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I'm sure this has been done to death but I couldn't find anything about the specific coolers I'm looking at.

Brief spec of car is HKS 2.8, Vcam, Garret G30-770 turbo. Power goal is 600-650HP.

I'm trying to decide between the HPI 100MM, Plazmaman 76MM & HKS 100MM. The HKS & Plazmaman are roughly the same price landed in the UK, the HPI is around £200 cheaper.

Has anyone used the HPI core? Is the HKS/Plazmaman worth the extra over the HPI? Will I see any advantage over the 100MM core vs the 76MM core?

At the moment I am leaning towards the HPI but only want to buy once :)

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yeah 650AWHP. 

The Plazmaman is only 76mm though but they say rated to 850HP.

Hypertune seems to be overpriced for what it is, its double the price of the HPI cooler & doesnt seem like it will give much more of a gain. Hypertune just seems to be for bling youtuber points

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7 hours ago, ianp said:

yeah 650AWHP. 

The Plazmaman is only 76mm though but they say rated to 850HP.

Hypertune seems to be overpriced for what it is, its double the price of the HPI cooler & doesnt seem like it will give much more of a gain. Hypertune just seems to be for bling youtuber points

Hypertune has had a lot of complaints here recently regarding customer service, I'd probably pass unless you want to deal with that.

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3 hours ago, joshuaho96 said:

Hypertune has had a lot of complaints here recently regarding customer service, I'd probably pass unless you want to deal with that.

They have had ALOT of complaints for a long time. Absolute fkn pricks, esp Peter Lewin. That flamin mongrel deserves a punch in his fkn nuts.

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Hyperfail

Get a Plazmaman core, low IATs, good welds, good construction, good end tanks.

I run a 76mm one, and jam 2 bar (tapering down to 1.7bar) through it. IATs normally about 10~15 degrees more than ambient (and that's with the EMAP over shooting the MAP too).

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1 hour ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

Hyperfail

Get a Plazmaman core, low IATs, good welds, good construction, good end tanks.

I run a 76mm one, and jam 2 bar (tapering down to 1.7bar) through it. IATs normally about 10~15 degrees more than ambient (and that's with the EMAP over shooting the MAP too).

What he said. You cant go wrong with Plazmaman. If you can fit a 100mm, then might as well stick that in. 

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Oh yeah those IAT vs ambient temps are after going around a circuit multiple laps too.

Not quick squirt/pass kind of thing down a strip. IAT probably even lower if you do that.

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