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Mobby

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10th Mar 10 at 21:54

A few may know iv had a golf GT TDI.

The intercooler has kicked the bucket, as well as £250's worth of boost pipes.

Im in a dilema at the minute, its either:

Go Forge FMIC for £700

Go Standard with a Pattern side mounted intercooler for £400

Or go ebay cheapo FMIC for £240 Ebay clicky

My problem is my local tuner's said that these cheap intercoolers do nothing but leak air and the joints dont fit properly etc.

I dont know what to do.

Im abit pissed off with the fact my bros going to get a bmw e46 318 for 4k and it is a better all round car than my golf, plus it will piss all over it.

Robin

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10th Mar 10 at 21:55

Nothing wrong with an Ebay FMIC IMO.

Mobby

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10th Mar 10 at 21:57

Didnt realise you were in nuneaton robin. nto far from me at all, right chav town aint it!

Will the bumper need to be cut? With a forge it dosnt?

[Edited on 10-03-2010 by Mobby]

LeeM

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10th Mar 10 at 22:00

ebay front mount gets my vote

DamoC

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10th Mar 10 at 22:02

ebay intercoolers all the way , i havent had or heard of a bad one yet

Corsa_Sport21

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10th Mar 10 at 22:06

Ebay intercoolers have found theyr way onto plenty big powered cars without any problems.I was running over 300bhp on 1 with no problems.Dunno about the hoses though as i was on Samco's.

What engine is in your golf that you think a 318 BMW will piss all over it?

Iain M

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10th Mar 10 at 22:06

Doesn't mr barnes use an ebay one??

Eddx14xe

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10th Mar 10 at 22:07

quote:
Originally posted by Iain M
Doesn't mr barnes use an ebay one??

I also remenber him saying he uses/ has used one

Brett

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10th Mar 10 at 22:09

Nothing wrong with the coolers or the pipes themselves in their own right, but together as a kit from ebay I'd be wary of it all fitting properly as a lot of the time it's a load of universal pipes that's slung together that "almost" fits. Been down that road myself. Just make sure you can find someone on a forum that has had success with pics and you like it.

[Edited on 10-03-2010 by loafofbrett]

Mobby

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10th Mar 10 at 22:20

Intercooler has a hole and one boost pipe has a broken lug while the rest arnt sealing right. all tested by r-tech performance with a smoke tester.

its the boost pipes from the turbo to the intercooler that have gone.

its a remapped 1.9tdi running 180 bhp and 329ftlb

Wrighty

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10th Mar 10 at 22:32

im not saying dont buy ebay cooler, but plenty of times iv bought cheap and bought twice instead. probably nothing wrong with the ebay cooler at all, just make sure you use decent mikalor clamps

id be tempted asking around and see how much you can get a forge kit for, and DIY

then again my hybrid fmic for the scoob cost £300 and is good for 600+ hp. Why would i go and buy a HKS or greddy one for £1000 that did the same?

its up to you and your money at the end of the day.

[Edited on 10-03-2010 by Wrighty]

Brett

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10th Mar 10 at 22:34

Ah, didn't even click it was a diesel mate.

Fair enough with the pipes then, sounds harsh. Replacing the OEM stuff ain't cheap, I can see where you're coming from with the ebay kit.

Mobby

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10th Mar 10 at 23:12

I just cant make my mind up!

Clips look wank and probably wont seal!

LeeM

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10th Mar 10 at 23:15

get new clips then

Nic Barnes

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11th Mar 10 at 09:41

buy the costly one as it allows you to name drop on scene forums. Nobody in scene world will think you are cool if you go ebay style.

thegsi

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11th Mar 10 at 17:05

I'm running an eBay universal cooler and its sound.

lil_g

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11th Mar 10 at 17:10

Buy an ebay intercooler then just buy the hoses and clamps from somewhere more reputable such as samco?

Best of both worlds then

thegsi

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11th Mar 10 at 17:19

To build your own boost pipework with Samco would cost an arm and a leg.

lil_g

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11th Mar 10 at 17:32

Surely you can get an off the shelf kit for boost pipes?

broster

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11th Mar 10 at 17:57

the main issue with see with ebay intercooler and pipe work is the pipework, usually the coolers are pretty spot on, but the pipe work can somtimes fail, silicon pipe work splits etc, it doesnt cost much to swap to decent silicone if you get it from the right places should it start to split

thegsi

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11th Mar 10 at 18:05

quote:
Originally posted by lil_g
Surely you can get an off the shelf kit for boost pipes?

In Samco? I very much doubt it.

[Edited on 11-03-2010 by thegsi]

andyc1234

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11th Mar 10 at 19:27

i have ebay cooler and boost pipes not one problem with them

Mobby

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11th Mar 10 at 22:07

There's no way samco do a hose kit for a eBay intercooler, god knows how it fits, I am not citric the bumper at all.

Mobby

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11th Mar 10 at 22:11

quote:
Originally posted by broster
the main issue with see with ebay intercooler and pipe work is the pipework, usually the coolers are pretty spot on, but the pipe work can somtimes fail, silicon pipe work splits etc, it doesnt cost much to swap to decent silicone if you get it from the right places should it start to split

But it depends what is going to fail, the alloy pipes or the silcone joins, the silcone joint covers won't be hard to replace. What would you do broster?

Nic Barnes

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11th Mar 10 at 23:52

alloy pipes wont fail. the shitty silicone in the intercooler kits will. use proper silicone bends etc and will be fine.

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