Background: Bench testing intercoolers is the first cooling efficiency evaluation conducted to gauge if a product performs well enough to invest the time and effort installing the IC on the GTI for further evaluation. The CTS stock location intercooler has been flow tested and is now subject of a bench cooling test. Test Procedure: The […]
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Background: Previously when looking for a suitable intercooler to serve as the front portion of a bicooler arrangement I had obtained a Precision Turbo and Engine (PTE) intercooler. At that time I had decided to skip trying the PTE intecooler on my car with the intent of finding a front mountable option that may cool
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Posting the results of a flow test comparing the DBV2 charge pipes with the stock GTI pipes prompted a question about the volume increase and potential increases to turbo lag. With both sets of charge pipes available I set out to determine what the respective volumes are, and estimate if the difference is likely to
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