installed my XSPower intercooler this week
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Originally Posted by honda-guy
no time to read all 12 pages of post from a bunch of hater. was there any real case of the internal fins actualy came loose? not i hear it from a friend who saw it on a website. i know SSA is not know for their quality but it's pretty hard to mess up an intercooler, the only thing that can really go wrong is fitment or leaks.
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Originally Posted by lil'evil_evo
have you had any problems with clamps coming loose?
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Originally Posted by honda-guy
i know SSA is not know for their quality but it's pretty hard to mess up an intercooler, the only thing that can really go wrong is fitment or leaks.
I agree! They fixed the top mounting problem with an offset bracket!
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Originally Posted by shivaswrath
you just added an additiional 15lbs to your front end for maybe 15awhp?
That doesn't make much sense to me. . .
That doesn't make much sense to me. . .
15whp/300whp = .05 , that's 5% increase in power
15lbs/3000lbs = .005 , that's .5% increase in weight
15lbs is hardly noticeable in a 3000+ lbs car.
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Originally Posted by shivaswrath
you just added an additiional 15lbs to your front end for maybe 15awhp?
That doesn't make much sense to me. . .
That doesn't make much sense to me. . .
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I read that entire long *** thread about AMS vs. SSAC IC and not one person actually presented conclusive data for or against the Knockoff. Until proven to be equal its crap in my opinion.
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Originally Posted by KILTERMAN
I read that entire long *** thread about AMS vs. SSAC IC and not one person actually presented conclusive data for or against the Knockoff. Until proven to be equal its crap in my opinion.
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i finally had some free time to do some data logging with the XSP intercooler.
this is the data with the stock intercooler, outside temp was around 68 deg.
Time, RPM , Timing, Intake Air Temp
9.54 6461.0 16.0 82.0
9.73 6563.0 17.0 82.0
9.93 6668.0 17.0 82.0
10.13 6762.0 17.0 82.0
10.33 6875.0 19.0 81.0
10.52 6969.0 19.0 81.0
10.72 7055.0 18.0 81.0
10.92 7137.0 18.0 81.0
11.12 7203.0 18.0 81.0
11.31 7289.0 18.0 81.0
11.51 7410.0 19.0 81.0
11.71 7457.0 19.0 81.0
11.91 7516.0 19.0 81.0
12.1 7582.0 19.0 81.0
this is the data with the XSP intercooler, outside temp was around 75 deg.
Time, RPM , Timing, Intake Air Temp
5.35 6387.0 16.0 86.0
5.55 6531.0 15.0 86.0
5.75 6648.0 15.0 84.0
5.94 6781.0 16.0 84.0
6.14 6887.0 18.0 84.0
6.34 6996.0 18.0 84.0
6.54 7117.0 18.0 84.0
6.74 7199.0 18.0 84.0
6.93 7305.0 20.0 84.0
humidity was about the same for both days. as you can see, there's only a slight improvement over stock IC, but the margin could be larger if i was running higher boost as the stock intercooler does a pretty good job at close to stock boost. i forgot to log air flow and load before i swap intercooler, so i can't say if they have improve or not.
this is the data with the stock intercooler, outside temp was around 68 deg.
Time, RPM , Timing, Intake Air Temp
9.54 6461.0 16.0 82.0
9.73 6563.0 17.0 82.0
9.93 6668.0 17.0 82.0
10.13 6762.0 17.0 82.0
10.33 6875.0 19.0 81.0
10.52 6969.0 19.0 81.0
10.72 7055.0 18.0 81.0
10.92 7137.0 18.0 81.0
11.12 7203.0 18.0 81.0
11.31 7289.0 18.0 81.0
11.51 7410.0 19.0 81.0
11.71 7457.0 19.0 81.0
11.91 7516.0 19.0 81.0
12.1 7582.0 19.0 81.0
this is the data with the XSP intercooler, outside temp was around 75 deg.
Time, RPM , Timing, Intake Air Temp
5.35 6387.0 16.0 86.0
5.55 6531.0 15.0 86.0
5.75 6648.0 15.0 84.0
5.94 6781.0 16.0 84.0
6.14 6887.0 18.0 84.0
6.34 6996.0 18.0 84.0
6.54 7117.0 18.0 84.0
6.74 7199.0 18.0 84.0
6.93 7305.0 20.0 84.0
humidity was about the same for both days. as you can see, there's only a slight improvement over stock IC, but the margin could be larger if i was running higher boost as the stock intercooler does a pretty good job at close to stock boost. i forgot to log air flow and load before i swap intercooler, so i can't say if they have improve or not.