Double_J

iTrader: (28)

My future plans involve getting a reliable water/meth kit so I'm not terribley concerned a bout temps.

No one is going to be exact but give an estimate if you can.
I have a large ebay special intercooler. Had I spent a little more and got a small or medium SMI what do you think the difference would have been.

Obviously a bit more boost pressure but how much does one more # of boost equal?

FD3S2005

iTrader: (11)

if its stocl mount, you wont be loosing that much pressure at all. i have the pettit cc3 stock mount and i dont see any pressure drops.. i cant really say if it will be the same with a i/c from ebay.

dgeesaman

iTrader: (7)

If you don't have an adjustable boost controller then you should install one now.

Then the pressure drop across the intercooler becomes irrelevant since you'll set your boost based on post-intercooler pressure.

Double_J

iTrader: (28)

True. The reason for my question is because I do not want the turbos to work harder than the need. So if my system can support x amount of boost I dont want my turbos to put out x + 3lbs because I purchased a crappy intercooler. I am sure more intercoolers lose something but it is a question of how much better off I could have been had a spent a few more bux in the beginning.

dgeesaman

iTrader: (7)

Hard to say. But you're much better off than you were with a stock intercooler.

David