Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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What's the crack with these? Any good, or is that a silly question?
The Forge version is £700+ for the Audi, yet these can be had for £170ish with best offer. That's quite a price difference!
Call me cheap, but I didn't want to lay out a load of cash on this car anyway, but I would like to do a couple of bits if possible.
Just wondering if they're worthwhile basically or whether its gonna be the old chestnut where I'll actually lose power 
Many thanks 
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DAZ1985
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Registered: 3rd Sep 06
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my mates got an ebay special on his ibiza
look quite good quality and it works
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andyc1234
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Registered: 7th Nov 06
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i got an ebay special on mine not got the car running yet but it all looks good quality nice welding on them
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john_c20xe
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i got ebay celica gt4 one looks pretty good havn't had mine running yet either
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Brett
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I can imagine me buying it and never getting round to fitting it
TBH, my main concern is the fitting. Might be worth a crack at £170 anyway.
If I just replaced it for the standard intercooler it'd run fine right? i.e. It wouldn't need to get a remap (although I do plan on getting one anyway).
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DAZ1985
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wouldnt need a map for intercooler no
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AK
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if you're serious about its performance you will need a remap. Cooler air temps etc.
But if not - it'll be fine
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Nic Barnes
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i run ebay special on mine. 500bhp no problems for a £110 quid intercooler.
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Dale
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they're are ok but the air flow isn't as great as it would be with a Forge or other branded ones. This is where the differance is. Its fine to say that "ah the weld's look ok" but what your really interested in is whats going on inside and how good the intercooler is actually cooling the air, So the intake air temps are lower.
Don't get me wrong alot of people use them fine but i personally wouldn't/won't be using one on my let.
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Nic Barnes
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see my inlet temps are lovely with my ebay special. id rather not pay 6x as much for something that is the same as the cheaper effort. products that work are what i like. im not into splashing cash for name dropping purposes.
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stoner_corsa
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my inlet temps were 26 degrees at 1bar boost inside on the rolling road, ive got an ebay special intercooler, seems fine, held 1.5 bar for a while now
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Nic Barnes
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aye mine done 1.4 on this turbo and 1.8 on last one no bothers. all fine on the inlet temps.
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Brett
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Fair enough. Cheers for the help everyone  Sounds like a winner.
Next question...anyone want to fit it for me for a bit of pocket money? 
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SAL
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Few mate's run them on there astra's, they do the job quite well tbh
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