The Claim: I’ve come across fellow enthusiasts making this statement a few times, “Tube and fin intercoolers recover quicker than bar and plate intercoolers.“ Often the claim will be accompanied by a description of the physical attributes of each IC type, with a leap of logic to the conclusion that one type of intercooler performs […]
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During testing of the Blaze Performance intake products, it was observed that the intake flow rate was on the low end of all of the intakes that have been tested when tested with an IHI stock-size turbo compressor inlet. This unexpected result led to Blaze providing the design specifications for an insert they have made
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Background: Mishimoto turbo inlet pipe / elbow (TIP) is the subject of a flow bench flow test. Mishimoto provided me with one of their Mk7 turbo inlet pipes so that I could perform a flow test with it and compare the results against those of the stock Mk7 GTI inlet elbow and other aftermarket inlets
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