Background: The Mk7 GTI comes equipped from the factory with an air-to-air intercooler. The stock intercooler is often replaced with aftermarket options that are advertised to provide better performance. The “upgrade” is so common that it is often described as being necessary, providing “massive improvement” over the stock intercooler. This comparison will be of a […]
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Here’s something to keep in mind when looking at intake air temperature data reported by the Cobb Accessport (AP) that seems too good to be true. The AP will report the real time IAT, as well as the maximum and minimum readings during the time it is on. The minimum IAT value might be less
Background: The bicooler setup that combines a stock location intercooler with a smaller front mounted intercooler in front of the AC condenser gets disparaged routinely. The question I decided to investigate is, just how “bad” is the bicooler? The principle the bicooler follows is straight forward, the greater heat transfer area that an intercooler has
