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$191 f30 intercooler from amazon
Just a video i found on youtube a guy buying an aftermarket direct bolt on intercooler from amazon for under $200
Heres the link to the intercooler https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 |
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Not bad. I wonder if this was the guy in the video.
"Stephen 5.0 out of 5 starsSurprisingly good value, fit perfect. February 9, 2018 Verified Purchase Pleasently surprised. I impulse bought this due to the insane price. It installed very easily, no modification needed. No leaks and once the car adjusted to it after a few miles the mid range feels greatly improved. The only issue I ran into was the charge pipes needed a little force to click into place unlike the factory intercooler. But once they are on its a tight connection." |
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Curious how the IATs will look after a few back-to-back pulls. I'll find out soon since my cheap $200 intercooler comes in today. Will post Datazap logs once I get mine installed.
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Just FYI, Gplusmotor is located in Wujiang, Jiangsu, China. So much for "buying American". Or German, for that matter. Interested to see if "you don't get what you don't pay for" holds true or not in this case.
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02-15-2018, 08:23 AM | #8 |
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I've had a $200 intercooler I bought off Ebay for ~18 months now. My IATs went from a constant 140ish to a constant 100ish. http://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho...cooler&page=11
https://www.ebay.com/itm/For-BMW-F20...laOJlq&vxp=mtr
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Wow. Great to hear. So this one is two hundo all in...
What is the price of a comparable unit made by a Brand name that we recognize? May possibly scoop one of these if the savings is considerable. Seems like the quality is at worst case, decent. |
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Cheapest "name brand" is VRSF at $380, AA $450, ER/Wagner are $700-800
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Very interested to hear how you like it. This seems like a no-brainer mod at this price point.
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cheapest one that's been proven to work is Phoenix.... $299
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Check out my thread and review on this intercooler: http://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1468384
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Like to see some before & after logs at the same ambient temperatures.
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My before logs had IATs peak at ~140, after the change they peaked ~100
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I was one of the skeptics in there if you look at my posts. "Show me the logs!" basically. KPeng was the first person to try it and I figured for $200 I would do my own logs. I beat on my car all the time and I haven't really noticed any heat soak and I'm in FL. I'm sure if you're tracking the car or heavy into racing you'd want to get a larger one but for $200 you can't go wrong. Install took less than an hour, everything bolted straight up (ER charged pipe).
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