How big should my core be??

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Fri Dec 02, 2011 4:41 pm

hi all! im thinking about buying a square intercooler from ebay as it will hide behind the grill nicely the dimensions are 280mm x 300mm x 76mm (core size) is this big enough for a m20 turbo? any help would be appreciated
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Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:11 pm

that is pretty small the idea of an intercooler is to get as much surface area cool as possible but then depends on how much boost your thinking of running but again still needs to be pretty efficiant bigger is better so they say
i would personally have it bigger than that :)
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Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:15 am

I thought I could avoid cutting the front off! Never mind thanks mate
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Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:15 am

you dont !
check out my build on web link in sig under project fridge no cutting required
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Thu Dec 08, 2011 5:09 pm

I'm not saying you have to cut anything :)
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Fri Dec 09, 2011 10:50 pm

i see you have managed to slot something in the front what size intercooler was that? i just bought winkeye one 510x300x76mm should get it in hopefully
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