Description
AIRTEC INTERCOOLER FOR GOLF 7 GTI / R / AUDI S3 8V / LEON 5F CUPRA
AIRTEC Motorsport front mount intercooler upgrade for the VAG MQB EA888.3 platform.
This freer-flowing intercooler is a direct replacement for the smaller and more restrictive OEM set up.
Featuring a 60mm core design together with high-flow cast end tanks, the AIRTEC intercooler offers much greater surface area, efficiency and volume over standard. Despite this improvement, it fits neatly behind the original bumper, requires no trimming or cutting and can be used with the original hoses.
As with all AIRTEC products, the intercooler was tested back-to-back on the dyno aginist the OEM item. This showed a huge reduction in air charge temperatures over standard.
Stock intercooler temps reduce to an average of 64 degrees and peak at 68 degrees (after 5 back-to-back runs). On the Stage 1 Revo software, the car struggled to produce a peak power increase of 40bhp, due to the restrictive and inefficient OEM VW intercooler being unable to cool the intake temperatures effectively.
With the AIRTEC intercooler fitted, the IAT saw a huge drop of 120 degrees, keeping temps much closer to ambient temperature and proving to be more reliable run after run. This gave a huge increase in performance, shown by the dyno test results below.
Before AIRTEC intercooler was fitted, the car made 336.1bhp & 350.9 lb/ft of torque
After the intercooler was fitted it made a very impressive 371.8bhp & 352.9 lb/ft
Standard intercooler:
Run 1 – IN 115 degrees, OUT 44 degrees
Run 2 – IN 117 degrees, OUT 48 degrees
Run 3 – IN 118 degrees, OUT 52 degrees
AIRTEC intercooler:
Run 1 – IN 116 degrees, OUT 18 degrees
Run 2 – IN 117 degrees, OUT 20 degrees
All research, design and development carried out at AIRTEC HQ in the UK, by a team of top fabricators and engineers. Extensive UK track days and multiple trips to the Nurburgring complete our well rounded development and testing programme. Airtec strive to put all of our products through a gruelling test so we can focus on ensuring they are nothing but the very best quality, delivering you the best performance on the road and the track.
Intercooler dimensions:
Core thickness: 60mm
Height: 418mm
Intercooler width: 860mm
Compatibility:
Audi A3 8V / 8.5V – 12-20 1.8 TFSI – 180
Audi A3 8V / 8.5V – 12-20 2.0 TFSI – 190 / 220
Audi S3 8V / 8.5V – 13-20 2.0 TFSI – 300 / 310
Audi SQ2 GA – 16-… 2.0 TFSI – 300
Audi TT 8S – 14-20 2.0 TFSI – 230
Audi TT 8S – 14-20 TTS 2.0 TFSI – 310
Seat / Cupra Leon 5F – 12-20 1.8 TSI – 180
Seat / Cupra Leon 5F – 12-20 Cupra – 265 / 280 / 290 / 300 / 310
Seat / Cupra Leon 5F – 12-20 Cupra 4 Drive – 300
Skoda Octavia 5E – 13-20 vRS – 220 / 230 / 245
Volkswagen Golf MK7 – 13-17 GTI – 220 / 230
Volkswagen Golf MK7 – 13-17 GTI Clubsport – 265
Volkswagen Golf MK7 – 13-17 R – 300
Volkswagen Golf MK7 – 13-17 R – Estate / SW – 300
Volkswagen Golf Mk7.5 – 17-20 GTI – 230 / 245
Volkswagen Golf Mk7.5 – 17-20 GTI TCR – 290
Volkswagen Golf Mk7.5 – 17-20 R – Estate / SW – 310
