TrailTamer
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- Apr 6, 2011
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Hey guys, let's talk intercooler since I am well over due for a new intercooler. Mine leaks bad at where the tubes meets the lower part of passenger side tank near where the inlet is located. Lot of my boosted air get lost as soon as it enters the intercooler. I need this to be fixed so I can actually tune my pre-boost fueling. Right now it lights at 1500rpm. Anything below it'll never get above 10psi of boost.
I went to my local radiator shop which also do intercoolers to see if they can fix my intercooler. Unfortunately they said anytime the leak is at where the core meets the tank the only right way to fix it are either a full replacement or re-core. While I was there I asked what it'll cost to re-core with the upgraded tubes. They said it'll be around $750 to re-core my stock intercooler with the upgraded tubes as seen in the second pics.
What you see in the pics below, I can really tell the upgraded ones will offer much much better airflow, cools efficiently, will NOT balloons at extreme pressure, and there will be nothing like stock's "stuffed" tubes' stuffings to get bundled up toward the driver side of the intercooler from flowing bunch of CFM. Also not only that, having the stock intercooler re-cored means it'll be a 100% drop in replacement/upgrade, no piping or boots changes, trimming or whatever. I am sketchy about that ebay special intercooler ($550-ish?), and the good name brands are almost twice what the radiator shop will charge to re core my intercooler.
My truck is generally stock wise, but I fully plan on to grow via more fuel and air (turbo or turbos). I daily drive, haul, road trips, tows with my truck, then lastly play, pretty much work hard, play hard kind of truck. I'm sure the lowered EGT, less air flow restriction, more durable, and so on will benefit me all around. I want to ask y'all's input on this before I drop the coin on this. Thank guys.
Stock tubes
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Performance/upgrade tubes
I went to my local radiator shop which also do intercoolers to see if they can fix my intercooler. Unfortunately they said anytime the leak is at where the core meets the tank the only right way to fix it are either a full replacement or re-core. While I was there I asked what it'll cost to re-core with the upgraded tubes. They said it'll be around $750 to re-core my stock intercooler with the upgraded tubes as seen in the second pics.
What you see in the pics below, I can really tell the upgraded ones will offer much much better airflow, cools efficiently, will NOT balloons at extreme pressure, and there will be nothing like stock's "stuffed" tubes' stuffings to get bundled up toward the driver side of the intercooler from flowing bunch of CFM. Also not only that, having the stock intercooler re-cored means it'll be a 100% drop in replacement/upgrade, no piping or boots changes, trimming or whatever. I am sketchy about that ebay special intercooler ($550-ish?), and the good name brands are almost twice what the radiator shop will charge to re core my intercooler.
My truck is generally stock wise, but I fully plan on to grow via more fuel and air (turbo or turbos). I daily drive, haul, road trips, tows with my truck, then lastly play, pretty much work hard, play hard kind of truck. I'm sure the lowered EGT, less air flow restriction, more durable, and so on will benefit me all around. I want to ask y'all's input on this before I drop the coin on this. Thank guys.
Stock tubes
VS
Performance/upgrade tubes
