It's all about value for money. How much do you want to spend for a very marginal increase in engine output?
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It's all about value for money. How much do you want to spend for a very marginal increase in engine output?
checkout the are intercooler site (are.com.au ) . look at the patrol section . they list efficiency in percentages to give you an idea of what they can do .
The A.R.E stats show IC efficiency. I don't know how much increase (HP/kW) in output that equates to. Also, their stats don't show how fast you have to be going to get the desired airflow through the IC. When I require extra HP I am usually travelling slowly (either off road or towing uphill) and I don't know how much the IC - let alone the scoop - comes in to play then.
Again - it all comes down to a personal choice and how much extra cash you have to spend.
I watched a video the other week with a guy from Diesel Tuning Australia. He said that a larger IC was a great idea as, as you just mentioned Bill, as you may need extra power when you're travelling slow & that is when your IC is getting the least amount of air into/through it, so a larger IC should be able to store & retain more air for a longer time, allowing it to cool more, than the standard IC.
Sort of made sense to me.
But then again you're looking at close to $2K for something that's hard to put a figure on how much benefit you get out of.
I just searched for larger scoops for the std IC. There's tons available now. I looked maybe 2 years ago and couldn't find much at all.
Think I'll go that way & keep the std IC.
This site is a great resource for all things IC
https://www.are.com.au/Inter/topMountIntercoolers.htm
I have the standard scoop on a fully welded unit. Will probably get the stealth unit in the near future.
Threw some $$$ down on one of these ...
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just looked at how much the ARE Cooling scoops are. Holy Chit! I know it was dear but I don't remember paying that much for mine back in the day...
Edit : found an old pic with the ARE scoop... Looks different now though...
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