Modification Research

Project: Bicooler Upgrade

Background: The eBay bicooler has been in use on my GTI for about a year and a half.  It has been working well paired with the Unitronic stock location intercooler. The bicooler arrangement has a couple of benefits versus a stand-alone FMIC or stock location IC.  The passageways for air to flow through are increased

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IE Intercooler Poor Performance Claim

For the past couple of weeks I’ve read statements that the Integrated Engineering intercooler does not work well with hybrid turbochargers.  This claim is puzzling to me based on how well the product has seemed to perform after several years in use.  Products like intercoolers don’t perform in a step function manner; good w/ IS20,

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