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      02-09-2017, 03:04 AM   #23
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I had the first Active Autowerke intercooler. Huge stepped capacity.
Any reason why you switched to the Dinan I/C besides purchasing the kit?
Not switching. AA had the first large capacity IC, released mid-'16, long before Dinan unveiled theirs. AA's custom components have always been of superior quality so it was a no brainer to purchase. Beautiful piece of kit.
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Not switching. AA had the first large capacity IC, released mid-'16, long before Dinan unveiled theirs. AA's custom components have always been of superior quality so it was a no brainer to purchase. Beautiful piece of kit.
Ah I see, I saw your post about going Dinan P2 which I assumed you will install the I/C. If not, definitely curious to know if there would be a performance difference seeing how Dinan tunes their Stage 4 DME based on their parts.
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Not switching. AA had the first large capacity IC, released mid-'16, long before Dinan unveiled theirs. AA's custom components have always been of superior quality so it was a no brainer to purchase. Beautiful piece of kit.
glad to see that you are happy with AA intercooler
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Reviving a stale thread again, anyone able to chime in on the biggest differences between AA, VRSF, ER, and Wagner units? Was leaning towards VRSF or ER because they have the CP kits to go with. Not wanting to mix and match various parts if it isn't necessary.
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I'm interested as well. Being in hot California I would like a bigger intercooler, just don't wanna go too big and lose some pressure. Any inputs? Thinking AA?
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Reviving a stale thread again, anyone able to chime in on the biggest differences between AA, VRSF, ER, and Wagner units? Was leaning towards VRSF or ER because they have the CP kits to go with. Not wanting to mix and match various parts if it isn't necessary.
Biggest intercooler is the VRSF 6" Race

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I'm interested as well. Being in hot California I would like a bigger intercooler, just don't wanna go too big and lose some pressure. Any inputs? Thinking AA?
What are your mods and how often do you track your car?
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VRSF works best with vrsf CP
Friends of mine including myself we're in the ER vrsf CP, FTP cp, stock CP and we all went with CTS Turbo Fmic in a recent GroupBuy that wakeofdeath spoke with them.
Unfortunately he didn't post it publicly since CTS hasn't been able to reach any admin response in regards to becoming a forum vendor
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Just had the Wagner evo comp 2 installed. Fitment was ideal, as big as you can go without cutting or modifying.
The VRSF 6" stepped is actually the biggest you can go without cutting or modifying
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Biggest intercooler is the VRSF 6" Race



What are your mods and how often do you track your car?
Waiting for my GThaus exhaust currently, gonna grab a fabspeed downpipe next month and then either dinan sport tuner or custom tune. Probably track a couple times a year.
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Waiting for my GThaus exhaust currently, gonna grab a fabspeed downpipe next month and then either dinan sport tuner or custom tune. Probably track a couple times a year.


We are the only dealer that will have these downpipes in stock starting next week. No more 3-4 week wait
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We are the only dealer that will have these downpipes in stock starting next week. No more 3-4 week wait
Maybe we can work a deal since I got the Gthaus exhaust through you guys
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Maybe we can work a deal since I got the Gthaus exhaust through you guys
Sounds good to me
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I assume each vendor will have performance differences between each of these I/Cs? Curious to know what the biggest differences are for each brand besides whether or not they have accompanying CPs.
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Here's a log of our 6" race core



Here's a 21hp & 33tq gain just from switching from the OEM to our race intercooler:



http://www.vr-speed.com/vrsf-race-in...i-n20-n55.html
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Is there a trick to the M2s charge pipe clips? I installed a Wagner EVO2 over the weekend and I spent a good 30 minutes wrestling with the clip to release. I eventually used brute force to get it to release, but I felt as though that's not the proper way.
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Definitely a trick to it. There's an excellent vid floating around that makes them a no-brainer. I'll see if I can find it.

Edit note: can't find the video, but here's a pic that should help. You can unlock each side of the plastic clip one at a time, once they're both unlocked it comes right off, then you can get the wire clip off easily and the hose comes right off.
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Wagner Tuning is straight bolt on, Evolution Racewerks as well

VRSF should fit without any modifications too
Hey man i was on your website and saw a great combo deal on the wagner intercooler and downpipe. Any way you can pm and recommend me one?
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