I was just wondering how big of an intercooler I would need for my Cav. I got the T25, and didn't plan on going much more than 200 whp max. Mind you that it is a pain to put anything in this car, since there is no room. So in other words, I am looking for something pretty small but effective. Also, I really don't want to remake my charge pipes, so 2" inlet and outlet would be great.
I used the 87-88 thunderbird IC, 360cfm...plenty of flow. Even smaller..try the Ford probe/mx6 unit or the Audi 5000 IC and the Turbo Mercury Capri IC. The Small NPR is plenty. If your lucky..find a water cooled Celica IC.
Quote from: a1990cavalierz24 on January 29, 2007, 04:35:24 PM
I was just wondering how big of an intercooler I would need for my Cav. I got the T25, and didn't plan on going much more than 200 whp max. Mind you that it is a pain to put anything in this car, since there is no room. So in other words, I am looking for something pretty small but effective. Also, I really don't want to remake my charge pipes, so 2" inlet and outlet would be great.
i think you're going to have to remake your charge pipes no matter what. if i were going to upgrade my intercooler i'd go for this one:
http://turbosunleashed.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=80
top-down flow, and the inlet/outlet are on the same side making it easy to run your charge pipes through the 'window' where the stock side mount intercooler previously sat. i'd prbabably then just get mandrel bent aluminum pipe through ATPturbo.com along with all of the silicone couplers, reducers, and hump hoses and T-bolt clamps i would need.