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the intercoolers are sufficient for an application, there isn't a hard-and-fast yes/no answer to that question. This is due to the fact that the intercooler's behaviour is dynamic according to the conditions you use it under. The ideal intercooler will have zero pressure drop across the core, 100% efficient cooling of the charged air (to relative ambient temperature) and have zero volume (as the greater the volume, the more room that has to be filled by the turbocharger, which increases lag). This last component is really a small factor, but just stating what the ideal intercooler would be. Obviously that is an ideal, however, the closer to the ideal you can get in your application, the better it will perform. There are obvious space constraints in the car, so you can't make an intercooler the size of a fridge, and one that big would create terrible lag, but it would also have the greatest efficiency and least pressure drop. The bottom line really comes down to this: Put as big of a core as you can because your greatest limit is the space constraint within the vehicle. You aren't going to reach a point with the IC that the volume begins to make any noticeable difference in spoolup, and the larger the intercooler, the better it will cool the volume of air you are putting through it, and the less pressure drop you will note. You could potentially make 700RWHP with stock intercoolers, but you would see tremendous pressure loss across the tiny core, and it wouldn't cool the air down very well. A larger intercooler would make it easier to obtain the same power; i.e. less boost, lower fuel octane requirement, etc.
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