intercooler choice
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From: Gering, Nebraska
Well I don't drive mine in the winter aND I rust spray mine every year SO I don't have to worry about that and I beg to differ on the install my friend..........just like many different things that can be installed on an SS/TC.......people can screw them up during install and I know this for a fact.
For instance, my friend install his TWM very poorly and to this date is the only person who I have ever known to say bad things about TWM.........after myself and someone else looked at it we found that he adjusted the cable clamp incorrectly AND the base bushing were Not center correctly........
Now, he could have went on here and bashed TWM But instead it turned out to be poor install.
I get what ur saying BUT I take many opinions on CSS.net with a grain of salt due to the fact that many members live pay check to pay check and are forced to do there own installs or they ate just cheap and bitch about the price of things.......I've seen one too many Hack jobs
For instance, my friend install his TWM very poorly and to this date is the only person who I have ever known to say bad things about TWM.........after myself and someone else looked at it we found that he adjusted the cable clamp incorrectly AND the base bushing were Not center correctly........
Now, he could have went on here and bashed TWM But instead it turned out to be poor install.
I get what ur saying BUT I take many opinions on CSS.net with a grain of salt due to the fact that many members live pay check to pay check and are forced to do there own installs or they ate just cheap and bitch about the price of things.......I've seen one too many Hack jobs
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Once again..... I'll say more. Before I owned my car the previous owner took it to Hahn for test fittment and install and ect. So I assume Hahn can't install there own ****. Hahn is litterally overpriced junk. Litterally........
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Yeah after I bought hahn I regretted it..piping is a bitch too put on and doesn't fit right,covers up the oil cap..other then that I was looking at zzp at there camshaft and now I got ideas for the intercooler so I can finally get tuned.. is there a big difference goin from 15psi to 25 plus with a trifecta tune lol?
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In all aspects most people will go hptuners. But trifecta does have its +z like select a tune. No such thing as a stealth tune, because its easily been able to be seen by.gm..
I'm not bashing I'm just saying people tend to lean to hptuners.more then not.
I'm not bashing I'm just saying people tend to lean to hptuners.more then not.
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From: Hagerstown
which one do you usually get more hp out off, trifecta or hp tuner or does it all depend on the person tuning it
No they didn't, they are in the process of lowering their prices and making more mods for the LS/LT's. They also re-made all their products to better customers.
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i've had my genuine saab intercooler on my car for the entire build. I only have two complaints about it:
(1) The tabs suck *****. You have to bent the **** out of them in order to make them fit right. and;
(2) I had to notch the crash bar a teeny-tiny bit. Not a huge deal, considering I was going to originally run without it and do the john whitten mod....
Other than that, I was very happy with the look, price, and performance. I've done multiple pulls on it, and haven't seen temps higher than 4*-8* higher than ambient. I wish I had recent pics of my car, but until then, you can see how it looks before my buddy helped me fix the tabs:
(1) The tabs suck *****. You have to bent the **** out of them in order to make them fit right. and;
(2) I had to notch the crash bar a teeny-tiny bit. Not a huge deal, considering I was going to originally run without it and do the john whitten mod....
Other than that, I was very happy with the look, price, and performance. I've done multiple pulls on it, and haven't seen temps higher than 4*-8* higher than ambient. I wish I had recent pics of my car, but until then, you can see how it looks before my buddy helped me fix the tabs:
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From: Tri-State
Today we released a new BIG intercooler (830HP) which requires removing your bumper. Our price is only $399. Check it our on our website DEJON | Powerhouse
Hey, I've tuned a few turbo xs products and they do flow nicely. The ic was exactly the same as the zzp whwn it came to cooling iat2s from iat1.. I'm not saying anyone is better then the other but I've tuned a few and ive seen the good outcome.
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From: Kathmandu
ZZP all the way. Nobody offers a better mounting setup than ZZP. You use the stock mounting points. There's no bending of any cheesy-ass aluminum tabs, there's not removal of the crash bar, there's no using the crash bar as a sandwich-mount, (horrible design Crazy Steve and TStone) and it fits the opening of the car perfectly. There simply isn't a better IC.