Cheap Intercooler??? IS it any good though?

tommay248 · 03-11-2009, 06:08 PM

http://www.swiftmotorsports.com/prod...87696ae7e97876

Anyone have input/comments?

Sniz · 03-11-2009, 06:24 PM

thats a new one to me

RynoDyno312 · 03-11-2009, 06:33 PM

Looks like the cheap ebay specials. Those welds are not very good and I bet it flows horribly.

DELTA BMW · 03-11-2009, 06:38 PM

Fleabay shit from what I have read. Try a search I think it was covered about a month ago possibly????

I could be wrong on it being covered it may have been another brand we were talking about.

E92White · 03-11-2009, 06:40 PM

pull the trigger and let us know how it works..shit if it works i'll buy one..

Mote · 03-11-2009, 06:59 PM

Buy it.

jb's335 · 03-11-2009, 07:08 PM

It says it was added to the site a month ago so this could be a new option. If I remember correctly the ebay IC didn't have that extra pipe, not to mention the end tank design does not look that bad for flow. We will never know till someone tries it

Slidewayz · 03-11-2009, 07:34 PM

Hmmm...no dynos.

BavarianBullet · 03-11-2009, 10:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tommay248

http://www.swiftmotorsports.com/prod...87696ae7e97876

Anyone have input/comments?

Looks just like the ebay unit that was sold for $400- the 3 welded sections of straight pipe to make the 90' bends into the end tanks give it away as a POS. If you can't afford to get two 90' alum elbows, it's bottom-of-the-barrel time IMO.

For a few hundo more you can get a real intercooler people have actually run and reported good results on.

A418t81 · 03-12-2009, 09:10 AM

Guys, it appears that this intercooler in the link below is also a rebadged Ebay unit. And guess what, they tested it. It appears to work fairly well. Not worth the grand they want, but the ebay one for 400 is identical. Check it out.

http://www.mini-madness.com/index.as...ROD&ProdID=340

enrita · 03-12-2009, 09:48 AM

would never buy something like that , looks cheap even in picture....

jpsimon · 03-12-2009, 11:40 AM

That thing looks like steaming rubbish

RynoDyno312 · 03-12-2009, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by A418t81

Guys, it appears that this intercooler in the link below is also a rebadged Ebay unit. And guess what, they tested it. It appears to work fairly well. Not worth the grand they want, but the ebay one for 400 is identical. Check it out.

http://www.mini-madness.com/index.as...ROD&ProdID=340

I would need to see some independent dyno testing and confirmation thay the madness FMIC is in fact an ebay unit.

The ebay units are OK in some applications. I ran one on my S70 and it worked alright; though anything was an improvement from the always heat-soaked, inch-thin stocker.

Slidewayz · 03-12-2009, 12:52 PM

I would also need to see the install process.

If it requires chain saw surgery to put in, then no way.

A418t81 · 03-12-2009, 02:23 PM

It's an ebay unit. You get what you pay for, so I am sure the install process is not as clean as some of the big guys, but it's also 1/3 the price. I am not going to run one, but it was interesting to see it tested on 14 psi. It did fairly well.

Dan335i · 03-12-2009, 05:46 PM

You get what you pay for!

Mad335 · 03-25-2009, 11:49 AM

AFAIK is this nothing other than the code3 intercooler distributed under the brand of "Madness". Look at the specs and compare for yourselfes...

dlbrooks18 · 03-25-2009, 12:04 PM

go for it and post dyno results, before and after..

Mad335 · 03-25-2009, 12:44 PM

I was just about to do it, had the tech in my tuning shop already about to mount it but unfortunately without the M-tech front bumper (I have the standard one) there is excessive cutting involved so I did not install it. He reassured me it is the same as the code 3. Do you know which intercooler fits the standard bumper???

bobbynoway · 03-26-2009, 07:29 AM

That is a very shoddy looking intercooler. It looks as if it was made in someones backyard form a cut down truck intercooler.
Pony up the money for the proven ones like helix, AA etc. They will last, will have better fitment and all round just looks good.

tommay248 · 03-26-2009, 08:53 AM

Yeah, I am already in the GB for the Helix, too sketch to try

uberschnell · 03-26-2009, 09:50 AM

Look at the horrid quality of the ebay IC:

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showpo...&postcount=156

Could you imagine what would happen in one of those pieces of slag broke off at WOT!

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DELTA BMW Banned 24 Rep 511 Posts Drives: BMW Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pluto iTrader: (0)	Fleabay shit from what I have read. Try a search I think it was covered about a month ago possibly???? I could be wrong on it being covered it may have been another brand we were talking about.
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jb's335 Big Boost Addict 53 Rep 689 Posts Drives: AW e92 335 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Lima, OH iTrader: (12)	It says it was added to the site a month ago so this could be a new option. If I remember correctly the ebay IC didn't have that extra pipe, not to mention the end tank design does not look that bad for flow. We will never know till someone tries it __________________ FFTEC 62mm...yeah I think that about does it.
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A418t81 Lieutenant Colonel 379 Rep 1,535 Posts Drives: Ever changing fleet Join Date: May 2007 Location: Alabama iTrader: (1) Garage List 2013 335is [0.00]	Guys, it appears that this intercooler in the link below is also a rebadged Ebay unit. And guess what, they tested it. It appears to work fairly well. Not worth the grand they want, but the ebay one for 400 is identical. Check it out. http://www.mini-madness.com/index.as...ROD&ProdID=340 __________________ 23 IOMG G80 CX, 23 iX M60, 24 GT3RS PTS Weissach, 24 RS E-tron GT
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Slidewayz Major 37 Rep 1,177 Posts Drives: 2007 335i Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Oakland, CA iTrader: (5)	I would also need to see the install process. If it requires chain saw surgery to put in, then no way.
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A418t81 Lieutenant Colonel 379 Rep 1,535 Posts Drives: Ever changing fleet Join Date: May 2007 Location: Alabama iTrader: (1) Garage List 2013 335is [0.00]	It's an ebay unit. You get what you pay for, so I am sure the install process is not as clean as some of the big guys, but it's also 1/3 the price. I am not going to run one, but it was interesting to see it tested on 14 psi. It did fairly well. __________________ 23 IOMG G80 CX, 23 iX M60, 24 GT3RS PTS Weissach, 24 RS E-tron GT
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Mad335 New Member 2 Rep 18 Posts Drives: e93 335i Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Munich iTrader: (0)	AFAIK is this nothing other than the code3 intercooler distributed under the brand of "Madness". Look at the specs and compare for yourselfes...
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dlbrooks18 Brigadier General 164 Rep 3,735 Posts Drives: e90 335i Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Los Angeles iTrader: (2)	go for it and post dyno results, before and after..
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Mad335 New Member 2 Rep 18 Posts Drives: e93 335i Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Munich iTrader: (0)	I was just about to do it, had the tech in my tuning shop already about to mount it but unfortunately without the M-tech front bumper (I have the standard one) there is excessive cutting involved so I did not install it. He reassured me it is the same as the code 3. Do you know which intercooler fits the standard bumper???
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03-26-2009, 07:29 AM	#20
bobbynoway Private First Class 5 Rep 186 Posts Drives: 135i Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sydney iTrader: (0)	That is a very shoddy looking intercooler. It looks as if it was made in someones backyard form a cut down truck intercooler. Pony up the money for the proven ones like helix, AA etc. They will last, will have better fitment and all round just looks good.
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tommay248 1N'dONE 156 Rep 726 Posts Drives: N54 135i / VO 1M Join Date: May 2008 Location: CT iTrader: (9)	Yeah, I am already in the GB for the Helix, too sketch to try
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uberschnell Brigadier General 680 Rep 4,077 Posts Drives: Wide Body 1 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bay Area iTrader: (48)	Look at the horrid quality of the ebay IC: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showpo...&postcount=156 Could you imagine what would happen in one of those pieces of slag broke off at WOT!
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