cheap chinese cooler Vs good cooler

[JAP63]

Say for instance you had two coolers

Both 600x 300 x76...
One being a cheap chinese bar and plate cooler
the other being a standard issue tube and fin coller..say of an evo or Gtr or something..

do you think thered be much flow difference in the two or cooling difference?

 

[Entaran]

difference will be weld quality and pressure drop across the core.

 

[JAP63]

what would be an unacceptable pressure loss?

whats a stock evo pressure loss?

anyone know?

 

[87vr4]

i got a cheap arse chinese hybrid knockoff and i get almost ambient temps at 18-20 psi when on boost, according to the haltech data logger... goes up a fair bit when idling for 5 - 10 mins then back straight down as soon as i start driving

 

[matress]

I've got a 600x300x76 from autobarn and mine's the same... if i leave the car in one spot for ages, the temps will increase but when driving, the intake temp is pretty close to ambient. doesn't increase a huge amount on boost either. It was all checked on the Wolf datalogger.

 

[JSTYLE]

they all come out of the same factory.. same shit really..

i went 118.96mph with a 450x300x76mm 'chinese core'

ive seen people go 130MPH + on the bigger 600 core

Jon

 

[Missile]

i would love for someone to take a little time and actually do a definative test on these...

all i can add to this post is the medium sized handful of people i know using a cheap jap coler have ran into no trouble at all...

 

[OFFON-4]

I bough a Garrett core...$$$$ but supposed to be the bomb

 

[to4garret]

i would love for someone to take a little time and actually do a definative test on these...

all i can add to this post is the medium sized handful of people i know using a cheap jap coler have ran into no trouble at all...

what does it matter to you? you dont even run a intercooled turbo

 

[tenji]

well i will be trying out some new coolers my friend will be stocking

They are AMS copies which came out of the same factory so made in the u.s.

http://www.amsperformance.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=22_53&products_id=172

 

[Missile]

i would love for someone to take a little time and actually do a definative test on these...

all i can add to this post is the medium sized handful of people i know using a cheap jap coler have ran into no trouble at all...

what does it matter to you? you dont even run a intercooled turbo

mabey this will help make my decision :wink:

at least my ic plumbing stays in one piece :lol: