Yes, I'll admit I do want the process west some what for the look. And since it is made to fit I am leaning towards it.

That would be great if you could do a comparison.

Keep a look out, hopefully it will be in the next month. To be honest though I doubt you will see any difference AT ALL, unless you are making over 300hp at the wheels. Even then it would be minimal I think. But you never know and that's why I intend to do a test on the two.

Its your money though, if you want the PW one, get it. No matter what people on here say, you will never be happy if you really want something & someone else talked you out of it. In fact you will end up wasting money by buying one thing, not being happy, selling it, losing money & then buying what you initially wanted.

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Simon.

fyi, from this very thread-
http://www.perth-wrx.com/vb/354699-post59.html
http://www.perth-wrx.com/vb/354702-post60.html

in my opinion, the lack of results speak for themselves, if in 2 years kev cant get his house in order to produce a real world comparison, then people are only going to beleive what they want to beleive.

regarding 'looks'- a bar and plate intercooler is the icon of a china cheap intercooler kit. not to be confused for quality.

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I hear ya Stace. If there was a vast improvement they would have the numbers / evidence to back up their product. The dyno might be the worse place to do a test, but regardless, it will be the same for both. I have access to both TMIC and can do some logging on the two.

Its not information for me to buy one, as i don't want one, its more to show everyone the differences in the two and hopefully save people some money

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Simon.

true, although if people want the looks, there are much cheaper china TMIC's that will give identicle results, unfortunatley people dont fit enough japanese (greddy vspl-rspl/ARC) intercoolers to see the real difference between a stock and a proper 'upgrade' intercooler.

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I just picked up a PW intercooler kit and a AEM intake recently from a member here for a price that i couldn't say no to. I remember having issues with intake temperature when running on the dyno with mao, it'd be interesting to see how the PW intercooler goes when i retune with some extra boost and dyno the car again.

Yea, I agree but the PW tmic's are made in AUS correct? and I'm not going to splurge out the cash for a PW tmic just because it looks good. It's a combination of not having to make the sti tmic fit compared to having the PW tmic made to fit.

I'm not a DIY kind of guy, if I had the confidence and knowledge, then yea, I'd try and do it myself... but I don't haha

Just ordered a PW today, should go good.

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Oh, i'll be responsible alright, for partying till my nuts catch fire!

quality product for sure, nice choice

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Thanks Dave, got sick of reading page after page of crap, I'll try it out for my self.

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Oh, i'll be responsible alright, for partying till my nuts catch fire!