[quote=frank][quote=chargecooler][quote=frank]Funny if those are the best cores how is it my charge temps were 17*F lower than the GT3 Lotus http://www.bellintercoolers.com/ �??
And in my current configuration using a Spearco intercooler core I would give you the cold shoulder⌠
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http://www.turboneticsinc.com/node/86
Now I know for fact these guys produce cores for cars making far more than 2000 hp⌠
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(1) Due to a million variables, one of them simply being you donât have the exact same vehicle. Common sense doesntâ compare two vehicles unless they are identical in every way, in the exact same environment, hence impossible, hence you need to compare the different product on the same vehicle, obviously - in the same test condtions. Saying your car has â17 degrees lower charge tempsâ than another is meaningless.
Im sure that company can do a core for more than 2000bhp, or two cores for 2000bhp, or considering the fact their core for 1800hp rated core is 12" x 13" x 6" - it is gigantic in comparison, in fact twice the size of our largest core. If our core was that large who knows the potential.
Once again, you canât compare apples to oranges, abeit gigantic apples 
End of the day, in this extreme end of racing, would you trust a one piece extruded aluminium core with no weak points, or simply a very large traditional intercooler bar/fin/plate type core with multiple joints when you are in the leagues of 50 psi+ applications. [/quote]
Same engine same loads plus higher ambient temps along with a less efficent SC not the racer special Lotus were using on the GT3 and I was still cooler than the GT3 with out an AC condensor in the wayâŚ320 rwhpâŚApples to ApplesâŚ
Sure you can play all the BS crap sayin the driver just ate dinner and was heavier or there was a head wind but the readings were taken by a Lotus engine calibrator in car at speed not BS just factâŚ
What weak points are you talkin about I run 37psi. and have never had an issue, Iâve run 45 psi. in other cars and never had an issue ?..I guess it depends whoâs doing the weldinâŚ
There is no other Lotus that comes close to the extreme setup of my car and I run it in the freakin Mojave desertâŚ
Iâd trust a more efficent cooler over a less efficent setup any day⌠Surface area and efficent fin design for heat transfer is the only wayâŚ
Iâm not sellin anything, I just know to buy the best if itâs going on to my car⌠[/quote]
Sorry, you canât compare data, if it isnt the same! A car could run lower charge temps that yours, but running a different blower, rad, CC, boost, with all different settings, placements, water volumes, intake position. How about it simply runs lower boost?
Im not disputing someone can have higher, or lower, or the same chargetemps. But I couldnt take any data from it if it isnt like for like, obviously.
I can have two identical cars, running two of my identical kits, but with the rads or cores in different positions, and have different charge temps. So what data can you deduce from that, is the kit at fault, or the environment?
You can have 17 degrees lower temps, but your core could be twice the size - or your rad, or inlet simply could be in a better position, or simply as theirs is a true race car, with restrictions for FIA GT3 Specs, there are compromises made, but the point is, who knows? Im not making excuses here, its just showing the point that a comparison between two vehicles which are far from identical is meaningless.
