Eclipse Intercooler

[jtw156]

As you all know im swapping in a B18b (someday lol). Im also planing to go turbo with it. Yesterday I went to the junkyard to see what I could find, and I found a 1g gsx with the intercooler. The guy thier said its $50 bucks.

Question is, would it be a decent intercooler to go with?

[imported_MKNTRAXX]

for a basic setup sure.. some dsm guys also swap to the TT supra sidemount.

[imported_tegs]

I'm sure it would be ok, but if you spent a little more you could get the spearco intercooler off of a drag kit. That is what I ran on my setup and never ran warmer than stock temps at 10psi daily on a b18b. Even made 8+ runs a row on the dyno with absolutely no different in engine temp and very minimal charge pipe increase. Bang for the buck it is the most efficient IC I've seen. IMO

[SeanMc300]

i would pass on the dsm sidemount, unless you cut two up and make it a front mount. a good sidemount turned front mount is the Ford Probe/Mazda Mx-6 intercooler. They go for about 50 bucks on ebay or other honda sites.

[Smooth_Imports]

just buy a front mount. You can get teh JRC for like 150 - 200 and i've heard they hold 8-10 psi with no problems.

[simplegreen]

ok edumakate eric time.... what does an inter cooler have to do with PSI , do like the joints blow out or something.. i assumed it was only a mass inlet for air.

all seriousness i dont know.. learned me

[Smooth_Imports]

Intercoolers are test to a certain PSI before they start to leak or not hold the compressed air. I myself do not know of were the leakage acures but i've read alot about it.

[B18bEK]

Also, to big of an intercooler can be less efficient

[NstyGrnHatch]

Originally posted by Smooth_Imports@Apr 7 2005, 02:10 PM
Intercoolers are test to a certain PSI before they start to leak or not hold the compressed air. I myself do not know of were the leakage acures but i've read alot about it.

right, the intercooler can only hold so much pressure, i believe the smaller the intercooler, less amount of pressure, bigger the intercooler = more pressure, more pressure = more boost.

Also, to big of an intercooler can be less efficient [/b]

Also correct, if you run a 14b turbo on a 30"x50"x4" intercooler, your gonna loose pressure due to the shear fact of the pressure drop from the intercooler.

[imported_MKNTRAXX]

ok.. wait.. wanna set some facts straight...

- size of the intercooler has no effect on how much pressure it can hold.

- Smaller intercoolers will have a "pressure drop" when run with larger turbos. This is when the intercooler is a bottleneck and won't let the air pass through it fast enough.. So will read higher pressure on one side then the other.

- you can also have an Intercooler to big.. This isn't really a problem, bigger is better, but results in a bit more lag, as the turbo has that much more area it has to pressureize.

- Efficancy of intercoolers is determined by at a given amount of airflow the differance in temperature from the outlet side of the intercooler versus in intake side. Air to air usually average around 60-75% efficiant.. while air to water can be over 100%