[simy]

As per title, honest responses please. I've been offered one but it's almost twice as much as a new Airtec.

 

[Maccmike]

Big money but then they are the best.
It would be cheaper to get one made using two old standard coolers.

 

[simy]

Yeah, but what is big money? Over £700?

 

[KeithyCoop]

Yeah, but what is big money? Over £700?

Yes, over £700 is normal, some over £1000!

 

[simy]

Interesting...

 

[Maccmike]

Yeah, but what is big money? Over £700?

Yes.

 

[Alan16ac]

A new one will set you back £1,523.00 before VAT!

JCW GP Intercooler

buy JCW GP Intercooler online

www.1320.co.uk

Have you had a look at the Pro Alloy intercooler?

 

[NigelStap]

Those prices, such as 1320, are laughable.

 

[Alski]

I’d be looking at a charge cooler/front mount meth-injection or 2 out 3 @1800 quid….

 

[CarsOrBikes]

I'd quite like a charge cooler based on a GP core

 

[Alan16ac]

Are there chargecoolers available for the R53?
Edit: Googled and there’s a few, intrigued now.

 

[CarsOrBikes]

Kavs and GRS iirc

 

[Devil Z]

Stock tmic plus aquamist system equals better than anything else you could use. FACTS!

 

[lordf]

The GP core isn't what its cracked up to be IMO esp for the price. Most people picked them in 2010 or so when BMW were selling them new for £270. Loads of folk bought them as at the time it was half the price of a GRS and someone decided it was better than a GRS because of other reasons.

Truth is I'd have a GRS over one every time, I did on my Cooper S I happily paid double for the GRS at the time. We ran them on the dyno back to back and the GP only had a slight edge on recovery time under extreme circumstances.

If you pair a GRS or Airtec with a bigger bonnet scoop from Leap that Orranjie sell you will be far better off than with a GP item. Its also worth noting that Cooper S's have been known to spit spark plugs into intercooler cores. Expensive on a GP one...