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^^^ Beautiful core no doubt. Perfect for a 962 or GT2 Clone. You can't argue with the price or efficiency of the new garette cores. They seem to be the industry standard these days.
Hey Guys, Back on topic. 1992 Andial 3.3 S2 intercooler shown here against the B&B intercooler. i didn't know B&B had been making these for years as I haven't owned a C2 Turbo since 2013.
The B&B is nicer than my old Powerhaus intercooler. But the Andial is far superior as it's identical to stock but 4.5" in depth verse 3.5" on the B&B. Some of the bracket's are not the same. B&B forgot the above rear grounding point. The B&B intercooler will work for my application as I have a 1991 965 that's going to be highly modified. These are not super easy to bolt on and require modification of brackets and possibly the decklid but not the tail. Original intercooler airduct fits on both intercoolers. You guys could probably tell me more from here.
The S2 should bolt right up. I have had several friends with real S2's and I don't recall the need for any mods or special parts. If you didn't know the cars you would think it was stock. IIRC the deck height should be the same to fit under the stock tea tray. The B&B appears to be the same as stock and I am not a huge fan of his products. Good design but usually flawed execution.
This intercooler was made by Fred Garretson (and his fabricator, Mike), probably back in the 90s. They made very few of them for the 964 Turbo, and it was generally sold to those customers who wanted an S2-style intercooler without sending theirs in for modification. All old-school fabrication -- wooden bucks, rollers, hammers, torches. They were mostly sold through ANDIAL and PowerHaus.
You could also purchase the S2 intercooler conversion through ANDIAL and PowerHaus.
We still haven't found who made their intercooler cores, but they were exceptionally efficient for their time and are still very good by today's standards.
I posted pics above of the garrett cores I am using. Since mine is TT I needed 2 make my design work and sizes were limited. It looks like they have expanded the line and they have become an industry standard. One major downside is they are packed so full of fins they weigh a lot.
I posted pics above of the garrett cores I am using. Since mine is TT I needed 2 make my design work and sizes were limited. It looks like they have expanded the line and they have become an industry standard. One major downside is they are packed so full of fins they weigh a lot.
have you compared with oem from the performance perspective and temp drop?
You should find all the info you need online. I did the comparisons a few years back and as I recall the factory cores are very inefficient in comparison. Even the 993 dual core has its design flaws and our solidworks test showed excessive turbulence when the two converged.
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