth and new parts and let's see if I can utilize my 2nd stage and lower iats more and pick up even more power..honestly ny cars NEVER , NEVVVVVVVER felt this powerful. This is what's its sapose to be. A I wonder how long my fpr line was kinked and my old janky boost line I replaced. I bet that caused the initial power loss I was chasing for past 3x months..
leads me to a BIG question , do I even bother buying the grs motorsport intercooler now or do I just stick it out with this hobo since it performs like I've been looking for an ic to do ??
here's pics guys...