Emoneysrt-6

well i popped my intercooler it was stock but i didn't expect it to be such a weak link???? well now i know what all my problems are with my truck and im sure its been like this for a while too it explains everything.... i put 50 lbs on my leak tester and the boost gauge read 20 lbs and somehow even with the boost leak so bad my truck was making 60 lbs... so my question is what should i do? stock is 800$$$ non stock is between 1000 and 1700..... or can i fix what i have??? or does anyone have a stock one they don't need anymore??? thanks for the help sorry for the long post lol

HOHN

I'd go with a Spearco at the level of modification you are at. I'm not sure I see why you are trying to go "budget" on this compared to the rest of your truck?

DDP has the Spearcos for <$1200 if I remember.

The stock CAC can fail because it's Aluminum and AL doesn't have the best fatigue properties. The Stock CAC is NOT designed for 50+ psi on a regular basis. When you run elevated boost levels for a long period of time, the CAC will baloon out a bit, then relax back at lower boost levels (think small scale).

After repeated flex, flex, flex-- the aluminum eventually fatigues and you have a cracked CAC.

So what you want is one that's not only very efficient, but one that's physically tough and built to handle high boost pressures like the Spearco is.

jmo

Emoneysrt-6

yeah i agree im just out of money for a little while...... im going to the Caribbean for a little over a week so money will be tight for a month or so..... after that i can afford it but what should i do till then i just need the truck to work till i can afford the spearco

Emoneysrt-6

just getting it back to the top again

bridleman

I"ll tell you what not to do................. don't buy a used one from a guy on here that says it works and holds pressure good. After paying for it and trusting his "good word!! " I found out it was cracked just like mine was even though he says he tested it . I won't name any names but I'm pretty sure that donkey's rear end knows who I'm talking about. Go with one of the aftermarket ones. Just my extremely one sided opinion. :>)

Emoneysrt-6

yeah i bought a new... one today at state radiator here in salt lake they actually had it in stock i was happy cost was 426 after tax got a deal threw friends shop thank god was 500 plus tax..... i didn't wanna have the same problem that you obviously had sorry man.... its a little different though it has twice as many tubes in the core than the stock one they are smaller but if im thinikin right it should be more efficient cause there is more surface area to cool the air... i hope im not wrong lol anywayz thanks for the advice guy's i appreciate it alot....