Front Mount Intercooler

[PsorianoPre99A4]

Looking for a Front mount intercooler for a 1999 A4 B5 1.8tqm AEB

[zcspec]

check ebay out and search for a Treadstone TR6. I have read these work great for your platform. I personally have their TR8 on my AR.

[PsorianoPre99A4]

check ebay out and search for a Treadstone TR6. I have read these work great for your platform. I personally have their TR8 on my AR.

I didn't find any, but i'l keep looking. Do you know anything about the CXracing one on eBay? I thought that would looked pretty promising.

[zcspec]

search on the forum as well. There are others who have installed the TR6 on their B5s with very good results. As far as the CXRacing IC, I can't speak on the quality, but can tell you that you won't go wrong with any Treadstone ICs.

[Kruat]

When I had my AEB A4, I ran a racetec FMIC. Pretty easy install, didn't require any bumper mods to fit.

[PsorianoPre99A4]

search on the forum as well. There are others who have installed the TR6 on their B5s with very good results. As far as the CXRacing IC, I can't speak on the quality, but can tell you that you won't go wrong with any Treadstone ICs.

http://www.treadstoneperformance.com...-1-8t-engines/


What about this one^^

A Guy in the A4B5 Facebook group said they have overstock of these and is conducting a group buy for $195+ shipping for the core, that a good deal? Given I can get the associated piping and couplers for relatively cheap hopefully.

[SnowBum124]

Im running the TR11 and really like it. you can buy just the intercooler and do a CXR pipe kit and cut it all to fit your needs thats what i did

[PsorianoPre99A4]

Couldn't I just get the piping from tread stone? Or is it cheaper with cx racing?


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[zcspec]

Im running the TR11 and really like it. you can buy just the intercooler and do a CXR pipe kit and cut it all to fit your needs thats what i did

Wow, TR11 eh? You don't kid around. That's one larger IC and after installing my TR8, I wish I would have bought the TR10 or 11 instead to accommodate an EFR upgrade.

Couldn't I just get the piping from tread stone? Or is it cheaper with cx racing?

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I think the TR18T is fine since it seems to be made for the 1.8T. I did the calculations on air volume for this IC and it's good for up to about 300whp. It's just slightly under 8.5L of air (3). Unless you plan on going with more power, the price point is very solid.

As far as piping goes, SnowBum mentioned to go with the cheaper alternative and just cut to size. Just make sure everything fits properly and use good t-clamps.