Forge Motorsport Intercooler for Audi RSQ3 (F3) — Intercooler for Audi RSQ3 2017- (F3). Technical specifications and compatibility are based on Forge Motorsport product data.
Product Details
- Hand fabricated in the UK
- Simple installation
- Gains up to 24BHP
- 35°C temperature drop
- 16 litre volume
- 640mm x 250mm x 100mm
- Genuine OEM crash bar supplied
- Guaranteed for life
With Forge Motorsport's vast experience developing intercoolers for the last three generations of Audi RS3, Forge Motorsport at Forge Motorsport have now used this experience and data to create a class leading intercooler for the Audi RSQ3 F3.
FMINT38 builds on Forge Motorsport's reputation for delivering cores that offerreal-world increases in powerand temperature drops. Due to the RSQ3 using the legendary 2.5 TSFI engine used in the RS3 Forge Motorsport knew that Forge Motorsport's intercooler design for that vehicle would work perfectly well on the RSQ3, however there are differences behind the bumper, so Forge Motorsport has modified this kit to fit the F3 chassis perfectly.
The core used for FMINT38 is a huge 640x250x100 and of bar and plate design. This gives it ahuge 55% more surface area than OEM cooler, and an even more impressive94% more volume(8.2 litres increased to 16l litres). The end tanks are made with integrated pipes in order to retain the stock boost hoses, though you can also replace the hoses with Forge Motorsport'sFMKT024boost hose set if you so wish. Just like on the 8V chassis,we supply a genuine Audi RSQ crash barwhich Forge Motorsport modify in house in order to accept the new larger core, then finish both the crash bar and core in Forge Motorsport's standard black finish powder coat for maximum longevity.
Why do Forge Motorsport test different cores?
Here at Forge Motorsport, when developing an intercooler, Forge Motorsport will test several different cores for each application. For example, a bar and plate style core, a tube and fin style core along with different fin pitches and heights i.e. 22 ,17 or 12 fins per inch as well as changing the internal fin pitches/shapes and density within the tube enabling to fine tune the amount of pressure drop the intercooler produces.
Pressure drop is not always a bad thing, as Forge Motorsport's testing and research has proven on various projects, this is because the pressurized air velocity is being stalled by the pressure drop within the cooler thus allowing more time to cool the air within the cooler itself, as air passes through the non-pressurized face of the core, that is open to the atmosphere.
Too much pressure drop can of course have a problem on the higher performance engines as the intercooler reaches its maximum efficiency the turbo has to work a lot harder to force the air through the
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