Evaluating intercooler cooling performance entails a couple of significant obstacles. The installation process onto the GTI is lengthy and consistent testing conditions are not easy to recreate. There are also about a dozen aftermarket intercoolers that are candidates to replace the GTI stock intercooler. With the goal of quickly evaluating intercoolers I’ve been exploring some […]
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Continued testing of the Forge products has moved on to a Forge Motorsport Bicooler Intercooler. The Forge intercooler is supplied with a hose set that only allows for use as a bicooler, but for the flow tests the intercooler is going to be measured first with the Forge core only, and then along with the
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This question comes up a great deal, “which air intake should I buy”. An equally common response is the cringe worthy: Usually somewhere there is a statement that the modified stock airbox performs as well or better than aftermarket intakes. Unfortunately this advice is lacking in details and is not correct. The stock airbox can
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