Best aftermarket intercooler?

[jaba101]

Standard IC is rubbish i have got the forge mk7 one fitted and the car runs a lot better, Forge will not sale one for the Leon due to when fitting you have to ever so slightly bend the ac pipe work i am running stage 2 high output file the comparison between the standard IC and the forge one are night and day.

 

[alper]

Peron are a pain in the rear! I spoke to them before the Cupra 280 came out and said they would do one... almost 2 years down the line.

Wagner for me. but to be totally honest unless your running a balls out stage2 setup IC isn't really needed.

The stock intercooler used in the Cupra is really not bad, it is quite good in fact.
Mounting a bigger downpipe with a racecat brings much more because the heat isn't stowed anymore behind the turbo and the turbo itself will thank you for that.
The stock intercooler works very well up to 400 Ps and even more.
Check this out here, they achieve 480PS on a Golf7R (exactly same engine as the Cupra) with the stock intercooler but it is in German language. Runs like hell and just look at this video where you can see what they modified and all this with the stock intercooler which really performs well.

http://www.hgp-turbo.de/vw-golf-vii-r.html

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVuUhdWey28

Engine runs extremely hot but, we did a logging session on my car in Stage1 an Stage2 and the logs were alot better than expected.

Was about to question the same thing. From what I've read these engines tend to run hot by design anyway and surely on cars of such performance the IC must be more than enough to handle at least a stage 2 no prob. Especially with the bigger DP, that makes a whole world of difference from my experience on smaller TSIs so unless you're throwing a huge turbo on it my guess is it should be fine.

 

[Nobziller]

i have a peron cooler, no modifiying needed. fitted straight on. goes to vrs tonight to have its stage 3 hybrid fitted

 

[SteJP]

i have a peron cooler, no modifiying needed. fitted straight on. goes to vrs tonight to have its stage 3 hybrid fitted

Have you got link please mate? Much gains?

 

[AndrewJB]

Gains are in the form of cooling

 

[prelude1992]

I have cupra 290/2016 and I live in the Gulf area which is very hot and my car running normally on high boost up to 23 psi at peak ,as per my logs , water temp and oil temp are still normal, my mods are

JB4
Cold air intake system
Catless downpipp
RS7 spark plugs
RS3 ignition Coils
Turbo muffler delete
Turbo inlet

Note:- I noticed that my cupra has two small intercoolers behind the front bumper , right and left side.