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      07-23-2010, 03:21 AM   #67
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This can be discussed endlessly but the fact is that the Helix works and does its job exceptionally well. That is all that matters to the majority here. Now if I was chasing the last poofteenth in terms of minimal pressure loss and reduced AIT's, I would want further testing to prove a point. What's the best intercooler for the N54? It's the one you own ............they're all good.
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#1 that is our original design and its a casting the inlet and outlet tubes were not welded on, we have since revised the design with:
- a much more rounded endtank
- bellmouthed inlet and outlet tubes(inside the casting the tubes bellmouth into the plenum)
- Bullnose(half round) header and charge row bars to increase flow with less resistance through the ambient and charge row sides, round face bars are commonly known to the be an advantage of a tube and fin intercooler over a bar and plate, we have engineered extruded bullnose bars in our bar and plate core!
- we have also opened up the inlet and outlet tubes with a modest venturi!

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We have never exclusively used in house data in our marketing, we have used our customer posted datalogs to back up and exactly match what we claim. we also use end user reviews and information Shiv has given us when he tested the Helix against several other aftermarket intercoolers, the Helix came out on top in regards to ait reduction, resistance to heatsoak and pressure drop. heres some quotes from Shiv:

“I've been testing the Helix FMIC and it keeps IATs within a couple degrees of ambient. Pretty ridiculous. In a good way, of course. And it doesn't block too much of the radiator either. That would be my recommendation.”
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“I've tested 3 different aftermarket FMICs in my car and the Helix unit performed the best in terms of cooling efficiency and pressure loss. I don't see things getting much better than that to be honest.”

Shiv

over the past years we have sold several hundred FMICs with 40+ of the latest design going out in the next 2 weeks, and you'd be hardpressed to find unhappy end users, seems to me the only people with an axe to grind are those that don't own it and think they are Intercooling Engineers OR other companies who cant beat us on the real merits of the FMIC performance in regards to ait control-resistance to heat soak and pressure drop!
its really easy to say it looks strange(yes its different) and that the thinner front section will be hard to get airflow to, but how is our thinner front section any different in regards to feeding the upper columns than lets say a thinner taller intercooler such as Active intercooler?

I developed the step core idea over 3 years ago realizing that alot of unused ambient space was left on the table,what we accomplished with this design on the 335i is an ambient face 56% larger than stock and stock height aftermarket coolers and an exposed ambient face(the exposed intercooler above the factory plastic cowl) sometimes 80% larger! Whats funny is our intercoolers have become the industry standard ancd target in both the BMW and Mini markets, all happy customers and pissed off competitors!
With the tall design doesn't it block the airflow to the radiator? How does this effect the capability of cooling?
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I guess that I should jump in this as well since I have one. Originally I was going to purchase the Helix because I heard from numerous people that it performs very well and requires zero to little trimming. Then I was thinking about the AMS because I liked the way the end tanks were designed and I know AMS makes great products for turbo cars. But, I ended up with the HPF because it is similar to the AMS design but I wanted to keep my stock charge pipes. I really love my HPF IC. It's so shinny! LOL
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I guess that I should jump in this as well since I have one. Originally I was going to purchase the Helix because I heard from numerous people that it performs very well and requires zero to little trimming. Then I was thinking about the AMS because I liked the way the end tanks were designed and I know AMS makes great products for turbo cars. But, I ended up with the HPF because it is similar to the AMS design but I wanted to keep my stock charge pipes. I really love my HPF IC. It's so shinny! LOL
This is why you take "personal" reviews with a grain of salt
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This is why you take "personal" reviews with a grain of salt
I just had to say it!
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you should consider HPF FMIC also Im loving mine
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