eBay Intercooler

[Cody91tt]

Awesome! Thanks for the info

 

[FlyingRaptor]

So it arrived, packed decently without any damage I can see of. It looks as though the fins are staggered and a pretty high quality core. This is definitely a factory Mishimoto intercooler, I would say that it is probably factory seconds. They must take ones with cosmetic imperfections, grind off the raised "M" on the side of the end tanks and wholesale them off. You do not get any hardware, brackets, or the weather stripping that is on the Mishimoto intercooler either. I am fine with that though, I can make due for a savings of $600.

 

[WMRaptor]

I have no idea what good fins look like vs quality ones. I’ll take some close up pictures when it arrives today and maybe you can give me your opinion.

Perfect and if you look at a nice Garrett core vs a cheap core close up easy to tell. I found this while searching for a picture you can see a big difference.
https://www.goapr.com/products/testing-mkv-intercooler.html

 

[WMRaptor]

Does someone have a close up of Mishimoto core? I am sure it will work but other brands might cool a little better and be of better quality so no leaks down the road and so on. I cracked welds on an intake manifold under a lot of heat cycles and boost before on my car so it can happen. Might be same one but they clean it up a lot. This one looks a lot more rough even the fins look dirty. I’m ordering an N gauge and tune Monday maybe it can monitor iats and we can compare?

 

[WMRaptor]

Found these of mine before I installed it. Looking at the welds I believe they make it to replicate this one but it’s actually a different core. Read APR article same deal but would love to compare results.

 

[FlyingRaptor]

Here is a comparison picture of the eBay intercooler vs the Mishimoto. The photo of the Mishimoto is the best one I could find with a close up of the core. I tried to get a shot of mine at the same angle to get a good comparison. Mishimoto either uses paint or a powder coating finish on their product. I would think that doing that would act as an insulator and reduce the heat transfer.

If you look at the pictures below I would say 100% the ones being sold on eBay are Mishimoto intercoolers, just not the first line ones. If you can point out any glaring differences other than the Mishimoto is powder coated please enlighten me.

 

[WMRaptor]

Mishimoto has coating on everything but the fins for sure. Hard to say for sure without good close side x side pics of everything. Garrett core looks better but went with this one cause of the rubber seal around it and got the piping kit also but didn’t install them yet only the ic. I should of did a before and after on the iat’s to test but see if you feel big power difference I did for sure.

 

[FlyingRaptor]

Mishimoto has coating on everything but the fins for sure. Hard to say for sure without good close side x side pics of everything. Garrett core looks better but went with this one cause of the rubber seal around it and got the piping kit also but didn’t install yet then yet only the ic. I should of did a before and after on the iat’s to test but see if you feel big power difference I did for sure.

You should just remove the Mishimoto and put the stock back on so you can compare the differeance .

I have a COBB tuner and access to an airport runway. I could do high speed runs back to back to try and get them both heat soaked and see how the stock compares to the eBay intercooler.

Anyone have a suggestion of the best parameters to data log for the comparison?

 

[WMRaptor]

Dam you have runway access that is awesome. I was thinking that too as the install isn’t too bad or find someone else local to compare.

 

[sdgros01]

You should just remove the Mishimoto and put the stock back on so you can compare the differeance .

I have a COBB tuner and access to an airport runway. I could do high speed runs back to back to try and get them both heat soaked and see how the stock compares to the eBay intercooler.

Anyone have a suggestion of the best parameters to data log for the comparison?

Which eBay seller was yours through?


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